Staying Sane When You're Buying or Selling Your Home

by Pam Brodowsky

Are you a first-time buyer, afraid of getting taken for all you're worth? Did you forget to factor property taxes into your monthly mortgage estimates? Or, are you a nervous seller, foregoing a broker and trying to figure it all out for yourself? Relax What you need is a good laugh and some practical advice from people who have persevered in similarly trying times. Offering plenty of useful tips and coping strategies, the stories here will help you...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738210587
• ISBN13: 9780738210582
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Real Estate from every perspective!

A must read for anyone who is currently buying or selling in this crazy market! Guaranteed to find at least one story you can relate to. Would make a great gift for someone as well.

Humor and Truth - Sometimes at the same time

This book, part of a series of 'Staying Sane' through some of the common experiences of life features a series of stories/articles/essays or whatever you'd call them from people who've 'been there, done that, and made every other mistake as well.' Having made a number of mistakes they talk about, I only find one real complaint. They say go to closing prepared to sign your name about 500 times, but don't bother reading all that stuff. I took a lawyer to my first closing, he actually read the documents and pointed out that the legal description of the house on the forms was really the paragraph describing the street. We were buying the street, not the house. The closing agent of course blamed his secretary, but at least got the papers re-written. If you're experienced with buying a house, this book will give you a lot of humor. If you're new to the game, there is more truth here than you would expect.