Finding Hidden Value in Your Home - Hardcover

Kaufman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0020218109 ISBN 13: 9780020218104

Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction, 1987

Synopsis

Now homeowners, buyers, and sellers can estimate the value of a home and learn how to improve a property to increase its value by $10,000 or more.
In this exhaustive insider’s guide, real estate developer Wallace Kaufman teaches you what makes for value in a home—from the quality of the roof tiling to the quality of the neighborhood—and he shows how you can make a complete home appraisal that most people have professionally done at a cost of up to $1,000.
Finding Hidden Values in Your Home shows the homeowner how to make valuable remodeling decisions, the buyer how to make house inspections and estimates, and the seller how to cash in on hidden property values.
Complete with checklists, worksheets, and essential information for city and town dwellers, this book is the best protection you, the homeowner, buyer, or seller can get.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Now homeowners, buyers, and sellers can estimate the value of the home and learn how to improve a property to increase its value. In this exhaustive insider's guide, real estate expert Wallace Kaufman teaches you what makes for value in a home - from the quality of the roof tiling to the quality of the neighborhood - and he shows you how to make a complete home appraisal that most people have professionally done at a cost of up to $1000.If you own your home, here's how to make remodeling decisions that will increase the worth of your property.If you are buying a home, here's how to make a physical house inspection and estimate the value of your dream home, not just for today, but its value in years to come.If you are selling your home, here's how to cash in on your properties hidden values, including quick improvements that you can make to increase the home's marketability.Complete with checklists, worksheets, and essential information for city and town house dwellers, Finding Hidden Values in Your Home is the best protection you, the homeowner, buyer, or seller, can get.

About the Author:

Wallace Kaufman is an award-winning science and business writer with broad experience in property valuation. As an expert witness on the impact of eminent domain, unethical practices, and the impact of noise and other environmental factors on property values, his testimony has been cited in several important court cases.Kaufman continues to consult with property owners, their attorneys, and appraisers on negotiating just compensation when part or all of the property is being taken. He also has mediated more than 150 cases that involve property disputes. He is a certified senior mediator by mediate.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0020218109
• ISBN 13: 9780020218104
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 352