Tips and Traps When Selling a Home - Softcover

Irwin, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071508392 ISBN 13: 9780071508391

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2009

Synopsis

The classic guide to getting the best deal when selling a home--from America's #1 real estate expert

This latest edition of Bob Irwin's classic Tips & Traps When Selling a Home brings you up to speed on all the recent changes, regulations, and trends in real estate--whether you're new to the selling process or are an experienced home seller. It provides important information on market conditions, new tax advantages, toxic materials in the home, alternatives to the traditional broker, as well as proven strategies for handling multiple offers, dealing with "fee-for-service" and discount brokers, and holding a home for investment.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Don't even think of selling your house without guidance from America's leading real estate advisor!

Want the inside secrets of selling your house, condo, or co-op quickly­­for top dollar? Robert Irwin knows how to make it happen. More than 200,000 readers have relied on his Tips and Traps guides for solid advice on all aspects of real estate. Now this bestselling author updates you, the anxious home seller, on:

• Tax advantages
• Broker alternatives
• Environmental minefields
• Triumphing in down markets
• And other vital concerns!

Do you know the 7 most important seller's tips? The 4 most significant seller's traps? How to tell if now is the right time to sell? Find out here, along with inside scoop on:

• The latest economic and legal dangers of selling a home
• Cashing in on deferred sales and the $125,000 exclusion
• Selling the house yourself vs. working with traditional and new types of agents
• What to do when your home won't sell

About the Author:

Robert Irwin is one of America's most respected experts in all areas of real estate and the author of more than 20 books, including the bestsellers in the McGraw-Hill Tips and Traps series.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0071508392
• ISBN 13: 9780071508391
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 240