The Essential Handbook for Selling a Home
Well, it’s finally available! And, it’s on sale!
A student contacted me last night to let me know that my latest book, The Essential Handbook for Selling a Home, is available for only $7.70 at Barnes and Noble.com. That’s almost 50% off the cover price of $14.95!
I don’t know how long this sale lasts, but The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home was never offered at a reduction from its $9.95 cover price.
What will you find in this book? Well, most importantly, step by step instruction on how to sell in today’s buyer’s market! You’ll learn:
- Are we at the bottom of the real estate market?
- How to sell with Owner Financing, Lease Option, and Auctions
- Determining property value
- Creating effective marketing
- Handling the offer/counter offers, closing costs, inspections, and so much more!
If you or your clients could be helped by this book (I have no doubt..) I suggest you get it now at BarnesandNoble.com to take advantage of this huge savings!
And, I can’t wait to hear your feedback. My goal, as always, it to make the process easy, understandable, and swift. If you have any questions at any time, feel free to ask me here. That’s what I do this for!
To your buying and selling success!
The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home
I was thrilled last night to receive this review of my book from Yolanda M. Johnson-Bryant of Literary Wonders! on The Author’s Hideaway.
If you haven’t yet read my book on buying a home, I hope you will. And, when you do, please let me know what you thought and how it helped you.
Monday, January 9, 2012
REVIEW – The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home by Karen Rittenhouse
The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home by Karen Rittenhouse is a great tool for first-time homebuyers, those who have previously owned a home and those who currently own a home.
In the current down turn in the housing market, homeowners and potential homeowners need to be armed with as much information as possible to help them decide if owning a home is really for them and if now is the time to own one.
Rittenhouse’s book includes information that most real estate agents and lenders won’t necessarily tell you. For instance, there are opportunities available that will allow a buyer to lease a home before they buy, but many potential buyers may not get this information unless they know to ask.
the Essential Handbook for Buying a Home
Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who attended my book signing at Barnes and Noble in High Point, NC! It was a huge success.
This was my first book signing so I really had no idea what to expect. I truly enjoyed meeting and talking with so many random people as they came in the store and walked up to me to discuss their real estate “issues.” Real estate is definitely something everyone can talk about!
What was fascinating was how many people were asking concerned questions not only for themselves and their families, but for their neighbors as well.
I made some really great contacts and I plan to keep in touch with many of my new “friends” throughout their years of real estate endeavor.
The Barnes and Noble management was so impressed by the response and number of books sold that they actually gave me a designated table in the store for my books and are doing a featured local author area in their real estate section. Helping others always reaps a reward!
For those of you who haven’t yet purchased or read the book, please go to the link at KarensPerspective/book, Amazon.com or any Barnes and Noble store in your area. If you order here, I offer discount for bulk orders. These books make wonderful client gifts!
Again, thanks to all of you who supported me at the book signing, who have already purchased and read my book, and who have left such wonderful reviews on my Amazon.com site.
If I can help you in any other way with buying, selling, renting, lease to own, property management, owner financing – anything real estate – please let me know!
What do First Time Homebuyers Look For?
Are you selling a home?
Are you a real estate agent working for a buyer?
If so, you’d better know what buyers consider important and how they make their decisions!
A recent study shows how important the following home-buying factors were to buyers:
• List Price: 72%
• Location: 69%
• Neighborhood: 55%
• Floor Plan: 37%
• Square Footage: 28%
• Schools: 22%
Does knowing this change the way you’ll market to sell?
The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home, II
I’m so excited! My book draft has left FedEx and should be delivered to my door this morning!
Oh, but I’m leaving for Connecticut to pick up my car..
But, my book draft should be here when I get back!
I’m so excited!
The Essential Handbook for Buying a Home
My first book cover is approved. I’m so excited! It should be available, well, the publisher says end of September so I’m planning on end of October. Who knows, maybe the dates are more reliable than in real estate!
Chapter titles include:
- Buying a Home with a Lease Option
- Things to Consider Before You Buy
- Your Credit
- Pre-Qualification versus Pre-Approval
- Five Things That can Hurt Your Chances of Getting a Mortgage
- Short Sales
- Foreclosures
- REOs
- Applying for a Mortgage
- Determining Property Value
- Making an Offer
- Home Inspections
- Closing Costs
and more..!
I hope you’ll check it out. We’re going to be offering it to buyers who sign up with our real estate agents. I’d love for you to use it, as well. Let me know how I can help you.
To our joint success in real estate!
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February 21, 2012 3665 Single Leaf
High Point, NC
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High Point, NC
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High Point, NC
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Greensboro, NC
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Greensboro, NC
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Kernersville, NC
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Kernersville, NC
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February 8, 2012 708 Beckwith
Greensboro, NC
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High Point, NC
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Greensboro, NC
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February 1, 2012 2705 Red Gate Court
Jamestown, NC
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January 23, 2012 209 Woodrow
High Point, NC
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High Point, NC
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January 11, 2012 113 Royal Rd
Jamestown, NC
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January 6, 2012 1508 Elam
Greensboro, NC
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Greensboro, NC
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October 18, 2011 624 N. Elm Street
Greensboro, NC
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September 14, 2011 2105 Murray Hill
Greensboro, NC
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