Staying Sane When You're Buying or Selling Your Home

by Brodowsky, Pam; Fazio, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9780738210582
• ISBN10: 0738210587
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-12
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Self-Help/Humor

Author Biography

Pamela Brodowsky is the founder of the literary agency International Literary Arts and author of two reference books. She lives in Moscow, Pennsylvania, with her husband and two children. Evelyn Fazio is an award-winning publisher and literary agent. She lives in New Jersey.

Table of Contents

About the Staying Sane Series	p. xi
About Staying Sane When You're Buying or Selling Your Home	p. xv
Staying Sane When You're Buying a Home
When House Hunting Challenges Your Sanity	p. 3
Termite Voodoo	p. 7
When Your Seller Isn't Sane	p. 12
All of Murphy's Laws	p. 27
A Foot in the Door to Homeownership	p. 34
Spring in the Air	p. 39
When Realtors Are Helpful (or Not!)	p. 49
Seven Steps to Surviving Realtors	p. 53
Inching Our Way to Buying a House	p. 60
Be Careful What You Wish For	p. 68
Backing into a Beach House	p. 73
When You're Buying a Newly Built House	p. 81
Closing, Then Camping	p. 84
Trust Your Decisions	p. 89
A Rock in a Hard Place	p. 95
Howdy, Neighbor!	p. 99
Hitting the Highway	p. 102
When You're Buying a Condo or Co-op	p. 109
Moving Up in the World	p. 113
My Meeting with the Co-op Board	p. 121
Staying Sane When You're Selling a Home
When Selling Is Boggling Your Mind	p. 129
No Longer Sane	p. 133
The Real Estate Agent from Hell	p. 145
Did You Miss Us?	p. 150
Selling Stupidity	p. 161
For Sale by Owner!	p. 166
Filthy Rich?	p. 173
St. Joseph, Sales Agent	p. 181
Chuckie	p. 186
Packaging Reality	p. 190
The Nightmare Tenant	p. 197
Fixing It Up to Sell	p. 200
A Little Paint Can Mean Big Money	p. 203
The Suspicious Closing	p. 206
Acknowledgments	p. 211
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