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Top Ten Real Estate Books
(compiled for Real Estate Professional Magazine by Waldenbooks)

Home Buying for Dummies1.  Home Buying for Dummies, Tyson and Brown, IDG Books.
Home Buying for Dummies (For Dummies):
by Eric Tyson, Ray Brown

The authors, experts in real estate and financial planning, provide information and advice on the home buying market and how to make wise decisions with solid financial planning. It is filled with tips on what, when and where to buy, and covers how to get the right people involved in the process, plus provides a handy checklist and helpful hints.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling A Home2. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling A Home, O'Hara - McMillan.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home:
by Shelley O'Hara

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home helps you make sense of the world of real estate--so you can sell your existing home and buy your dream home--with or without an agent. You get simple steps to each stage of the process, plus friendly advice from a best-selling author. Find out how to find your dream home, make an offer and negotiate successfully, understand an inspection report, make home improvements and increase resale value, and more.

3. How To Make Big Money in Real Estate in the Tighter, Tougher '90s Market
Hicks -
Prentice-Hall.

4.  How To Buy And Manage Rental Properties
Milan -
Simon Schuster.

How To Buy The Home You Want5.  How To Buy The Home You Want
Eilers. -
Hyperion

How to Buy The Home You Want

by Terry Eilers

The tips and tricks essential to finding the perfect home and closing the perfect deal from the ultimate real estate authority. Now readers can put Eilers' expertise to work for them by following his in-depth guidelines, supplemented with checklists and sample forms.

Tips and Traps When Buying A Home 6.  Tips and Traps When Buying A Home
Irwin - McGraw Hill.

Tips and Traps When Buying A Home
by Robert Irwin

Home sweet home or money pit? The second edition of this national bestseller shows readers dozens of Tips and Traps to be aware of when purchasing a home. Learn how to deal with brokers inspectors, and lawyers--ask the right questions and learn when to make an offer. 20 illustrations.

7.  How to Sell Your Home Fast For the Highest Price
 in Any Market
, Eilers - Hyperion.

How To Sell Your Home Fast For the Highest Price in Any Market
by Terry Eilers

Eilers, an expert on the real estate market, goes public with the trade secrets essential to negotiating a swift and successful sale. He takes the reader through every step of the process, from finding a qualified agent and establishing a list price, to marketing and advertising the house, and managing the details of closing. Loaded with charts, checklists and sample forms, this is the single best provision a homeowner can make to ensure success in the real estate market.

8.  Landlording, (8th Ed). Robinson. ExPress.

100 Questions Every First Time Home Buyer Should Ask 

9.100 Questions Every First Time Home Buyer Should Ask,Glink-Times Books

 

10.  Tips and Traps When Selling A Home, Irwin - McGraw-Hill.

 

Other Recommended Real Estate Books:

The Frugal Homeowners Guide: To Buying, Selling, & Improving Your HomeThe Frugal Homeowners Guide: To Buying, Selling, & Improving Your Home
by Julie Garton-Good

Designed around author Julie Garton-Good's syndicated newspaper column over the past decade, this guide tackles the tough questions about buying, selling, and improving your home and provides prudent, frugal answers. Written in an easy-to-follow Q&A format, the book will be a homeowner handbook and staple for years to come.

Not One Dollar More!Not One Dollar More!
by Joseph Eamon Cummins

It's a plain-English how-to book for the ordinary homebuyer, and winner of a host of prestigious accolades. A genuine step-by-step guide to buying a home at the lowest possible price, it can save the reader thousands of dollars. American Consumers Association gave it their full 'unreserved' endorsement - a rare occurrence!

 

Buy or Sell Real Estate After the 1997 Tax Act : A Guide for Homeowners and Investors
by Robert Irwin

Showing how to profit from the New Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, when buying or selling residential or commercial real estate, this book explains how new exclusions can say readers money when they sell their homes; the impact on rental property sales; how to determine their taxes under the new rules; and pay capital gains versus a tax-free exchange

Buy Your First Home NowBuy Your First Home Now
by Peter G. Miller

Well-respected real estate broker, loan officer, investor and author Peter G. From better deals, cheaper mortgages and bigger tax breaks to home costs and how to assess how much you can afford, this guide tells first-time home buyers everything they need to know.

 

The 201 Questions Every Homebuyer and Homeseller Must Ask!The 201 Questions Every Homebuyer and Homeseller Must Ask!
by Edith Lank

Lank provides beginners as well as experienced consumers with inside tips from the "Dear Abby of Real Estate" (USA Today). Presenting the most commonly asked questions with straightforward answers from two different perspectives--the buyer's and the seller's, this book makes the real estate transaction process simple from start to finish.

 

10 Steps to Home Ownership10 Steps to Home Ownership
by Ilyce R. Glink

A Workbook for First-Time Buyers, The prequel to the hugely successful 100 Questions Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask tells first-time home buyers everything they need to know before they begin the search for the house of their dreams. Includes 20 worksheets, 15 charts and graphs.

 

The 106 Common Mistakes Homebuyers MakeThe 106 Common Mistakes Homebuyers Make
(And How to Avoid Them):
by Gary W. Eldred, Ph.D.

This reader-friendly guide to side-stepping the pitfalls awaiting the first-time home buyer presents the most common mistakes make by home buyers in an easy-to-follow, self-contained format that includes an illustration of the mistake, lesson to be learned, and, when appropriate, preventive techniques.

The Complete Home Buyer's BibleThe Complete Home Buyer's Bible
Everything You Need to Know to Buy a Resale Home, a New Construction Home, a Building Lot
by William J. Molloy

From getting the financing to evaluating the physical property, here is a complete guide for the potential homeowner. William Molloy, who has more than 20 years experience in real estate, covers all the topics of interest to homeowners, including how to assess septic tanks, plumbing, and electricity.

The Home Buyer's KitThe Home Buyer's Kit
by Edith Lank

The woman whom USA Today calls "real estate's Dear Abby" offers a fully-updated edition of her bestselling book. Providing sensible advice and the vital information buyers need to understand, Lank guides readers through each step of the process--from working with agents to negotiating a contract. Includes charts, checklists, sample contracts, and more

Bob Vila's Guide to Buying Your Dream House:
by Bob Vila, Carl Oglesby

Who hasn't dreamed of owning the perfect home--and then despaired of ever obtaining it? With Bob Vila's expert advice and practical tips, the dream can come true--with a fraction of the headaches house-hunting usually incurs.

Buying a Home When You're Single:
by Donna G. Albrecht

A user-friendly guide that demystifies the complete home-purchasing process. A series of forms and checklists enable readers to figure out exactly what price range they can afford, how to evaluate various types of housing (condos, co-ops, modular, mobile homes, etc.), what kinds of mortgages are available and if they qualify, the pros and cons of getting a real estate agent and much more. Appendices feature a list of Special Buyer's Programs and Amortization Tables from 5.5% to 15.5% interest rates.

100 Questions Every Home Seller Should Ask100 Questions Every Home Seller Should Ask
by Ilyce R. Glink

Answers from Top Brokers from Around the Country; In the follow-up to her phenomenally successful guide for home buyers, Glink offers an invaluable handbook for the millions of American homesellers--lucid, engaging advice that will not only show sellers how to make more money, but how to sell with peace of mind.

 

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