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Not One Dollar More
Low interest rates and affordable housing are fuelling the real estate market.
This revised edition of an originally self-published book aims to enable the reader to better navigate a course through the treacherous waters of real estate.
It includes chapters on negotiating, research, handling the agent, dealing with the banker, getting maximum leverage from the inspection report, and getting to know the owner's reason for selling. It also contains a section on sources of financing, such as conventional mortgages, ARMs, and use of mortgage bankers.
This revised edition of an originally self-published book aims to enable the reader to better navigate a course through the treacherous waters of real estate.
It includes chapters on negotiating, research, handling the agent, dealing with the banker, getting maximum leverage from the inspection report, and getting to know the owner's reason for selling. It also contains a section on sources of financing, such as conventional mortgages, ARMs, and use of mortgage bankers.
308 pages, Paperback
First published March 31, 1995
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June 1, 2016
I suspect this book appears twice because there's a first and second (revised) edition.
Again, Createspace is encouraging me to review my own book. Still puzzling, but why not.
Naturally, I think it's very good. More significant, however, is that the reading public has given it a consistent 4.5-5 star rating since it was published in 1995 (new edition in late 1999).
Initially, I published this book myself, long before that was popular or easy to do. In the beginning, a few small publishers wanted the book, which was tempting. What I wanted, however, was to ensure the book achieved its sales potential, which I believed was huge. I suspected the publishers would fall down on long-term commitment and marketing. So, against strong advice, I self-published and self-marketed this book.
Soon it was being called 'a classic', gathering praise across major US print and broadcast media and from leading consumer advocates.
That's when offers started to get interesting, New York publisher John Wiley & Son leading the way. What was most ironic though, to me, was that no publisher negotiated even moderately well in vying for the rights to a standout how-to book on negotiation!
The rest, as they say, is history; total sales reached around 100,000. It's been out of print for a number of years but single copies are still available online. I've been asked numerous times to consider writing a revised edition; I'm mulling it over.
Again, Createspace is encouraging me to review my own book. Still puzzling, but why not.
Naturally, I think it's very good. More significant, however, is that the reading public has given it a consistent 4.5-5 star rating since it was published in 1995 (new edition in late 1999).
Initially, I published this book myself, long before that was popular or easy to do. In the beginning, a few small publishers wanted the book, which was tempting. What I wanted, however, was to ensure the book achieved its sales potential, which I believed was huge. I suspected the publishers would fall down on long-term commitment and marketing. So, against strong advice, I self-published and self-marketed this book.
Soon it was being called 'a classic', gathering praise across major US print and broadcast media and from leading consumer advocates.
That's when offers started to get interesting, New York publisher John Wiley & Son leading the way. What was most ironic though, to me, was that no publisher negotiated even moderately well in vying for the rights to a standout how-to book on negotiation!
The rest, as they say, is history; total sales reached around 100,000. It's been out of print for a number of years but single copies are still available online. I've been asked numerous times to consider writing a revised edition; I'm mulling it over.
June 1, 2016
Again, Createspace is encouraging me to review my own book. Still puzzling, but why not.
Naturally, I think it's very good. More significant, however, is that the reading public has given it a consistent 4.5-5 star rating since it was published in 1995 (new edition in late 1999).
Initially, I published this book myself, long before that was popular or easy to do. In the beginning, a few small publishers wanted the book, which was tempting. What I wanted, however, was to ensure the book achieved its sales potential, which I believed was huge. I suspected the publishers would fall down on long-term commitment and marketing. So, against strong advice, I self-published and self-marketed this book.
Soon it was being called 'a classic', gathering praise across major US print and broadcast media and from leading consumer advocates.
That's when offers started to get interesting, New York publisher John Wiley & Son leading the way. What was most ironic though, to me, was that no publisher negotiated even moderately well in vying for the rights to a standout how-to book on negotiation!
The rest, as they say, is history; total sales reached around 100,000. It's been out of print for a number of years but single copies are still available online. I've been asked numerous times to consider writing a revised edition; I'm mulling it over.
Naturally, I think it's very good. More significant, however, is that the reading public has given it a consistent 4.5-5 star rating since it was published in 1995 (new edition in late 1999).
Initially, I published this book myself, long before that was popular or easy to do. In the beginning, a few small publishers wanted the book, which was tempting. What I wanted, however, was to ensure the book achieved its sales potential, which I believed was huge. I suspected the publishers would fall down on long-term commitment and marketing. So, against strong advice, I self-published and self-marketed this book.
Soon it was being called 'a classic', gathering praise across major US print and broadcast media and from leading consumer advocates.
That's when offers started to get interesting, New York publisher John Wiley & Son leading the way. What was most ironic though, to me, was that no publisher negotiated even moderately well in vying for the rights to a standout how-to book on negotiation!
The rest, as they say, is history; total sales reached around 100,000. It's been out of print for a number of years but single copies are still available online. I've been asked numerous times to consider writing a revised edition; I'm mulling it over.
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