The bestselling one-stop guide to mortgages—updated for the post–housing crisis market!

The Mortgage Encyclopedia demystifies all the various mortgage terms, features, and options by offering clear, precise explanations.

Fully updated to address the new realities introduced by the housing crisis of 2007, The Mortgage Encyclopedia provides not just a complete description, but also in-depth discussion of the issues that may affect you, whether you’re a homeowner (or homeowner-to-be), real estate agent, loan provider, or attorney. With this handy, comprehensive guide on hand, you have instant access to:

• Definitions and explanations of common mortgage-related terms, as well as arcane mortgage terminology, listed alphabetically
• Expert advice on the most pressing issues, such as whether to use a mortgage brokers, the benefits of paying points versus a larger down payment, and the hazards of cosigning a loan
• The truth about common mortgage myths and misperceptions—and the pitfalls you need to avoid
• Helpful tables on affordability, interest cost of fixed-rate versus adjustable rate mortgages, and much more

So the next time you ask yourself such questions as “Is this FHA loan right for me?” or “Can I negotiate this fee?” reach for this indispensable guide and get the fast, accurate information you need!

The Mortgage Encyclopedia: The Authoritative Guide to Mortgage Programs, Practices, Prices and Pitfalls, Second Edition

Source: The Mortgage Encyclopedia: the Authoritative Guide to Mortgage

Are You thinking of Selling Your Home?

Learn from qualified professionals in the real estate industry:

• How to make your house show favorably on a drive-by.

• The twelve rules of house selling.

• What to look for in what can be one of the major expenses in a home.

• Five tips that can help you sell your house.

• How windows help sell a home.

• How to increase your house’s appeal with homespun touches.

• How overpricing can be a dangerous thing.

• How going to open houses can help in selling your home.

• How to sell your home yourself.

• Or how to select a good real estate agent.

Source: A Guide for Home Sellers

In the Real Estate Industry, as in most sales professions, prospecting is a dirty word.  Far too many people enter the field of Real Estate believing they can wait fo the phone to ring and earn a great living.  Unfortunately, many new agents set themselves up for failure by this approach to business.

A real estate professional’s goal is to list and sell real estate.  One of the primary keys to being successful is to identify those people who truly want or need to move, and find a way to meet with them.  This concept of identifying and targeting likely buyers and sellers is called prospecting, and it is a process, not an event. 

This book is the ultimate game plan for prospecting.  It carefully outlines methods to select likely groups of prospects, how to contact those target groups, what to offer them, and how to follow up.

Source: Real Estate Prospecting: the Ultimate Resource Guide

This practical, real-world guide gives investors all the tools they need to make wise decisions when weighing the value and potential of investment properties. Written for old pros as well as novice investors, this friendly, straightforward guide walks readers step by step through every stage of property analysis. Whether you’re buying or selling, investing in big commercial properties or single-family rentals, you’ll find expert guidance and handy resources on every aspect of real estate finance, including:
* Proven, effective valuation techniques
* Finance tips for all different kinds of property
* How various financing strategies affect investments
* Structuring financial instruments, including leverage, debt, equity, and partnerships
* Measurements and ratios for investment performance, including capitalization rates and gross rent multiplier ratios
* Future and present value analysis
* How the appraisal process works
* Primary appraisal methods-replacement cost, sales comparison, and income capitalization-and how to know which one to use
* How to understand financial statements, including income, balance, and cash flow
* Case studies for single-family rentals, multifamily conversions, apartment complexes, and commercial office space
* A detailed glossary of important real estate terminology

The Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment Properties: How to Analyze Any Single-Family, Multifamily, or Commercial Property

Source: The Complete Guide to Real Estate Finance for Investment

Source: Information and Exclusion

Real estate investments can be rewarding in the short term or the long haul, but investing without a plan can by a costly mistake. In this easy-to-read guide, Bruce and Marge Brown lay the groundwork for readers to create their own real estate investment strategies. This is not a flipper’s guide, a get-rich-quick manual, or a no-money down presentation; it’s a straight forward coverage of the major topics you should consider before making your first investment property purchase. Suitable for new investors and for people who wonder if real estate investing is for them, Ready, Set, Invest! is also useful for experienced investors who have been “”buying by the seat of their pants”" and know they need a strategy. Real estate investors themselves and co-owners of the highly successful Cape Fear Home Team in Wilmington, North Carolina, Marge and Bruce wrote Ready, Set, Invest! to help their clients understand real estate investment and create their own strategy. Now you, too, can learn the “”secrets of the pros”".

Source: Ready, Set, Invest!

This easy-to-understand, straight-forward, approachable book, which is based upon important engineering concepts is intended to advance knowledge on the subject of shelter, one of man’s basic needs. The reader can glean standardized information about the field of pre-purchase home inspections. This information will assist people in determining the condition of a home and in living a safer and happier life. The book includes a multitude of house plumbing, electrical, roofing, heating, foundation, and structural problems commonly encountered when scouring a home for potential purchase. Some building code and safety items have been presented as well. Many illustrations assist the reader to understand home inspection concepts. Additionally, it is THE guidebook for both professionals and novices alike, which serves to integrate the sound, relevant context of the issues oftentimes identified when purchasing a home. Practical Guide to Home Inspection will act as an invaluable resource to utilize when in the midst of the often challenging home buying process.

Practical Guide to Home Inspection: What you need to know before you buy a home

Source: Practical Guide to Home Inspection: What You Need to Know

Designed for both employees of mortgage lenders and individuals studying real estate finance, Residential Mortgage Lending: Principles and Practices provides an overview of mortgage banking and outlines strategies that mortgage bankers can utilize to compete successfully in today’s competitive business environment. While clearly explaining the fundamentals in an easy-to-understand manner, this edition has a new emphasis on the practical applications of residential mortgage lending making it an excellent resource for learning mortgage banking operations. No prior knowledge of finance or any part of mortgage lending is required.

Source: Residential Mortgage Lending: Principles and Practices

True Adventures of Buying Foreclosures in a Man’s World These real life “house flipping” stories will have you on the edge of your seat and laughing out loud. From the trustee sale antics to FBI investigations and even a citizen’s arrest, Mary Ann offers a no holds barred look at buying foreclosures at trustee sales and the competitive nature which brings out the creative spirit in her colleagues. Follow along with the bidding, the fixing, and even the mad capped neighbor fiascos!

Penny Over: True Adventures of Buying Foreclosures in a Man’s World

Source: Penny Over: True Adventures of Buying Foreclosures in a Man’s

Following the format of the highly successful Glannon Guide series, The Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis provides a concise, clear, and effective review of property topics through the use of multiple-choice questions. After each question the author explains how the correct choice was chosen, so that students learn how to analyze exam questions while they review course material. Among the features that make this concise review so effective are:

• discussions in the text that prepare students to learn effectively from subsequent questions
• clear explanations of correct and incorrect answers that help to clarify nuances in the law
• multiple-choice questions that are neither too difficult nor unrealistically straightforward
• its usefulness as a study aid regardless of whether students will be tested by multiple-choice questions or in another format
• an extremely user-friendly and interactive approach
• a more challenging final question in each chapter (the Closer) that illustrates a sophisticated problem
• fifteen Closing Closer questions in the last chapter that provide practice and helpful review of concepts in earlier chapters
• valuable exam-taking pointers interspersed within the substantive text

You can recommend The Glannon Guide to Property: Learning Property Through Multiple-Choice Questions and Analysis for exam review to your students with confidence.

Source: The Glannon Guide to Property, Second Edition

Guide To Buying Property