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Comment on Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know Reviews by Georgia Goober "Goober"

Georgia Goober "Goober" — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:01:21 +0000

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Easy ways to impact the bottom line when buying or selling a home!, January 20, 2008

This review is from: Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know (Paperback)

Closing on a home is one of those dreaded but unavoidable life events. Like death and taxes, we all yet sooner or later. Michelle Blain has done a superb job of dissecting a very complex and tedious subject. She even managed to make the reading interesting and enjoyable.

This book is much more than your typical "how to" book. It is truly a comprehensive guide that can help you survive the buying or selling (and closing) of your home. You may even profit if you take this advice to heart and structure the deal correctly.

I've bought and sold several times before reading this book. I got this book as I was preparing or my last move. It was my best moving experience yet and I even managed to reduce the closing costs for my new home which paid for this book many times over. What an unbeatable combination - an enjoyable read and saving money!

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Comment on Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know Reviews by David Noon

David Noon — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:18:28 +0000

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Explained Simply, March 12, 2008

David Noon (Juneau, AK) -

This review is from: Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know (Paperback)

Purchasing or selling a house ranks among the most stressful events in life, in no small part due to the legal complexity of the closing itself. It is never a stress-free process, and participants are well advised to read as much as possible before agreeing to terms and concluding the sale. Once the closing is finished, there's no turning back. A little bit of knowledge can save thousands of dollars and avoid weeks -- or longer -- of sleepless nights.

This book provides a lucid, readable and highly practical introduction to the entire process. The book covers the pros and cons of using attorneys; offers useful tips on finding the best real estate agent for the sale; and in clear language explains the avalanche of legal terms that can overwhelm even the most educated buyers and sellers. The book is loaded with charts and to-do lists (e.g., examples of home inspection forms, checklists for moving day, etc.) that make it a useful resource in many ways.

If my wife and I had used a book like this when we bought our home five years ago, we'd have been able to negotiate conditions that would have saved us at least $4500. Fortunately, we won't be so ill-informed next time.

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Comment on Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know Reviews by Jason Seagraves

Jason Seagraves — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:37:27 +0000

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This book gave me the confidence to get into real-estate investing!, September 27, 2007

Jason Seagraves (Saginaw, Michigan) -

This review is from: Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply: What Smart Buyers & Sellers Need to Know (Paperback)

Of all the steps involved in buying or selling a personal residence or investment property, "the closing" is by far the most confusing, intimidating, and to most people, completely baffling of all. Almost everybody has been involved in one or more closings, and yet few of us can remember many details since we fail to understand exactly what's going on. I believe that Realtors and real-estate attorneys help perpetuate this confusion as a means of ensuring the typical consumer's dependency upon them during the closing process. Well with this excellent manual, you can graduate from being a "typical consumer," to being a near-expert in all elements of "the closing."

As I stated in an earlier review, I've read and reviewed numerous real-estate investment books here on Amazon. Most of them have been more inspirational than truly informative. This book, along with Charlie Rose's Inspect Before You Buy (which I read one after the other), succeeds because it does not attempt to be an all-in-one "become a real-estate expert" guide. Instead, it gets deep into the details of the closing process -- everything from making an offer, to escrow, to titles and title insurance, etc.

One thing that has prevented me from taking the plunge into real-estate investment is my lack of confidence when it comes to things like closing. Other real-estate books, for which closing is maybe a chapter (more likely a sub-section of a chapter) present closing as if it's no big deal, but fail to provide the reader with the information and details that make him really believe that it's no big deal. This book breaks down every aspect of closing in plain English, in a way that makes me feel like I'm ready to go to the negotiating table with any veteran Realtor or real-estate attorney. It is highly recommended!

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Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by cogdogblog

cogdogblog — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:35:48 +0000

I have an 18-270 (Tamron) and used it once or twice as a walka round lens. It certainly was the range, but it never feels as sharp, and I always miss the large (low number) apertures I get on my 50mm. I’m also somewhat of the mindset (others have said it) then zooms can you make you lazier to frame things, when really you should zoom yourself (where possible). I found that I used it most at the far end, (270) which is why i got interested in the 300.

I’ve got some travel in the way (where I dont want to lug it) before I can play.

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by dibytes

dibytes — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 02:34:13 +0000

This lens is going to be my next purchase. I have an 18-200mm Sigma for my daily walking around lens, but I want something with more reach, but still small and light enough to handle easily. The reviews all mention the sharpness of the lens. I can’t wait to see all your pics!

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by cogdogblog

cogdogblog — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:57:30 +0000

1=regular stabilizer for general handheld shots; 2= is for ones where you do horizontal panning.

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by D'Arcy Norman

D'Arcy Norman — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:54:47 +0000

what do the 2 stabilizer modes do?

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by Larry Johnson

Larry Johnson — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:11:32 +0000

and ain’t it sweet — can’t wait to see the shots you get once you know it well!

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by cogdogblog

cogdogblog — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:55:55 +0000

Yep, all the acronyms above- L IS USM BFL (made up that last one).

Today was just point and shoot, but eager to try it out. I have the 10-20mm you recommended for the short range, the 50mm prime I love, and now this one for the long ones.

Comment on Cool Refinance Interest Only Loan images by D'Arcy Norman

D'Arcy Norman — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:53:55 +0000

f/4? L? IS? nice. the first test shots you posted with it are scary sharp.