The "Financial Times" writer who scooped the whole financial world with her warnings of an economic crash takes readers to the elite inner sanctums of the banking world to reveal the untold story at the heart of the boom and bust.
For typical homeowners, the monthly mortgage payment is either their largest or, after income taxes, second-largest expense item. When you're shopping for a mortgage without the proper knowledge, you could easily waste many hours of your time in addition to the financial losses suffered by not getting the best loan you can. Choosing the right ...
Thinking about becoming a landlord? "Property Management Kit For Dummies, 2nd Edition" gives you proven strategies for establishing and maintaining rental properties, be they single family or multi-resident. You'll see how to prepare and promote your properties, select tenants, handle repairs, avoid costly mistakes and legal snafus - and meet your ...
Leading medical experts and scientists team up with celebrity activists to help parents detoxify and green their households. Filled with easy steps and simple solutions, this book includes inspiring ideas for safe, eco-friendly cleaning methods, choosing healthier food, garden care, and more.
Easy-to-care-for, productive, inexpensive, and full of personality, chickens are popping up in backyards throughout the country - in the suburbs, rural towns, and even on city plots. All it takes to keep a small flock is a bit of land and a properly designed coop. Just like houses, chicken coops come in all sizes and styles to meet the needs of ...
Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide gives small residential landlords who cant afford to hire high-priced accounting or law firms the guide they need to save money on taxes.Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide explains how to: fill out the dreaded IRS Schedule E-determine whether an expense is a deductible repair or depreciable improvement-take ...
This title shows how to get rich fast by making ugly houses beautiful! Want to find great opportunities and make big bucks in the hottest business there is? Now you can take advantage the nation's huge and growing demand for quality housing and get rich doing it! "Investing in Fixer-Uppers" helps you develop the knowledge and expertise you need to ...
Young Isaac Holcombe grows up quickly when, in a small South Carolina town in the 1950s, he discovers that Billy, the father he has always known, is, in fact, not his father. And now Billy is under suspicion for the murder of Isaac's real father, a local ne'er-do-well named Holland Winchester. Told from many points of view, this debut novel ...
You'll need to wear many hats in the business of property management: advertiser/promoter (in seeking tenants), host (in showing your property), handyman (in keeping up with and arranging repairs), bookkeeper (in maintaining records), and even counselor (in dealing with tenants and their problems). But Property Management For Dummies will help you ...
Written by the former SAS Chief Survival Instructor, this guide shows how to make your home safe and avoid domestic accident or injury. It shows the dangers of DIY tools, chemicals and poisonous plants in your home and garden and gives help and strategies for home security and fire prevention. It also includes sections on avoiding accidents and ...
It's raining cats and dogs! Good thing Rover is snuggled safe and dry inside his doghouse--until, one by one, a soggy menagerie of creatures shows up looking for a cozy place to sit out the storm. Who's the very unwelcome surprise visitor? Skunk, of course. Full color.
Control your financial destiny - and become a Weekend Millionaire! "Jam-packed with practical ideas that work. Mike and Roger take the potentially complex topic of real estate investing and turn it into a simple process that shows you how to build real wealth, real fast. It's a must read!" - Don Hutson, CEO, U.S. Learning, Inc. "If you're ready to ...
Based on sound economic and finance principles, the primary goal of this market-leading text is to promote a greater understanding of how real estate financial markets work. The authors blend theory with practice applying the theoretical aspects of financial economics to explain how Real Estate financial institutions and markets have developed and ...
This title belongs to the highly acclaimed Beginner Book series developed by Dr. Seuss, in which the essential ingredients of rhyme, rhythm and repetition are combined with zany artwork and off-the-wall humour to create a range of books that will encourage even the most reluctant child to read. Originally published under the pseudonym of Theo ...
Toxins in the home can be the cause of unexplained headaches, fatigue, and depression. It is also widely believed that there is a definite link between the increased use of toxins and the rising rate of cancer. In this book, the author of "Nontoxic, Natural & Earthwise" and "The Nontoxic Home & Office" presents more than 400 tips, including do-it ...
Respected green correspondent Barnett provides a down-to-earth guide to understanding how to alter the home and guard loved ones from the harmful effects of everyday household items.
Joseph Eichler was a pioneering developer who defied conventional wisdom by hiring progressive architects to design Modernist homes for the growing middle class of the 1950s. He was known for his innovations, including "built-ins" for streamlined kitchen work, for introducing a multipurpose room adjacent to the kitchen, and for the classic atrium ...
EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT requires knowledge, dedication, and a sincere interest in the well-being of horses. In this thoroughly updated second edition of her best-selling classic. Cherry Hill explains how to be a responsible steward of the land while providing horses with the best care possible. Drawing on decades of personal experience and ...
Throughout the centuries, squatting has been one of the most pervasive forms of human settlement. From resistance to the enclosure movement in early modern Europe to the gradual settlement of the USA, ordinary people have continually and illegally seized unoccupied and underutilized lands. By some reliable estimates, urban squatters make up one ...
A valuable reference for consumers and real estate professionals, this book covers the basic principles and the institutions that dominate and regulate the real estate industry. Designed to put readers in touch with current national market conditions, the book includes the most recent FHA/VA guidelines, as well as other recent developments.
Today, zoos and wildlife parks are much more than collections of exotic animals. They may house the few remaining members of an endangered species and are centres of research in animal care and conservation. This handbook brings together information gathered from studies of animal behaviour, advances in breeding, genetics and nutrition research, ...
Ekarius provides 35 complete plans and step-by-step, illustrated instructions for species-specific shelters for all kinds of animals from the backyard to the barnyard.
A real estate prodigy shows how you can quit the 9-to-5 routine and become a millionaire - in just two years! A few years ago, Matthew Martinez was a lot like you - he worked hard to make as big a salary as he could. But it wasn't enough. He worked by the clock and yearned to be his own boss. With a small amount of savings, he acquired his first ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
