The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Home
Author: Oreste Drapaca
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Architecture, Domestic
ISBN: 9781592575015

Creating a new home-or rebuilding a purchased one-requires architectural expertise, not only for aesthetic design purposes but also to account for structural safety, feasibility of plan, compliance with local laws and codes, and above all, to make a new house feel like home-the home you've always wanted. However, architects can be very costly- but only if you use them. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Hometeaches readers to do all or most of an architect's work themselves, step-by-step, with inspirational ideas; clear, concise information; practice exercises; and professional secrets-all explained in a warm, inviting, friendly voice. It explains everything readers need to know to design the home they've always wanted while making it practical, affordable, and secure.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying a Home
Author: Peter Richmond
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 454
Release: 2010-01-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101159804

In real estate, it's a buyer's market—and here is the buyer's bible . . . Buying a home is the single most important financial move in most people's lives. This book covers a variety of topics including inspecting, evaluating, negotiating, financing, contracts, and legal issues. It also breaks down the roles of the key players and what these professionals, agents, brokers, and inspectors are responsible for—and when to go it alone. The thorough advice, covering everything from buying houses at auctions to what neighborhood to live in, will provide reassurance for every soon–to–be homeowner. • A necessary tool for those who plan to buy homes and even current homeowners in order to keep up with an ever changing market • Will be published in time for spring, when most people start looking into buying new homes • Covers a broad range of buying options and homeowner's needs


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting a Home-Based Business
Author: Barbara Weltman
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780028638423

Offers advice on starting a home-based business, with chapters on creating a business concept, buying a franchise, turnkey businesses, business plans, insurance, and taxes.


The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections

The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Home Inspections
Author: Bobbi Dempsey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2004-05-04
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1440696187

For home buyers and home sellers. Here is the first how-to that addresses the needs of both buyers and sellers, making it the perfect companion to the bestselling The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Buying and Selling a Home. The buyer will depend on this guide to determine whether a house is worth buying. The seller will need it to determine which repairs are necessary before listing or signing anything. Readers will learn to troubleshoot all areas of a home, including its structure and foundation, windows and doors, plumbing, heating and air conditioning, insulation, electrical systems, and the roof, just to name a few. In this Pocket Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • What to look for when inspecting the electrical system, the roof, and other parts of the home. • Simple advice on what to do if the results of your inspections aren’t good. • Expert explanation of what you can expect during and after the inspection. • Easy ways to tell if a home is worth buying—or if it will need extensive repairs before you put it on the market.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homemade Ice Cream

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homemade Ice Cream
Author: Dick Warren
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781592574841

Even with the proliferation of brand-name ice creams and ice cream shop chains and the availability of numerous flavours, homemade ice cream remains as popular as ever. You have only to look at the variety of home ice cream machines and the number of companies manufacturing them to see it. Homemade ice cream has a special taste that you can't buy, and it is a family activity and summer tradition in many homes. But homemade ice cream isn't as simple as it seems for the novice, and even families that have been making it for years look for new recipes and ideas to challenge their skills and their palates. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Homemade Ice Cream, readers will find: *More than 200 recipes, ranging from the simple to the sublime *Step-by-step instructions for making ice cream, sherbet, sorbet, frozen yogurt, and gelato *Topping and serving recipes and ideas *Recipes and instructions for ice cream-based and other frozen drinks


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
Author: Shelley O'Hara
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781592571208

Goodbye, old house-hello, good buy! From looking to sell to finding a dream home, this all-in-one guide features new, updated, and vital information and tips on getting the best deal...no matter which side of the deal you're on. ? Unlike other books, this covers both buying and selling-which usually go hand-in-hand ? Revised edition includes more information on buying a second home, researching locations, saving on costs, and more ? Existing-home sales are setting new records every year ? Very low mortgage rates are making this a great time to buy


Flipping Houses For Dummies

Flipping Houses For Dummies
Author: Ralph R. Roberts
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118051343

This guide provides an overview of the many components of the popular practice of flipping properties. Coverage spans the flipping process from start to finish—finding, buying, fixing up, and selling—and the variables needed to make all of those steps successful and profitable. Also included is coverage on negotiating, property inspections, mortgages, taxes, and working with contractors, brokers, and real estate agents. The book is perfect for responsible investors who want to flip houses the right way and steer clear of legal gray areas that get some investors into trouble.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cold Calling

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cold Calling
Author: Keith Rosen
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 407
Release: 2004-08-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0241881773

Does this sound familiar? 'If I could get in front of the prospect, the rest of the selling process becomes easier. It's just getting in front of them that's the challenge'. The fact is most cold-calling efforts are doomed from the start. Salespeople lose sales not due to a lack of effort but because they lack a prospecting system they are comfortable with, and can trust to generate greater, consistent results. If you are feeling the same way you have been for the last several years (including the 'calling to check in, touch base or follow-up' approach) or haven't been prospecting at all, you're simply making it easier for your competition to take away the new business you are working so hard to earn. So, if you love to sell but hate (or don't like) to prospect, this book is your opportunity to maximize your cold calling potetnial and boost your income by learning how to get in front of the right prospects in less time and create greater selling opportunities without the fear, pressure or anxiety associated with cold calling.


Freaking Idiots Guide To Selling On EBay

Freaking Idiots Guide To Selling On EBay
Author: Nick Vulich
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-02-27
Genre: Electronic commerce
ISBN: 9781482647723

This book will cover all of the steps you need to know to successfully sell on eBay.