For this stunning new volume, photographer William Hubbell has turned his lens toward New England's ubiquitous stone walls. Beginning with the basic geology of the region and why New England has so many darned rocks, he presents a chronological overview of the varying styles and methods of wall building, and includes conversations with six contemporary wall builders. The result is a surprising and refreshing look at stone walls and at the history of New England.
Fences and Retaining Walls, is a practical manual for the fencing professional and has all the information for quality fence work. An important book as well for house builders and home remodelers.
Having questions is great. Knowing the answers makes it perfect. Do you have 10, 20, or even 50 questions ready to go for the buying process? We start you off with over 100 specific questions all buyers should ask of their real estate professionals. We even give you the answers you should receive. How nice is that? Buyers always turn to a friend or their real estate agent as their one and only source of information. Why is that? That is the only person they know who has actually been through the buying process. Learn as you go has been the only teaching tool for ages. Learning from your real estate agent is like reading a book but starting on Chapter 6. You need to know a lot more before you ever contact an agent. It's just not a good strategy. It's the only strategy, until now. Accountability is the new normal. You must be accountable to yourself and be your own real estate advocate. Get to know what you deserve and are entitled to when dealing with others. Wouldn't it be perfect to have every question you need to start the process well before you even contact anyone for help. Wouldn't it even be better to have all the answers too? That would make you the perfect buyer. Buying a home is more than just looking on the Internet. There are specific questions you need answered before you ever start. These are questions for your agent, your lender, the seller's agent, the inspector, the appraiser, the surveyor, and the closing agent, but you don't know what to ask. This always becomes a main source of stress for the buyer. In this book, we give you the exact questions to ask and the answers you should be receiving, all in one resource. The Perfect Buyer is your guide to becoming an informed buyer based on actual questions all buyers should ask when purchasing a home. These aren't questions like rent vs. buy and how to save for your dream home. These are the exact questions you need to ask. We focus on all the questions you need to ask to move forward with your purchase. The problem is that you usually don't encounter these questions until you have actually started with the buying process. You have no time to think it over and all of your decisions are made under pressure. Wouldn't it be great to know all of this before you ever start? Now you know. We present these questions in progressive order from thinking about buying all the way through closing. You need answers well before you contact a real estate agent who helps you purchase a home. In this book you will learn: - Over 100 exact questions to ask to become totally informed - The answers you should be hearing from the professionals around you - How to become the perfect buyer in less than 2 hours If this is your first home or your tenth home, you will now be armed with an entire book of questions you can use today, as you start the buying process. Here is how you use this book. Each page has a question and an answer for you to ask you real estate professional. Write down their response to each of your questions and use this book as your reference guidebook for your upcoming transaction. Your stress levels are lowered, you are fully informed, and you are now the perfect buyer. You literally need no experience in purchasing a home to become the perfect buyer. With over 50 combined years of real estate transactions, we have chosen the most important questions a buyer needs to ask to become totally prepared. You will be amazed to see just how much material there is to prepare for your purchase. You will also be very pleased to know that you are now in full control as you go forward. This is your one source that will tell you what to ask, and who to ask, well before you start the formal home buying process. Read it today, use it today. Perfect!
Here's the perfect method to selling your home. Get prepared. Ask questions and get good answers so you can make the best decisions to get the highest price for your home. Sounds easy doesn't it. It's not, until now. Do you know what to ask your agent, the buyer's agent, the inspector, the appraiser, the surveyor, and the closing agent? "How can I get answers to make decisions when I don't even know what to ask?" That is the question we hear from everyone wanting to sell their home. Wouldn't you like to see the exact questions to ask and the answers you should be receiving all in one resource? Now you can. We have documented the top essential questions all sellers should ask to take control of their selling experience. Accountability is the new normal. You must be accountable to yourself and be your own real estate advocate. Get to know what you deserve and are entitled to when dealing with others. The perfect seller is fully informed. This book was written to provide you with the actual questions all first-time and experienced sellers need to ask when selling their home. These aren't questions like when is the best time to sell. You can find that information on the Internet. We focus on the questions that actually come up during the selling process. The problem is that you usually don't ask these questions until you are well underway, and you have to make split second decisions without preparation. This happens with every transaction because the seller simply does not know what to ask prior to the selling process. Things have changed and you can now know exactly what to ask without ever contacting anyone. In this book you will learn: - Over 70 exact questions to ask to become totally informed - The answers you should be hearing from the professionals around you - How to become the perfect seller in less than 2 hours Here is how you use this book. Each page has a question and an answer for you to ask your real estate professional. Write down their response to each of your questions and use this book as your reference guide for your upcoming transaction. As each milestone and timeline is accomplished, you are ready, know the process, and know how to react with confidence. Your stress levels are lowered, and you are now the perfect seller. You literally need no experience in selling a home to become the perfect seller. With over 50 combined years of real estate transactions, we have chosen the most important questions a seller needs to ask to become totally prepared. This is the one source that will tell you what to ask, and who to ask, well before you start the formal selling process. Read it today, use it today!
Selling Your House? Here's The Problem. Whether you are a first time home seller or selling a home for the 5th time, you usually contact a friend in real estate and hopefully they will guide you through the process while it happens. If that's your strategy, there is a better way. Accountability is the new normal. You must be accountable to yourself and be your own real estate advocate. Get to know what you deserve and are entitled to when dealing with others. Learn what to expect and what to ask, all in under 2 hours. Do you know what to ask a real estate agent, an inspector, an appraiser, or even a closing agent? If you're already talking to a real estate agent, you're already well into the selling process. Did you know that the selling process is actually standardized. All the professionals involved know their role and when to take action. You however, are usually asked to make decisions with little or no preparation. Shouldn't you know the entire behind the scenes process ahead of time? The problem is, you are usually left in the dark as to what comes next. That's not fair! The pandemic and higher interest rates changed how people sell their homes. If you are planning to sell today or a year from today, you will benefit from this information immediately. In today's market, homes may take a bit longer to sell. The decisions you make affect your bottom line. Don't know where to start? That's fine. We give you all that information you need. Where to start, what to ask, and what to expect. Now you know! In Under 2 Hours You Will Learn: - How the entire selling process works BEFORE you ever start - How to prepare for the home selling experience in the new normal - What to expect when you actively list your house for sale - What to ask your real estate agent so you are never in the dark again - What role everyone plays in the selling process This is the fastest and easiest way to eliminate the stress associated with selling your home. You can learn the entire selling process in under 2 hours. Take full control of your transaction without any guesswork of what comes next. If you're thinking about selling your home in the new normal, this should be required reading! To write about this material, you have to experience it firsthand. Authors William Walls and Shelly Lanich are in the real estate industry. They share over 50 years of hands-on experience and focus on the most important part of the transaction. You! No one has shown you how the timelines interact behind the scenes. Your future real time decisions can now be reviewed today, before you ever start. Use any agent you want. Close where you want. Best of all, you don't have to contact a real estate agent to get this roadmap to selling your home. This is your executive summary for the selling process. Buy It. Read It. Use It Today!
First-Time Home Buyers. Learn Everything You Need, In Less Than 2 Hours! Buyers of any experience will benefit from this publication. Here's the problem. You want to buy a house, but you don't know where to start. It's the unknown. We all react the same way. So, you contact a friend in real estate and hopefully they will guide you through the process. If that's your strategy, there is a better way. Accountability is the new normal. You must be accountable to yourself and be your own real estate advocate. Get to know what you deserve and are entitled to when dealing with others. The buying process is actually structured. All the professionals involved know their role and when to take action. You are asked to make decisions with little or no preparation. The whole process is already set out. Why don't you know these steps? Because you don't know the process. Shouldn't you know this before you ever start? You turn to your agent because they are the only one you know who has even been through the buying process. When you contact an agent, you are already well into the buying process. Being left in the dark is not a good strategy and it's not fair to you. If you feel intimidated because you don't know what to ask and you don't know the process, in less than 2 hours, you can feel comfortable and learn everything you need to know. If you want to eliminate stress and mistakes, you need a resource that offers you solutions today. Best of all, you don't have to contact a real estate agent to get everything you need. This is your executive summary of the actual buying process. Don't know where to start? That's fine. We give you all the information you need. Where to start, what to ask, and we even show you what decisions you are expected to make on quick moving timelines. In This Book You Will Learn: - How the entire buying process works BEFORE you ever start - What to ask a lender so you're not intimidated, even if you're a first time home buyer - What questions to ask your real estate agent so you are never in the dark again - Why you should always have help when purchasing from a builder - How to fully utilize the services offered by everyone in your transaction - Investors have to follow the same process to close This is the fastest and easiest way to become an informed buyer. Knowing what to expect eliminates the fear of buying. This book explains the entire buying process in less than 2 hours. Take full control of your transaction without any guesswork of what comes next. Authors William Walls and Shelly Lanich work in the real estate industry. They share over 50 years of combined hands-on experience and focus on the most important part of the transaction, You! Did you know that the buying process is essentially the same all across the country? The contracts dictate the process, and now you can preview the entire process before you ever start. Now you know! Get started today, use it today!
It was Eric's birthday, the day he became a man. And that could only mean one thing. It was time for him to steal for mankind. The aliens had subjugated humans with technology so far in advanced of anything that mankind had ever developed that it was unthinkable that man would ever claim back his home planet. Or was it?
Eliminate trial and error as your teacher. The Perfect Real Estate Agent is the perfect companion to your state real estate exam study guide. You are learning how to pass your exam, and you can now be ready to do your first deal on day one. This is one of the most useful training books you will ever read about practical real estate. No motivational speeches, just the exact roadmap to eliminating trial and error from your learning experience. Just think. On your first day of practicing real estate, you will know exactly what to do, what to say, and how to make your first deal your best deal. Accountability is the new normal. You must be accountable to yourself and be your own real estate advocate. Get to know what you deserve and are entitled to when dealing with others. This book is for new real estate agents and those considering real estate as a new career. This master class in real estate was written by two real estate professionals and business owners, with over 50 years of combined real estate experience at the highest level. We started from the ground up. No help. Education, years of experience, and trial and error was our teacher. In turn, we have educated many buyers, sellers, and agents over the years. We are in real estate every day, and bring you the insight that only a practicing real estate professional can pass on to another agent. You are going to be surprised on how much there is to learn. We know exactly what it takes and what you need to become successful on day one. No one has ever complained about how quickly they learned. Why does it take new agents years to become top agents? Trial and error. We have now eliminated that learning curve. Becoming a top real estate agent doesn't have to take years. You can now gain the experience and confidence you thought would take years to achieve. Everything we cover you will need on day one as a real estate agent. Get that experience before you ever start. Most real estate agents don't make it because they don't know how to properly prepare. The learning process can take years to learn. Not anymore! We give you the tools to be a top real estate agent before you ever start your first deal. You will learn 75 critical topics BEFORE you ever do your first transaction, which includes: - What you need to set up a monster real estate business - How to properly explain the buying process to your client - How to properly explain the selling process so you can get your first listing - Instant knowledge topics with step-by-step explanations - The first questions you must ask the other professionals around you, plus the answers! Study for your state exam. Read up on practical real estate to eliminate trial and error as your teacher. You will now be all set to start your career with a confidence that you thought would take years to achieve. If you want that edge, you now have a way to achieve it.
It is arguably the greatest feat of civil engineering in history, and indisputably earth s largest single cultural relic: begun during the Qin Dynasty (around 208 BC) and completed nearly 1,800 years later during the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall of China spans more than 4,000 miles. At the dawn of the Beijing Olympics, the eyes of all the world are upon it. Two men who navigated every inch of the Wall have collaborated on a lavishly-illustrated tribute to this amazing structure. Michael Yamashita, an award-winning "National Geographic" photographer, spent a year shooting the Wall, its environs, and the people who live in its shadow, for the magazine. One hundred and sixty of his magnificent photos grace this volume, which features text by William Lindesay, who not only conducts tours of the Wall and spearheads the movement to preserve it, but has actually run its entire length. Broken into three sections, "The Great Wall" provides an overview that debunks myths and dishes up rare facts and figures, a comprehensive history that proceeds dynasty by dynasty through its construction, and an account of Lindesay s personal experiences of the Wall.
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