Real Tips on Real Estate

Egypt Sherrod knows about Real Estate. She is the host of the popular TV show Property Virgins. If you are thinking about buying a new home or listing a property take a look at her new book, Keep Calm…It’s Just Real Estate: Your No-Stress Guide to Buying a Home. She discusses appraisals, down payments, closings, mortgages and home inspections.  There is even a glossary of real estate terms for real estate rookies.

Another great book that blends real estate and technology is Zillow Talk: The New Rules of Real Estate. Zillow is the leading real estate website and mobile app. Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries, the founder and chief economist at Zillow write about how to do your homework and find the right house or get your selling price. There are so many great tips in this book it’s hard to know where to begin! DB

It's all Good...

Hildy Good is direct descendant from Sarah Good---who was tried as a witch in Salem. She has lived in Wendover, Massachusetts all of her life. As the most successful realtor in the area, she knows everything about everybody in town. Hildy is also an alcoholic, somewhat recovering, mostly in denial, who is privy to a cache of secrets that is about to complicate her life. Her days become a pendulum of thoughts, actions, emotions and solace. The Good House: a novel by Ann Leary provides a compelling look at someone who struggles with an addiction in current everyday life. DB