When it
comes to making the most of New Orleans real estate, knowledge is power. The schools didn’t
teach us anything about selling a home or how to decide which home to buy, yet
those are subjects that have lasting impacts on our lives. When such key
decisions are in our immediate future, we come face-to-face with the importance
of making the right choices, asking the right questions—and engineering the
best deal.
Whether
or not you’re about to head a foray into New Orleans real estate, here are a number of
excellent recent books that will help arm you with actionable knowledge:
This book is a general go-to reference for buyers (and I
think for sellers as well: being able to put yourself in the shoes of potential
buyers is essential for intelligent marketing). Answers to the “100 Questions”
are provided by top brokers from around the country, so every detail won’t
necessarily answer our New Orleans real estate specifics; but on the whole, this
book is concise and informative. The questions are arranged in an easy-to-read
format, separated into chapters like “Putting Together the Deal” and “How Do I
Know What I Can Afford to Spend.” Readers rate it very highly.
Solid, practical information that
can be invaluable for homeowners about to enter the New Orleans real estate market. In the same way that 100 Questions book is also useful to
sellers, this one would make excellent reading for itinerant home buyers who’d
like to know what’s important to sellers…thus being one step ahead when it
comes to striking a win/win deal. Smart
Essentials is mercifully short: just under 100 pages.
Newly updated and with the
highest reader reviews, this one is most appropriate for potential buyers with
little or no previous real estate experience. As author Musgrave puts it, the
object here is “to convey to the reader only the necessary information—and not
one word more.” The extremely easy-to-read, informal approach is a welcome
departure for first-timers: no wonder readers are almost unanimous in agreeing
that if first-time home buyers read just one book, this is a worthy choice.
A newly written follow-up to the 2008 best seller, this is
an accessible starter book that addresses most of the key issues that
successful real estate investors learn to evaluate. The index is especially
useful for locating individual topics quickly (something eBook readers don’t
need to worry about: they just highlight a search term).
Thinking of buying or selling real estate in New Orleans?
Knowledge truly is power—and I’m
here to share what I know and to bring it all to bear on your behalf!
Terez Harris NOLA Real Estate Group
(504)297-2619
Harris.Terez@gmail.com
Keller Williams Realty New Orleans 8601 Leake Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118 504-862-0100
Each office independently owned and operated. All brokers licensed in the state of Louisiana.
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