Review of Start Your Own Home-Based Business (Wiley Business Basics) (Paperback)

I found this book extremely helpful! I am just starting to research and start my own home business and finding this book helped me to get my priorities in order. It is written step-by-step and even tells you where tocall or write for more information on certain subjects. I've suggested itto several people already and it will be my reference book for months tocome!

Product Description
A crash course in setting up your own business at home

Start Your Own Home-Based Business

Pick the Right Business for YOU

Present a Professional Image

Finance Your Business

Attract and Keep Customers

Any house on the block could be the birthplace of tomorrow's Fortune 500 company. Maybe it's yours. Small business gurus Greg and Pat Kishel show how to turn your home into a profit center with this crash course in setting up a home-based business. This accessible, hands-on guide offers step-by-step advice on every aspect of setting up shop at home-from picking the right business for you and selecting office equipment to presenting a professional image to potential clients and customers.

You'll find out how to:

• Finance and computerize a home-based business
• Prepare marketing, advertising, and promotion programs
• Achieve top-quality customer service that will attract and keep customers
• Deal with vital tax, insurance, and legal considerations

If you're thinking about starting your own business at home, or just curious about what it takes to do so, Start Your Own Home-Based Business is the all-in-one guide to making it happen . . . and making it profitable!

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"A crash course in setting up your own business at home

Start Your Own Home-Based Business

Pick the Right Business for YOU

Present a Professional Image

Finance Your Business

Attract and Keep Customers

Any house on the block could be the birthplace of tomorrow's Fortune 500 company. Maybe it's yours. Small business gurus Greg and Pat Kishel show how to turn your home into a profit center with this crash course in setting up a home-based business. This accessible, hands-on guide offers step-by-step advice on every aspect of setting up shop at home-from picking the right business for you and selecting office equipment to presenting a professional image to potential clients and customers.

You'll find out how to: Finance and computerize a home-based business Prepare marketing, advertising, and promotion programs Achieve top-quality customer service that will attract and keep customers Deal with vital tax, insurance, and legal considerations

If you're thinking about starting your own business at home, or just curious about what it takes to do so, Start Your Own Home-Based Business is the all-in-one guide to making it happen . . . and making it profitable!

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Review of Improve the Value of Your Home up to $100,000: 50 Sure-Fire Techniques and Strategies (Paperback)

Offering "50 surefire techniques and strategies" to help improve the value of one's home, Irwin utilizes common sense to help owners decide where it is best to spend their money on their homes. With the recent real estate run-up (especially where I live in Southern California), the best investment we can make is in the very place we live. While I don't plan to sell in the near future, I always want to be sure my home could be ready for a sale at any time, just in case. Irwin gives dollar-sign guides as to how much value an improvement could help increase the price you could eventually ask for your property. Although very little in this book was new to me, I highly recommend it for folks who are not very sure about how to increase the value of their homes. Although there were several suggestions I questioned (especially the value he gave to some improvements and how little he valued other improvements), I believe that he used sound judgment to guide the reader. I plan on utlizing several of the improvement ideas in my own home!

Product Description
Earn large profits on small investments in your home!

You can profit up to $500,000 tax-free when you sell your home! And some of the most effective ways to raise the value of your home are also the least expensive! Did you know that you can increase your property value simply by parking your car in the garage? It's true! And that's just one of the many proven value-building secrets you'll find in this indispensable homeowner's handbook.

Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000 is packed with money-making ideas that make your home more elegant and pleasant to live in now, and far more valuable whenever you decide to sell-tomorrow or ten years from now. You'll find plenty of tips on how to save money on major improvements, learn which improvements are most likely to add the greatest value, and even discover value-boosters that you can take with you after the sale to add value to your next home! Find out how to increase the value of your home by:

• Making buyers fall in love with your home
• Adding just the right touches to kitchens, bathrooms, and entryways
• Improving your entire neighborhood
• Finding simple, inexpensive ways to modernize
• Making your backyard "the place to be"

Your home is the biggest, most important investment you will ever make. Now you can make it your most profitable investment with simple techniques that bring higher prices and quicker sales. Find out how in Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000.

From the Back Cover
Earn large profits on small investments in your home!

You can profit up to $500,000 tax-free when you sell your home! And some of the most effective ways to raise the value of your home are also the least expensive! Did you know that you can increase your property value simply by parking your car in the garage? It's true! And that's just one of the many proven value-building secrets you'll find in this indispensable homeowner's handbook.

Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000 is packed with money-making ideas that make your home more elegant and pleasant to live in now, and far more valuable whenever you decide to sell-tomorrow or ten years from now. You'll find plenty of tips on how to save money on major improvements, learn which improvements are most likely to add the greatest value, and even discover value-boosters that you can take with you after the sale to add value to your next home! Find out how to increase the value of your home by:

• Making buyers fall in love with your home
• Adding just the right touches to kitchens, bathrooms, and entryways
• Improving your entire neighborhood
• Finding simple, inexpensive ways to modernize
• Making your backyard "the place to be"

Your home is the biggest, most important investment you will ever make. Now you can make it your most profitable investment with simple techniques that bring higher prices and quicker sales. Find out how in Improve the Value of Your Home Up to $100,000.



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Review of Second Homes for Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance)) (Paperback)

Covers most financial aspects of owning non-primary properties, including second homes, vacation homes, rental properties, and strategizing for retirement property.Tax questions are covered in detail.

Could have used more personal examples to give the book a more homey feeling.Also not a great resource for rural or undeveloped land purchases.

Overall, very useful for anyone considering purchasing investment property, including rental property or renting to tenants part time.

Lisa Merritt
www.lockboxdeals.com

Product Description
Thinking about owning a second home? Whether you want a relaxing getaway spot, a future retirement home, or just a place to rent out for profit, having a second home has always been a good investment. But how will you know where to look, how to invest, and what you need to avoid?

Second Homes For Dummies gives you the tools you need to handle the entire second-home buying process from concept to completion! This book covers the bases and the basics of buying a second home, presenting all information in a logical and modular format so you can find just what you need on the subjects that interest you. You'll find out everything you need to know to:

• Determine whether or not a second home is right for you
• Maximize your options for a second home
• Search for a home and find the money to pay for it
• Rent out your home for profit
• Renovate and maintain it to ensure its growing value
• Make your second home your primary home
• Look for and purchase a home in another country

Also provided are a list of the best places in the world to buy a home, ways to improve your home and make it first rate, and rules that you should talk about with your guests. With Second Homes For Dummies, you can make your dream of having a second home come true!

From the Back Cover
Deal with agents, tenants, mortgages, and more

Let your second home work for you now, and retire to it later

Dreaming of that perfect cottage in the mountains or that beachfront getaway? Can you afford it? How do you find one? Will it make money or cost money? What about upkeep and taxes? Relax! This handy book guides you through every step, from assessing your finances and deciding when to buy, to maintaining and maximizing your investment.

• Choose the right home

• Decide whether to build

• How to pay for it

• Go it alone or use a pro

• Find reliable tenants

• Prepare for the retirement move

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Review of Buying a Home When You're Single, Revised and Updated Edition (Paperback)

"Buying A Home When You're Single" is an excellent way of putting all the fears of home buying in the past.Donna Albrecht describes true to life expierences, from singles that have purchased homes in thelast decade.The author walks you through all the steps of searching for ahome, getting prequalifed, finding an agent, and struggling through escrow. The home buying process is described in a clear and concise manner thateveryone can understand.You will not be bumbarded with confusing realestate jargen that will discourge you from buying a home.On the contrary,it will provide you with all the necessary tools you will need to puchase ahome.

Product Description
The single person's complete guide to buying your own home

Do you dream of having a home of your own? With nearly half of all new home buyers being single, you're in good company. But how do you go about finding the right place and actually purchasing it? What do you, as a single person, need to know? In Buying a Home When You're Single, Donna Albrecht demystifies the home-buying process and takes you step by step through the entire process of acquiring the home of your dreams-from hiring a real estate agent to closing the deal. Whether you envision yourself in a palatial mansion or a modest condo, co-op, or manufactured home, here's your guide to making your dream come true!

- Learn how mortgages work and how to choose the best one for you

- Secure financing to fit your earning power

- Find specific help for first-timers

- Mine the Internet's rich real estate information

- Evaluate housing choices including co-ops, condos, single-family dwellings, manufactured homes, and others

- Negotiate the best price on a home

- Improve your investment after your purchase

From the Publisher
A user-friendly guide that demystifies the complete home-purchasing process. A series of forms and checklists enable readers to figure out exactly what price range they can afford, how to evaluate various types of housing (condos, co-ops, modular, mobile homes, etc.), what kinds of mortgages are available and if they qualify, the pros and cons of getting a real estate agent and much more. Appendices feature a list of Special Buyer's Programs and Amortization Tables from 5.5% to 15.5% interest rates.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



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Review of How to Promote Your Home Business: Free, Easy & Low-Cost Ways to Market Any Enterprise (Paperback)

This book is a goldmine of facts to support any home-based business owner, including writers.

I have been a home-based business owner involved in direct sales for the past ten years, so I was interested to see how John McLain's book might help me. Would it have anything I hadn't already learned in the past ten years? I must report that YES it does! McLain covers everything from press releases to trade fairs to websites in his book. He writes in a succinct and interesting way to excite and motivate his reader to have a successful business.

At just over one-hundred pages, this book is a quick read to get you started and moving towards success in your home business, no matter what kind of business you are running I'm confident you will find helpful information just for you.

One part of this book I was particularly interested in was all about press releases. I had learned the basics of writing a press release from writer's conferences I had attended but have not yet tried my hand at it. After reading McLain's tips, I feel more up to the task and believe I will be able to write a more effective release and direct it to the right people.

How to Promote Your Home Business is a great tool for any business owner, so go ahead and jump in and use his tips and techniques to take the steps to success.


Product Description
As a home-based entrepreneur you have the ability to offer a superb product or service, but without the know-how to market your enterprise, customers and clients will never beat a path to your door. That's a major reason why most businesses fail. This book will give you that know-how, and show you how easy it is to use the promotional secrets of the pros to achieve success -- even on a limited budget. Discover how to: Gain free publicity, promote your business, and produce ads that sizzle. John McLain is a veteran journalist, magazine editor, copywriter, and public relations practitioner who has been a publicist and national media consultant to 55 colleges and universities. He lives on Whidbey Island in Washington state.

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Review of The Complete Home Veterinary Guide (Paperback)

Bought it to take a small vet assistant course and now any time I have any questions about my "kids" I run for the book!!



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Review of Undress for Success: The Naked Truth about Making Money at Home (Hardcover)

Finally a work at home book that's written for the 21st century. So much of the other stuff that's out there is pure junk. This book does as the title suggests, tells the truth.

The three sections of the book deal with home jobs, home businesses, and freelancing (which is really a home business but the authors make it a separate section because in it they cover stuff that only pertains to freelancers like which job boards to use when looking for work, how to document your freelance relationships, how to price your services, etc.).

They cover all kinds of stuff I've never seen in another book like what employers hire home-based staff, what they pay, and how to get a job with them. The give specific instructions for how to convince your boss to let you work from home (and offer other special book-buyer-only samples on their web site at http://undress4.success.com). They lay out what ought to be in a freelance contract and how to make sure you get paid for your work. And they offer a neat way of coming up with web-based business ideas and then show you how to go about figuring out if they make sense.

I was so sick of being taken by work at home scams (which they cover in depth in the book) that I was reluctant to buy yet another book about working from home. So I read who some of the people were that gave jacket endorsements and then I went to their web site and saw that they've been quoted in all kind of legit places like the Harvard Business Review, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and lots of other. I concluded that these guys are the real deal and now, having read the book, I can say I was right.




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