Your ultimate one-stop real estate reference!

Travel from AAA-Tenant to Zoning Variance; the Statute of Frauds of 1677 to the Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 2006; shop for basket loans, portable mortgages, mini-perms, jumbo loans and mezzanine financing; enter the Go-Zone in order to visit the burned out tax shelter on the corner of Main and Main to meet angel investors, vulture capitalists and condo cowboys and then decide if they have anything to do with the common enemy rule; see dogs, fleas, alligators, white elephants and anacondas, and meet the Mae’s-Fannie, Maggie, Ginnie, Sallie and Munie, all in this alphabetically organized resource which not only gives you fingertip access to the laws and language of real estate, it also provides an exclusive online tool to make it even easier for you to get up to speed.

Nowhere else will you find such comprehensive, authoritative information on current real estate concepts and regulations, including:

• Jargon-free definitions of almost 3,500 real estate terms and topics, many with explanations regarding why they are important to you, and with related “must know” words and phrases.  
• Up-to-the-minute information on financing alternatives, ownership methods, real estate clauses, Internet resources, , investment analysis, government regulations, types of housing developments, environmental issues, , and accelerated tax write-offs  
• Hundreds of illustrations covering architectural design, completed formulas, charts, and graphs  
• Valuable lists such as:  
• • 50 concepts to help residential real estate agents  
  • 125 must-know terms for homebuyers and sellers  
  • 105 words for landlords, tenants, and their agents  
  • 50 statutes related to real estate  
  • 100 tax terms important to investors and homeowners  
  • 60 essential ideas for analyzing investments  
  • 77 words important to developers  
  • 20 ways to hold real estate  
• A separate list of 80 secret buzz words and slang used by experienced real estate professionals to separate themselves from the wanabes and amateurs.  
• A table of common real estate measurements and conversions.  

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