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Index
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Read this Book to Find Out Why…
INTRODUCTION: Leaving Home: Our Real Estate Journey Begins
STEALING HOME: SCORING A DATA-DRIVEN DEAL ON A NEW HOUSE
1: Warren Buffett Is (Always) Right: Why Buying a Home Is Still a Really Smart Investment
2: Stats and the City: Timing Is Everything When Deciding Whether to Buy or Rent
3: 2-4-6-8, Neighborhoods That Will Appreciate: Predicting the Next Hot Spot
4: The Starbucks Effect: How Lattes Perk Up Home Prices
5: It’s the Worst House for a Reason: Why You Shouldn’t Buy the Worst House in the Best Neighborhood
6: Do Your Homework: Finding a Great School District in Your Price Range
7: ARMs and Legs: Fixed-Rate Mortgages Aren’t for Everyone
8: Apples and Oranges: How to Determine Whether Buying a Foreclosure Is a Good Deal
9: What to Expect When You’re Inspecting: How to Pick the Right Home Inspector
MOVING OUT: THE NEW RULES OF SELLING A HOME
10: America’s Next Top Remodel: Not All Home-Improvement Projects Are Created Equal
11: Magic Words and Dangerous Descriptors: How to Write an Effective Listing
12: March Madness: When to List Your Home
14: Real Est8 4 Sale: Use Superstitions to Your Advantage
15: The Price Is Right: How to Determine Your Asking Price
16: Nine Is the Magic Number: How to Sell for More by Asking for Less
17: Appraising Real Estate Agents: Reviews Correlate with Performance
THE DATA-HOOD: A NEW LOOK AT OUR NATION OF NEIGHBORHOODS
18: The Gayborhood Phenomenon: Property Values as a Bellwether of Social Change
19: What’s in a Street Name?: What Street Names Tell Us about Property Values
20: Empire Real Estate of Mind: Analyzing the Oddities of New York City
21: The Wild, Wild West: America’s Most Volatile Housing Markets
22: Statistics Are People, Too: Looking at the Housing Bust in More than Just Dollars and Cents
23: What’s Walkability Worth?: How Walkable Neighborhoods Affect Property Values
THIS OLD HOUSING MARKET: RETHINKING REAL ESTATE IN AMERICA
24: Owning Isn’t for Everyone: The Case for Decoupling Homeownership and the American Dream
25: The Third Rail of Real Estate: Is the Mortgage Interest Deduction Really the Best Use of $100 Billion?
26: Down by the Seaside: How Waterfront Property Plays by Its Own Rules
CONCLUSION: Follow the Data to Find Your Way Home
A Note on Our Methodology
Acknowledgments
Notes
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Table of Contents
Copyright
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