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Real Estate in Plain English

Buying a home, owning it well, selling for the most you keep, and your first rental — the real-estate decisions a normal person actually faces.

Buying a home, owning it well, selling for the most you keep, and your first rental. Written for the family sitting at the closing table, not the realtor sitting across it. Every chapter ends with a fill-in worksheet.

What’s inside

The full arc — explained for the family, sidebars for the advisor

Every chapter uses plain language and ends with a fill-in worksheet so the reading becomes a plan by the time you finish.

Part 1

Home: the home decision

“Rent or buy? Is now the right time?”

Part 2

Own well: the ownership decision

“What do I do now that I own it?”

Part 3

Sell: the exit decision

“How do I keep the most when I sell?”

Part 4

First rental: the first-property decision

“Should I buy my first rental?”

Real Estate in Plain English

$49 Single-user license · PDF + worksheets
  • ~130 pages, plain-English throughout
  • Fill-in worksheet in every chapter
  • Advisor sidebars alongside family text
  • The whole arc, none of the jargon
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