Finding Hidden Value in Your Home

Now homeowners, buyers, and sellers can estimate the value of a home and learn how to improve a property to increase its value by $10,000 or more. In this exhaustive insider’s guide, real estate developer Wallace Kaufman teaches you what makes for value in a home—from the quality of the roof tiling to the quality of the neighborhood—and he shows how you can make a complete home appraisal that most people have professionally done at a cost of up to $1,000. Finding Hidden Values in Your Home shows the homeowner how to make valuable remodeling decisions, the buyer how to make house inspections and estimates, and the seller how to cash in on hidden property values. Complete with checklists, worksheets, and essential information for city and town dwellers, this book is the best protection you, the homeowner, buyer, or seller can get.