Real Estate Appraising From A to Z
Author: Guy Cozzi
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ISBN: 1887450025
Publisher: Nemmar Real Estate Training (01 January, 2002)
Sales Rank: 15,094
Average Customer Rating: 4.76 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Excellent choice to read
Yearly I am required to read real estate appraisal books and take continuing education classes since I am a licensed appraiser and I have read many books on this topic. Most of them were very boring and dry. Real Estate Appraising From A to Z was great and reading it was a relief from the usual boring, technical books I have to read yearly on this topic. This was the first appraisal author that writes in laymen's terms so anyone can understand it clearly and remain interested throughout the whole book. There were many aspects discussed by the author that I benefited from. You learn to avoid your own mistakes in appraising by learning from the author's past experiences which I found to be excellent for my appraisal work. I've told a number of my colleagues about this book and they appreciated the advice for telling them to get it and benefited from the content as I have. Whether you're a beginner or expert, you can't go wrong with this purchase. Good luck in your future home appraising!
Rating: 5 out of 5
This new fourth edition is the best one.
I've purchased other books by this author and found them to be excellent. He writes as though he is giving advice to one of his appraisal or home inspection clients. This new fourth version of the book covers all three approaches used to estimate the market value of real estate: Direct Sales Comparison Approach, the Cost Approach, and the Income Approach. Everything is explained in a way that myself, or anyone else that has no prior experience as a real estate appraiser, can learn quickly how professional appraisers do appraisals of homes and condos.
I've read many books on real estate and this appraisal book and the home inspection book by this author are easily the best books available on these topics. Some of my friends and relatives have purchased these books based upon my recommendation and all of them have thanked me since they've saved as much money as I did when I renovated and sold my home. Maybe this book review will help others to also save money from the advice in this book. Your money will be well spent and I'm sure you'll be happy with reading this edition.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Great book and highly advisable to read.
I purchased other books by this author and the prior edition of this book. This is the 4th edition and is excellent. If you want to become very knowledgable about real estate appraising then this is the right choice. It is written in a very enjoyable writing style as though you were a client of the author getting advice directly from him. There were so many topics covered that it was a lot to digest but everything was helpful to me and probably will be to you too. All three approaches to estimating real estate values were talked about - direct sales, cost, and income approaches. If you are a home owner and want to determine the price to sell your house for then you have what you need in this. There are photos and sample appraisals that can simplify the whole process and you don't need to be a technical person to understand how paid appraisers do their job. Similar Products
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