Home Buying/Home Selling

Books

Buyers Are Liars & Sellers Are Too! The Truth about Buying Or Selling Your Home
Courtney, Richard

Buying a Home

Buying and Selling a Home: Make the Right Choice in Any Market

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buying and Selling a Home
O’Hara, Shelly

The For Sale By Owner Kit
Irwin, Robert

For Sale By Owner: Sell Your House, Condo or Townhouse and Save

Home Staging: the Winning Way to Sell Your House for More Money
Schwarz, Barb

How to Buy a Home
Cortes, Luis Reverend

100 Question Every First-Time Home Buyer Should Ask: With Answers From Top Brokers From Around the Country
Glink, Ilyce

1001 Tips for Buying & Selling a Home
Nash, Mark W.

Sell Your Home Without a Broker: Insider’s Advice to Selling Smart, Fast and for Top Dollar
DiBlasi, Joseph P.

Tips & Traps When Negotiating Real Estate
Irwin, Robert

20 Questions to Ask Before Selling Your Home
Holzner, Steven

Newspapers

Check the real estate sections in the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald and Chicago Sun-Times.

Magazine

The October issue of Chicago Magazine highlights the local Chicago metropolitan market.

Web Sites

American Society of Home Inspectors

Bankrate.com

Chicago Tribune

MSN Real Estate

Public Records Database - Contains public record data for new businesses, real estate transactions, home foreclosures and bankruptcies in Illinois. Use your DPPL card for access - scroll down the home page and look for the "Illinois Records Available" area on the bottom right.

Realtor.com

Trulia - "The best place to start your real estate search."

Zillow.com - Real estate valuations, listing of homes for sale and more

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