Today's Home Buyers Lacking Basic, Vital Information -- One Expert's Opinion: Read "Buyer-Seller (Grantee-Grantor)" Before Your 'Good' Deal Goes 'Bad'

    COSTA MESA, CA, September 22, 2011 -- "Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff," said Will Rogers (and Mark Twain). If you have access to the right information, then land is usually a great investment. Unfortunately, research shows that most home buyers, and even sellers, lack basic, often vital information. This "information gap" can lead to deal failures, or even worse.

With foreclosures and "abandonments" skyrocketing, and home purchases beginning to creep up again, the old adage, "a done deal is a good deal," no longer holds true. New buzzwords like "Bank Owned" and "Short sale" can be intimidating to potential buyers, and there is a strong urge to return to basics, especially with regard to major financial investments.

One expert agrees that the current urge to return to basics is not necessarily a bad thing: "Years ago, I saw the need for a basic real estate guide that would inform people while connecting them with industry experts who can guide them through the process of buying and selling real estate in the most efficient way possible," said author, lecturer, real estate and title industry expert Robert W. Duff. "Now, I want to make the latest edition of this guide available more widely in both English and Spanish."

In an effort to address this "information deficit" problem, Mr. Duff is now offering the latest edition of his real estate information book, "Buyer -Seller (Grantee-Grantor)", in both English and Spanish. For the first time, Mr. Duff's informative expertise is accessible to both the general public and real estate professionals alike; and is now available in both English and Spanish at www.Buyer-Seller-Guide.com.

The latest census data shows that Spanish speaking populations are the largest emerging demographic in the United States. Reaching out to these communities is often difficult for Real Estate professionals, and now you can market to your prospective Spanish speaking clients, and inform them about the real estate process at the same time. Buyer-Seller-Guide.com is offering deep discounts of 65%-and-up to real estate industry professionals who want to use this guide as a promotional marketing and referral tool.

Over the last forty years, Mr. Duff's research has revealed very interesting data which suggests that proposed new home owners (not just first time home-buyers) did not know the differences between a real estate broker, a land broker, and a loan broker. The data also disclosed that parties in almost every transaction, including transactions involving experienced real estate professionals, were confused about the differences between bank lenders, FHA, V.A., Freddie Mac, Ginny Mae, Fannie Mae, conventional loans, and, in some states, veteran's loans - which are of particular interest to Mr. Duff, himself a decorated Korean War Veteran. In fact, Mr. Duff says that most people interviewed could not accurately identify what "points" were, what an escrow or "closing" actually accomplishes, how a Realtor could assist them, or what title insurance actually is, as opposed to casualty or other types of insurance.

Mr. Duff wrote Buyer-Seller (originally named Grantee-Grantor) in 1971 to help people, and to save time by not having to answer the same questions over and over again. He has kept the data current over the years, and a growing group of industry professionals have been using Mr. Duff's information guide with great success as an promotional tool. The book, which has been compared to a 'Real Estate 101' reference textbook, is available in bulk to professionals interested in marketing their own business with customizable cover options; and now the book can also be purchased individually in both English and Spanish.

For more information you are invited to visit the Web site, www.Buyer-Seller-Guide.com, or you may contact RWD and associates via email at [email protected].

Robert W. Duff is an author, national lecturer, and real-estate and title industry expert. He is the Senior VP of National Builder Services Division at a leading National Title company. He and his wife Charyl live in Newport Beach, CA, where they enjoy driving around in their his-and-hers '57 T-Birds. Mr. Duff is an auctioneer and was recently inducted into the National Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame.

Contact: RWD & Associates
Phone: (949) 631-4743
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.buyer-seller-guide.com

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