Country Property Dirt Cheap: How I Found My Piece of Inexpensive Rural Land...Plus My Adventures with a $300 Junk Antique Tractor

Country Property Dirt Cheap: How I Found My Piece of Inexpensive Rural Land...Plus My Adventures with a $300 Junk Antique Tractor
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usefull advice, one man's success story

A great guide by example

Well written and easily read

Low density but valuable information

READ ME! A good argument for land

Country Property Dirt Cheap: How I Found My Piece of Inexpensive Rural Land...Plus My Adventures with a $300 Junk Antique Tractor
Ralph C. Turner
Manufacturer: Index Legalis Pub.
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0945959524

Customer Reviews:

usefull advice, one man's success story.......2007-10-19

Turner's tale of his search for rural land is a fun read. anyone looking at this page and reading this review obviously has a little dream of buying a piece of land - and this book is not only full of good advice for your own search, but it's inspiring. Turner used tactics that I certainly wouldn't have though of. The books is not written like a how-to book, in fact it almost resembles a journal more than anything. But sometimes a little down to earth anecdote is nice to read before bed. It's a very fast and pleasant 230 pages that will likely leave you optimistic about your chances of finding a piece of rural land. Good luck!

A great guide by example.......2007-09-09

For those that are looking for an A-B-C, follow the list type guide to finding cheap land, keep on looking. Though there is a list of the steps used, it takes only a couple of pages near the end. If you are too lazy to read the rest, and instead skip to the list, you will miss out on a lot of good advice.

Now for the rest of you that are smart enough to enjoy Mr. Turner's tale of how he found it, and glean the tidbits of information bestowed throughout the tale, you will walk away with invaluable information that will let you find the land that you want at a price you can afford.

Well written and easily read.......2007-04-30

This book is an excellent and quick read- I finished it in one day. Although not directly suited to my purpose, the book contains great advice on finding a small acreage (4-12) property in the country.

Most of all the book made me feel even better about our opportunities- as the writer repeatedly commented on how much easier his search would have been if he was looking to buy 40 or more acres of land. Wouldn't you know it, that is what we are looking to do.

The author has a flowing and folksy writing style, that doesn't get bogged down with too much technical real estate jargon- and footnotes are provided in the rare instances where technical terms occur. This book is in many ways much more than a book about how to buy property cheap, it is the author's life story- his dreams and aspirations for a place in the country since his boyhood.

I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to purchase land in the country.

Low density but valuable information.......2007-02-26

The information in this book is worth the price you pay for it. I had fumbled around looking for land and only found a couple of the many tips he offers for finding and buying land. The author presents the information as his experience finding and buying a piece of land to be used as a get away and week end home. He explains why small parcels of land are more expensive per acre compared to large parcels of land.

His tips on buying land are summarized in a two page appendix. I think the one thing he left out of his summary was "get lucky and stumble across someone who will sell you land for cheap". If this was a "how to" book, it would be a pamphlet.

While not an exciting story, it is engaging. I found that I lost track of time while reading it. I have no need to be as thrifty as the author, however.

READ ME! A good argument for land.......2006-11-15

This book and another book made me re-think about land. In the past, people considered it as dangerous, but sometimes investing in land isn't such a bad thing, especially if you want to keep it for long term or for your children.

I would also suggest buying this book on how to purchase land below market value:

Investing Without Losing (ISBN: 0978834607 NOT on amazn, on other stores)

Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate

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"age inappropriate" fun
Disappointing
She's a great writer...but there are problems
The perfect gift for any unaccompanied older woman still looking for love.
I see this a lot in California

Unaccompanied Women: Late-Life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real Estate
Jane Juska
Manufacturer: Villard
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1400063191
Release Date: 2006-05-02

Book Description

“Before I turn 67, I would like to have a lot of sex with a man I like.” This inspired personal ad from Jane Juska drew tremendous response and swept the retired teacher into a whirlwind existence she barely recognized as her own. She relayed her fun and frank exploits in the bestseller A Round-Heeled Woman. Now Juska continues her astonishing story in this much anticipated new adventure.

Five years after that fateful ad, Juska has become a friend and confessor for women of all ages who confide in her their poignant, tragic, or blissful stories– unaccompanied women who are alone for now, but ever searching for intimacy. And in spite of Juska’s own success, “unaccompanied” is a description that applies to her as well. She’s still looking for a man to keep her company–not a husband, not even a partner, but simply the perfect lover, once described by Katharine Hepburn as one who “lives nearby and visits often.”

Unaccompanied Women embraces not only Juska’s continuing explorations of Eros (note to fans: her younger lover, Graham, is still on the scene) but also a blossoming literary career that catapults her from San Francisco to New York, London, and Paris. At book signings, earnest men place themselves purposely at the end of the line in order to engage her in private conversations, while women linger to confess their own erotic longings and their experiences with the good, the bad, and even the ugly. All the while, Juska is coping with the unnerving possibility of losing her home, a tiny cottage in Berkeley, California–and so her search broadens and intensifies, not just for love, friendship, and sex but also for enough money to keep a roof over her head.

Jane Juska shares all this richness of living in a poignant and humorous exploration of emotional terrain rarely discussed in our society. This wise and warmhearted book provides vivid evidence that the pursuit of pleasure and lasting relationships is not just for the young, but also for the young at heart.

Customer Reviews:

"age inappropriate" fun.......2007-08-25

From the first sentence, I was hooked. Her outlook is so unusual, quirky and her style an academic/down-to-earth melange is enchanting. I enjoyed every "embarrassing" moment.

Disappointing.......2007-08-07

Do you enjoy listening to elderly people whine? Then this is the book for you.

Jane complains (endlessly, interminably) that there's no man in her life. But whenever men call her, she immediately hangs up on them. Well, no wonder she's lonely.

Seems she'd rather stay home alone and brood over her hunky, young former lover, who's moved on and gotten married.

She can't afford to live in Berkeley, yet refuses to do the sensible thing and move somewhere less expensive.

She complains about being out-of-shape, yet does nothing to get herself in shape.

She wants a rich man to buy stuff for her, but when she gets one, she finds something in him to complain about.

Seems to me that most of Jane's problems are self-inflicted.

If you want to read a book by a feisty, sexy senior, skip this one and buy something by Helen Gurley Brown.

She's a great writer...but there are problems.......2007-07-17

I am conflicted about Jane Juska. On the one hand, I really liked this book. Say what you will about the woman, she is no slouch in the writing department. I know she liked teaching, but by being a teacher and not a writer for her whole life, she has denied readers what would have been many great books, I'm sure. The title is misleading. "Adventures in Real Estate" the most so. She is not looking to buy a house, she's trying not to go homeless. People will scoff at that, thinking writers are millionaires, but they're not. There isn't really much sex, and a lot of times she goes off tangent, but you really don't mind since she's such a great writer (though she does construct some oddly grammatical sentences at times). She's honest, sometimes embarrasingly so, and she puts her heart and soul out there--no easy feat. That being said, she is probably one of the most pretentious writers you will ever read. She either thinks she's wonderful (everyone recognized me at Berkeley) or awful (I couldn't bear to put my photo online). Usually, though she thinks she's wonderful. She's her own worst enemy pining over a married younger man, when there are plenty of nice available men she could be with. She is also a little anti-arab, as one previous person mentioned, and she seems to put down other people do, in a very sly way that almost flies under the radar but not quite. Still, this is definitely worth reading because the woman has a way with words.

The perfect gift for any unaccompanied older woman still looking for love........2006-10-15

UNACCOMPANIED WOMEN: LATE-LIFE ADVENTURES IN LOVE, SEX, AND REAL ESTATE follows on the heels of Jane Juska's best-seller A ROUND-HEELED WOMAN, surveying women's fears of growing old, being alone, and never settling down. Stories of women who, like her, have yet to find love but are determined to find it provides insight, humor and irony and will make the perfect gift for any unaccompanied older woman still looking for love.

Diane C. Donovan
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I see this a lot in California.......2006-07-26

First, I give JJ credit for having the guts to put herself out there. But I'm confused: she went after sex, so why is she continually whining about not finding love? Perhaps if she put the intention of "relationship" out there with the same zeal as her initial ad, then she'd attract one. And why NOT go online??? You know, I'd like to think that with age comes some wisdom, but even I, single and about 18 years younger, don't write drunken emails or sob continually about lost love and then claim my feminist credentials. It's a bit much to see that at 71. I kept wanting to tell her to Get a Life! Enjoy the travels! Make yourself happy!

The other whine I found unattractive is the "I'm poor, so buy me..." a diamond, a house, a free dinner. When a guy tells me he'd like to buy me a gift, the LAST thing that would ever occur to me is to suggest a HOUSE. But in materialistic California (and Berkeley qualifies, despite its granola reputation) there's so much money that envy is common--and so is this sense of entitlement. JJ appears to have lost her manners. All this whining that others need to provide "stuff" for her--we all make decisions about our lives and hers was to teach, then to retire, and then to write. If I were JJ I'd figure out how to leverage my modest "fame" into enough money to buy a place myself, if it's so important to her. Or I'd have used the proceeds from my original sale, added to them and then bought a small place. Take responsibility for yourself!!!

As far as the book goes, it is all over the place. It's really more like a collection of loosely connected essays. I might have enjoyed them more if they had some coherent point and if she wasn't continually whining about her lost "loves" and her financial condition. It got old. Was disappointed in the book.

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I'm confused...
Best of Her Recent Books!
KEPT ME IN SUSPENCE!!
Amateurish effort.
She's done better

Pretend You Don't See Her
Mary Higgins Clark
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
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ASIN: 0684810395

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Lacey Farrell, the heroine of Mary Higgins Clark's 15th novel, is having a bit of an identity crisis. While working as a real estate agent in New York, Lacey witnessed a client's murder, and now she's in hiding with a new name and a new life. But changing her identity doesn't completely remove Lacey from the web of danger and deceit that surrounds the crime; new clues keep popping up that suggest some kind of link between Lacey's family and the murder. Meanwhile, a new man comes into the heroine's life, further complicating an already murky situation. As any fan will tell you, Mary Higgins Clark never fails to deliver plot twists and turns that are as unexpected as they are thrilling.

Book Description

What happens when a young woman, having merely been in the wrong place at the wrong time, is accidentally caught up in a dangerous murder investigation?

What happens when she is placed under police protection, forced to give up her identity and move to another part of the country, at least until the killer can be positively identified and apprehended?

What happens when in her new life she meets the perfect man, only she can't risk falling in love because she can't tell anyone -- even him, especially him -- who she really is?

Pretend You Don't See Her is Mary Higgins Clark's brilliant and terrifying new novel, her fifteenth, and her most chilling and suspense-filled yet. Set in New York and in Minneapolis-St. Paul, it is the story of Lacey Farrell, a young rising star on Manhattan's high-powered and competitive real estate scene.

In the course of selling a luxurious skyline coop, Lacey becomes the witness to a murder and hears the dying words of the victim, a woman who is convinced that her attacker was after a journal kept by her daughter up until the day she died in what everyone but her grieving mother believes to have been a tragic accident. Lacey gives the journal to the police, but not before she makes a copy for herself -- an impetuous act that later proves to be almost fatal.

Obliged to give up her family, her job, her very identity, Lacey is placed in the witness protection program and sent to live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, where she must assume a new life, at least until the killer can be brought to trial. Once there, she meets and quickly finds herself attracted to Tom Lynch, a young radio talk-show host. He likewise is drawn to her -- but Lacey becomes so upset and confused by the life of lies she is forced to live that she tries to break off their burgeoning relationship. How can she commit to him when she can't even tell him her true name?

Then one day she discovers that the killer has traced her to Minneapolis and will soon place not only her but everyone around her in dire jeopardy. Realizing that she is no longer safe, she decides to go back to New York, determined to confront the threat to her life head on.

Armed with nothing more than her own courage and the ambiguous and mystifying clues found in the journal, Lacey is caught in a fast-paced race against time as she tries to uncover who was behind the deaths of the two women before she, too, is killed -- not realizing that the journal itself is the reason for the murders....

Chilling, spine-tingling suspense is the hallmark of Mary Higgins Clark's novels. In Pretend You Don't See Her, she surpasses herself.

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Manhattan real estate agent Lacey Farrell is witness to the dying words of a murder victim. The dying woman is convinced that the killer was after her daughter's journals. Lacey gives the journal to the police after making a copy for herself--an impulse that later proves nearly fatal. Placed under the witness protection program, Lacey's life changes and she meets a man. Unable to live with the facade, she breaks it off just as the killer traces her down. Lacey heads back to Manhattan, determined to uncover who's behind the murder--before she's the next victim.

Customer Reviews:

I'm confused..........2007-07-20

Overall, a readable book, short and to the point, it doesn't drag in any particular one spot. But I'm confused about something.

SPOILER ALERT. What was it that Isabella Waring supposedly saw in Heather's journal that was so obvious that it caused her to take such extraordinary measures to see that the journal got to her ex? Lacey Farrell only connects the dots in the journal herself after noting a change in tone in the writing in the journal after the journal mentions a lunch date with Max Hoffman, but only learns that Heather had fallen for the mobbed-up Steve Abbott after talking to Max's widow. There's no way Ms Waring could have known that information from just the journal itself or known the importance of talking to Max Hoffman.

Best of Her Recent Books!.......2007-06-19

It feels like Mary Higgins Clark put a lot of herself into Lacey, the main character. She's created a multi-dimensional heroine driven from her beloved Manhattan after witnessing a murder. Lacey is someone I would like and it's easy to get caught up in her fear and frustration.
The side characters provide plenty of suspects as the possible mastermind who hired the hitman. The story deftly slips from Lacey's efforts to figure out why this is all happening and into the thoughts of the hitman as he closes in on her. Additonal dimension is added through the thoughts of her mother, Tom (a romantic prospect), and other key characters. All fit into the puzzle somewhere and the reader struggles to work it out.
This is the best MHC that I've read in recent years. I don't know how I missed it when it came out in 1997 as I try to catch all her books for immediate reading. Pick this up for a good dose of suspense.

KEPT ME IN SUSPENCE!!.......2006-09-18

THis is definitly one of the best novels ive read from mary higgins clark it was very easy to read, but it had too many characters as usual and dificult to remember LOL but i loved it i was so happy with the ending and it kept me in suspence at all times!!!

Amateurish effort........2006-09-11

This was a quick, easy read. Unfortunately, Clark seems to have no faith in her readers, feeling the need to smack us in the face with the clues. This was a very predictable book - predictable plot, predictable addition of characters and their actions, predictable outcome. Because of her hamhanded treatment of the clues and red herrings I knew immediately what would happen. A bit more finesse might have kept me guessing until the end. She never even explained how and why the conveniently placed villains (police dept, restaurant) reported to each other. I was disappointed she never tied up loose ends. Other novels of hers are better, but perhaps try another author!

She's done better.......2006-05-09

'Pretend You Don't See Her' didn't have the wallop of some of Mary Higgins Clark's other books(particularly the older 'Stillwatch' or the more recent 'Daddy's Little Girl' or 'Night Time Is My Time'). This one seems to have just sort of fallen together, as we're quickly told a few things about Lacey, and almost too much about the supporting characters. The journal that's supposed to tie everything together only muddles things even more. The stereotypical 'Italian mobster' bad guys, and the sometimes stilted and outdated dialogue, seem out of place for a mid-90s book. The tension is drawn-out and forced, and can't over come the predictability of what's going to happen(or actually, what's not going to happen; the major flaw of the book is that it makes a point of suspense out of something the reader knows isn't going to happen, anyway).
Sure, it has a happy ending...it's the beginning and middle that need help.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Unabridged Classics)

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Unabridged Classics)
Lewis Carroll
Manufacturer: Sterling
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1402725027

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One of the most magical concoctions in children's literature, Lewis Carroll's tale follows Alice into the upside-down, inside-out world of Wonderland where she attends the tea party of the Mad Hatter and plays croquet in the court of the Queen of Hearts

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Kylie B. Book Review.......2007-05-09

Review of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll is a classic fantasy that is wonderful for Middle School students who love to read.

This fascinating book is about an adventurous and curious girl named Alice who follows a "White Rabbit" and mistakenly falls into a long, long hole. When she lands she is in an amazing new land called Wonderland. Wonderland is a world of crazy ideas and unfamiliar rhymes. Alice meets many new characters such as, The Mad Hatter, The Dormouse, The March Hare, The Queen of Hearts, a Duchess, a Gryphon, a footman that is actually a fish, and The Cheshire Cat, as she tries new adventures to get herself back home. She doesn't just meet these characters she also battles with them in a court case which is bizarrely unfair , she plays crochet, and even continually shrinks and grows herself. She gets herself tied up in odd situations but her curiosity carries her onward. In the end Alice discovers something truly amazing!

"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is a great book for children who love to be urged onward by amazing and fascinating descriptive word choices and crazy creatures. This book is not very difficult but is not easy either. It may seem like a childish book but it really keeps your mind going and thinking about what will happen next. I recommend "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" to anyone. So next time you are at the library or your local bookstore pick up a copy and check it out. Everyone will enjoy Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"!

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Adventures In Real Estate
Jean Stites
Manufacturer: Lulu.com
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1411605608

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Real Estate, this author maintains, is an adventure - by definition an experience of an exciting, hazardous, unusual, or suspenseful nature - with the possible exception of unusual; unless you count, for example, things like that time the six-foot snake fell from the rafters right onto your head. And don't most of us long for a little adventure to keep the spice in life? We must remember to think of it that way on those almost inevitable days when we come to feel that working the strip-mines of Triaxus Nine would be better, by far, than Real Estate. Here, in an effort to lighten the load of her fellow Realtors, the author will discuss a few of the many amusing aspects of the wide, wide world of Real Estate. Of course there are plenty of them! Just watch: she'll think of something!

Blaggers: Adventures Inside the Sun-Kissed But Murky World of Holiday Timeshare

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Nice cage but no bird
you've GOT to read it...
been there myself
A life fit for the movies
Humour/Biography book of the year!

Blaggers: Adventures Inside the Sun-Kissed But Murky World of Holiday Timeshare
Barry Ley
Manufacturer: Mainstream Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1840184388

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In 1988 as a fresh-faced 18-year-old, Barry Ley made his first tentative foray into the cut-throat world of timeshare sales. This book chronicles his adventures around the world, ranging from humorous anecdotes of sales tactics to hair-raising tales of life as a young, inexperienced Brit abroad.

Customer Reviews:

Nice cage but no bird.......2005-12-15

An amusing read about the misadventures of a Time Share OPC [ off premises contact ] mainly over in Tenefife, Spain. The main character from England tells about some of the different ways he talks vacationers into taking timeshare tours, and the compensation for each tour taken . It seems that they make good money and spend it fast as well with alot of partying. Partly and probably due to the high stress nature of the job. Not too much, however, on how timeshares work, who buys them, the role of sales, trading, the long term advantages etc.

you've GOT to read it..........2002-08-20

I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!

BARRY IS ONE OF THOS SHIFTY CHARACTER THAT YOU GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO AVOID ON HOLIDAY - BUT YOU HAVE TO ADMIT YOU MUST HAVE BEEN CURIOUS AS TO HOW THE HELL THEY EARN A LIVING?
HE'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE HIGH AND THE LOWS OF THE MURKY WORLD OF TIMESHARE.

BARRY - THANKS FOR A FANTASTIC READ!

been there myself.......2002-06-25

good book liked it i know barry personally and the charachters are very real the book has a bit of blagging from barry himself as he will never change he didint add the he shagged a 70 year old woman and her daughter and that he was partly bi as we found out at the end of his adventure........if he put the real names of these people barry would be brown bread {dead}but a good read keep blaggin bazzer anfi beach club was a good run 4 all of us....see ya the even bigger blagger actually the general......

A life fit for the movies.......2002-03-07

What a fantastic read. I couldn't put it down and still remains the only book to be read in one day by myself.The story takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions and gives you insight into the life of a very brave and determined young man.I only hope there is more to come from Barry Ley.

Humour/Biography book of the year!.......2002-02-12

Ever wondered how the timesare touts got involved in their seedy business? Now you can find out with this absolutely side splitting acount from Barry Ley. He takes you with him as he recounts all the scams he has taken part in around the South European holiday destinations, and later round the world. You won't believe the cheek of this guy! If you thought you were a party animal, think again because Barry really is the last word in having a good time. If you don't get this book you will certainly be missing out on the read of your life!

Fun and Adventure in the Condo Lifestyle: Penned in Condominium World... Northwest Florida's Magnificent Emerald Coast: Owners, Board Members, Managers... Learn How to Better Manage and Maintain Your

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Fun and Adventure in the Condo Lifestyle: Penned in Condominium World... Northwest Florida's Magnificent Emerald Coast: Owners, Board Members, Managers... Learn How to Better Manage and Maintain Your
James Keir Baughman
Manufacturer: Baughman Literary Group
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1932157190

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"Fun and Adventure in the Condo Lifestyle" is a fun read, a word tour across America to the widely varying sites of community associations. It portrays cities, shores, mountains, country side you may not have yet seen. You'll find condominiums and community associations much like, and some much different, from yours. It tells of people much like you, how they're managing their associations, how they've found ways of doing it successfully.

The book is a collection of tales for condominium and community association owners, board members, officers, managers, and management staffers. It is also of vital interest for anyone planning to buy a condominium. In its pages are hundreds of tips and hints that may be employed to better manage an association and to make the close knit community association lifestyle more enjoyable.

Management, operational, maintenance, and social dilemmas, along with the solutions described come not from some educational or legal "authority." They come from condominiums and community associations much like yours, from people just like you. They seem to us, to have found ways to do it better or easier, and you'll benefit from their insight.

The stories come from Angel Fire, NM; San Pedro Town, Belize, Central America; Fort Walton Beach, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Destin, FL; Huntington Beach, CA; South Walton County, FL; Big Bear Lake, CA; Navarre, FL; Chattanooga, TN; Las Vegas, NV; Gulf Shores, AL; Sun Valley Area, CA; San Francisco, CA; Palm Beach, FL; Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast; Lakeview Terrace, CA; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Punta Gorda, FL; Bal Harbor, FL; Beverly Hills, CA; St Augustine, FL; Jupiter, FL; Highland Beach, FL; Delray Beach, FL; and Century City, CA.

Paradox of Paradise: A Second Home Adventure
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Entertaining reading for those of us who like to dream

Paradox of Paradise: A Second Home Adventure
Richard A. Geudtner
Manufacturer: Amherst Press (WI)
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0942495594

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This is an architect's personal story of building a second home in 1985 on the shore of Lake Michigan in Door County, Wisconsin. It is not a "how-to" manual, but is a "how come" chronicle. The narrative begins with the author reluctantly becoming involved in a second home venture.

It relates with humor and pathos (natural and man-made disasters), the design and construction activity. It continues with a chronicle of events, both human and environmental related to the home and property, which have made the realization and maintenance of this man's paradise come with unanticipated costs, both emotional and monetary.

Throughout is threaded a seasonal insight into the natural community thriving in this unique microclimate along the shoreline.

Synoptically, the house becomes a spiritual catalyst which brings about a sea-change in life's direction for the author.

People who have built a home or dream of doing so live through the pitfalls and pratfalls of the author's experience enlivened by the rural/small town midwest culture to which he was unaccustomed.

Those who yearn for a closeness with nature, and for a small part of it to cherish as their own, vicariously share the joys and sorrows of the author as he learns to cope with nature's vicissitudes and becomes aware of its fulfillment to his soul.

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Entertaining reading for those of us who like to dream.......2000-02-17

Have you ever dreamed of moving in to the home of your dreams in a blissful, secluded location that spoke to your soul and tickled all your senses? Oh, but that's the last chapter. This book, sometimes comically, mostly profoundly chronicles the account of one man's dream to transform a largely unbuildable, but wonderfully located piece of land into his dream. I truly enjoyed it. But, strangely I almost passed it by, because what could I possibly have in common with an architect whose likely approach to such a dream must certainly come not from his heart but from his profession. I was wrong. Small town politics, mother nature's wrath, and more did not deter the author from his dream. And he accomplished it with uncompromised stewardship to the land he loved. I have to admit there were times I was rooting for the home-town folks. But I appreciated the honesty that came across with every word the author wrote. I was only left wishing there was a regional map on the inside cover that marked with a star the exact location of the dream home chronicled in the book. If you're planning to build (especially in Door County, Wisconsin) or even just dreaming, read the book, have a few laughs, sigh a few sighs, and realize that if it's your dream - it's worth it.

Real Estate: Adventures, Principles and Practices

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Real Estate: Adventures, Principles and Practices
Joseph W. Decarlo
Manufacturer: Jd Seminars & Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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We Fly Tomorrow
Arianna Larkwilliz
Manufacturer: Sterlinghouse Publisher
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1563151251

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A wealthy couple who graves adventure and romance plans are foiled by a greedy swindler.

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