Latest Real Estate Books Take on Different Theme
Books on how to make big money from house-flipping aren’t exactly flying off the bookshelves these days, according to a recent article in The New York Times (A Shift in Real Estate Books, by Joanne Kaufman, June 9, 2008) about how the slowdown in the real estate market is affecting book sales.
Once popular how-to books about reselling hot properties for quick cash are being replaced by how-to books on avoiding foreclosure and rebounding from real estate investing mistakes.
Publishers are adding new titles and updating backlist titles to reflect the changing times. So what else can
we expect?
Diane Steele, a vice president at Wiley, says they are fast-tracking a new edition of Property Management for Dummies, set to be released in August. “There will be new landlords because when people get over the fear curve and recognize that properties are affordable, we think that more and more of them will be going into real estate investing,” Steele told The New York Times.
Also, books on foreclosure likely will remain popular sellers in the coming months. For example, Adams Media rushed to publishThe 250 Questions Everyone Should Ask About Buying Foreclosures this month, after its modest success with The 250 Questions Everyone Should Ask to Avoid Foreclosure.
What sort of real estate titles would most interest you now?
