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    Roskey's Guide to Smart Housing Choices
    Roskey's Guide to Smart Housing Choices
    Roskey's Guide to Smart Housing Choices
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    Roskey's Guide to Smart Housing Choices

    By Carol B. Roskey

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    For generations, it has been an axiom that the purchase of a home is the greatest single investment the average person makes. The corollary has always been thatif you take good care of that homeit will inevitably be a good investment, permitting you to sell your home at a profit or allowing you to take out a large loan on the equity youve built up. While the axiom is still true, the corollary is no longer true. Many Americans have lost their homes due to the Great Recession and still more owe more on their homes than the homes are worth. People once made a lot of money on flipping homes; now many wonder if they should buy homes at all. There are unmistakable signs that we are headed into an even worse recession, making any housing decisions more important than ever. An acknowledged expert, Dr. Carol Roskey has spent a lifetime in studying all aspects of the housing field from financing to the best kinds of insulation. With her help, you can make well informed decisions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateFeb 22, 2012
    ISBN9781469143675
    Roskey's Guide to Smart Housing Choices
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    Carol B. Roskey

    A nationally recognized expert on housing, Dr. Carol Roskey has spent 40 years studying its every facet. While a faculty member at Cornell, she wrote the well known Prentice Hall textbook Housing. She was also a LEGIS Fellow with the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and a senior economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Widely sought as a consultant, her work has taken her to a number of other countries, including India, Saudi Arabia, and Norway, to name a few. Dr. Roskey has published scores of articles and papers on everything from electrical wiring in homes to insulation to mortgages, and served as an officer in or a consultant to numerous professional organizations, including the National Association of Home Builders, the Manufactured Housing Institute, MIT’s Center for Real Estate Development, and the National Association of Building Sciences. Dr. Roskey is a Past President of the American Association of Housing Educators. She has taught at Cornell and the University of Georgia, and was Dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences at Iowa State University.

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