The Truths & Myths of Real Estate is a practical guide to buying and selling real estate, primarily residential real estate. Based on facts and the real life experiences of the author, it is designed to help identify and dismiss any myths the American consumer may have heard about the real estate industry. The material is designed to educate the consumer so they can make informative and rational decisions when buying or selling real property. The author describes the home buying & selling process in great detail, and also helps the American consumer understand how they should approach hiring a real estate professional to assist them. He also reveals many statistics about real estate agents that most agents do not want you to know; statistics that will make most consumers think twice before hiring just any real estate agent to help them with what will most likely be the largest financial decision of their lifetime.