Want to know the secrets of successful and money-savvy home renovation? Best-selling real estate author Robert Irwin tells all. Millions of readers have relied on his Tips & Traps guides for solid advice on all aspects of real estate. Now this best-selling author guides you through the perilous world of home renovations. He'll show you how to create more space, modernize, upgrade, or prepare a home for sale, and save significant money in the process. In this readable, authoritative guide, the latest addition to his 1-million-copy selling Tips & Traps series, Robert Irwin gives you a complete game plan for making renovations go your way, glitch-free. In easy to understand language, Irwin offers tips on: When it's better to renovate--or move! Finding reliable contractors; Adding inexpensive touches that add to the value of your home; living in your house while the work gets done; and much, much more.