As a former Real Estate 
              agent, it was always difficult to see the home seller walk away 
              from the closing with a check smaller than the real estate broker 
              would get. These home owners lived in the house, paid the 
              payments, and did the improvements. It was just not right for the 
              broker to get the lions' share.  
              Upon retiring her real 
              estate license, Laurie wrote this book to help home sellers avoid 
              the outrageous commissions charged by brokers for something they 
              could do themselves! 
              Laurie resides in North 
              Florida where she owns a small graphics design firm. Now that her 
              two children are grown, she spends more time with her first love 
              of writing these days than designing graphics.  Her book is a true 
              passion to help homeowners save their money and not give it to 
              undeserving real estate brokers.