“Why can you buy books on the internet but not real estate?” “Why does the fellow at the real estate agency hurriedly send a fax when you rent an apartment?” For most people, real estate—the thing that corresponds to “housing”—should be familiar, yet somehow it is full of things they do not understand. Things that are common sense in other industries are absurd in the real estate industry. Experts clearly unravel these real estate “mysteries” and explore t