The Bilingual Real Estate Bridge

I own this book and have found it very helpful when working with my clients that are more comfortable speaking Spanish first. I recommend this book to all Hispanic agents and anyone that wants to work with the Hispanic community. My friends that are taking the Real Estate test have found the book useful in helping them pass.

The complaint that this book does not include Spanglish what is Spanglish? The problem with Spanglish is...is it The Spanglish as spoken in California or AZ or New Mexico or Texas? With the exception of a few common words like garage (which is in the book) or parking Spanglish changes from area to area, state to state. The novelas that we all watch do not use Spanglish. The newscasts do not use Spanglish. We as agents are talking down to our clients by not learning and using the correct terms in Spanish and English.

Thank you,

I live and work as a Realtor in Southern California, so our Mexican-American community here is quite large. A great deal of my clients are Hispanic, most speak only Spanish. I am lucky that I am bilingual so I can therefore serve my Spanish-speaking clients quite well. However, I too, need help with the Real Estate "lingo" from time to time to translate the terminology correctly. I was very disappointed to see that this book was way too complicated, too legal sounding, too technical. The "definitions" or translations in this book needed definitions to explain the definitions! This book did not have any definitions for some very basic, Real Estate terms that we use here everyday, such as, "roof", or "septic tank", or "tile countertops", or just the word, "countertop". It was when I realized that Ms. Guerra had not even put the word "roof" in her book, that I realized that she probably does not know anything about Real Estate itself. That is too bad! I was indeed, very disappointed.
Thank you very much,
Realtor/Agente de Bienes Raices

provides a clear and precise explanation of the meaning of a particular word or term in English and Spanish and covers many terms in landscapping, construction and legal.

Finally! Comprehensive real estate terms translated from English to Spanish. Not only does this book give you the translated term, it also gives you real life examples. Highly recommend to all professionals in Real Estate and Mortgage.