Build Your Dream House For A Song is a different breed of self-help book.  Instead of step-by-step instructions, it offers an extraordinary strategy for building the house you've always wanted - whether it's a timber-frame retreat or a California contemporary.  The author eplains numerous tactics for saving tens of thousands of dollars, including: how you can buy land  for twenty percent of its retail value at tax-defaulted land sales, buy building materials at auctions for nextto nithing, design for ease of construction, avoid paying rent while you build, and get the best help for the least money.