Edith Lank is an author and advice columnist living in Rochester, New York

Rochester, New York

Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...

. Her best-selling books, including the Home Buyers Kit and Home Sellers kit, provide practical advice for real estate transactions. She has also authored or co-authored many other books, including several realty texts. Due to her award-winning real estate advice column, which was syndicated in over 100 newspapers nationally, USA Today

USA Today

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 dubbed her the Dear Abby

Dear Abby

Dear Abby is the name of the advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name....

 of real estate. She has appeared on television

Television

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 and public radio. Edith is also an avid Jane Austen

Jane Austen

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collector, with hundreds of editions, and a member of the international Jane Austen Society.

External links

• AskEdith.com