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What Does A Mortgage Lender Look At For Loan Approval

If you’ve been looking at getting a mortgage, you know your credit score is an important factor to get qualified. However, what you may not know is that mortgage lenders look at your entire financial profile.   When lenders[...]

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Winterproofing Your Home

As a homeowner, winter can be an expensive and bone-chilling experience. Whether your home is newer or older, the snow, ice, and rain that winter brings will take a toll on your home. That is why we prepared a winter-proofing your home checklist.[...]

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Your Guide To Becoming A Homeowner In 2020

The New Year is here and so is the time where people start thinking about their resolutions. Whether it’s to save money, lose weight or spend less time on social media, the New Year gives us an opportunity to start fresh on a new set[...]

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What Makes Up A Mortgage Payment?

Buying a home is both an exciting time and a rewarding experience. Whether you want to fire your landlord, grow your family or build your financial independence, a home is the way to get it done. Before you get started, it’s important to[...]

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Use This Checklist To See If You Have A Strong Pre-Qualification

Getting a mortgage can feel like a daunting task. You may not know where to start, who to talk with or if it is possible at all. The first step of the mortgage process is getting pre-qualified. When getting pre-qualified by a lender, you will sit[...]

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What is PMI and How Can I Avoid It?

The mortgage process can feel like a whirlwind of confusing new terms, costs for items you haven’t heard of before and daily documentation requests from your lender. One of the terms that may come up during your lending process is PMI[...]

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3 Things to Know About Financing a Rental

Real estate investors today are expanding their portfolios to include investment real estate. Residential real estate is the only investment asset class that both appreciates in value while simultaneously providing monthly cash flow. As property[...]

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What You Can Expect At Your Closing

It can be a whirlwind 30 days from the moment the sellers accepted your offer and signed the sales contract to the final settlement. Once the contract is executed by both parties, it all begins. You’ve already provided your lender with your[...]

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