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Sell Your Home at the Right Price: Even if it Needs Repairs
You’ve heard me advocate for a while now for people to use realtors when they are buying or selling their home. As much as you think you can sell your home without any help, you can wind up leaving a ton of money on the table. One of the most important scenarios for a seller…
Read MorePark Forest: Affordable, and Closer Than You Think!
Park Forest made a list recently of among the seven most affordable places to live in the country. If you’re a first time home buyer, you’re trying to navigate the ever-changing real estate process, and how affordable your home is might be the most important factor in your search. If you’re looking in any of…
Read MoreAmerica’s Debt: Why $1 Trillion Worth of Credit Card Debt isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
About once a week someone comes on my TV and tells me that America’s debt is catastrophic, that China is going to take over our country since they own so much of our debt, and that we are all going to die. As always, what’s actually going on with America’s debt is a little bit…
Read MoreClosing Costs: How to Understand the Fees on Your New Mortgage
Several months ago I debuted my #ClosingCostChallenge. If you bring me a Loan Estimate from any of my competitors that advertise on the radio, I will compare apples to apples with what Homeside Financial, LLC. can offer and if we can’t beat the other lender’s costs, I’ll donate to the charity of your choice whatever…
Read MoreReverse Mortgage Loans: The Most Misunderstood Loan Product
Reverse mortgage loans can be great products, but they are undoubtedly the most misunderstood product out there today. Terrible lenders and general con artists love to use the foundation of a reverse mortgage loan to scam people. But that has nothing to do with reverse mortgage loans. Having said that, misunderstanding what a reverse mortgage…
Read MoreHow To Screw Up Your Credit Score Without Knowing It
Normally when you’re screwing something up… you’re aware of it. That’s at least how it normally goes for me. But when it comes to your credit, there is so much misinformation out there that it’s easy to make mistakes that hurt your credit… when you think you’re actually helping. Check this out for more information.…
Read MoreRetirement Income: Avoid The Shock
Forbes came out with an article discussing “retirement income shock.” Essentially, the different ways that your income can take a hit while you’re retired. This is a scary prospect for most people, and people wind up quickly destroying what they’ve saved if they don’t have a plan on how to maximize their retirement. You’ve gotten…
Read MoreThe Costs of Not Selling Your Home With a Real Estate Agent
We live in the DIY time where everyone thinks they can do anything they can find on youtube. As a result, many people are leaving money on the table when they go to sell their home without a real estate agent. You certainly CAN sell your home without a realtor, but why would you when…
Read MoreSelf Employed: How To Get A Mortgage and Keep Doing What You Love
People who are self employed aren’t doing it because it makes their life easier. Being self employed means more paperwork, extra steps, long hours, but it shouldn’t mean that you can’t get a mortgage. If you’re self employed, most of the time I’ll need a few extra bits of paperwork to get a mortgage, but…
Read MoreCredit Problems Make Your Entire Life More Expensive
If you have credit challenges, it’s going to cost you in many areas of your life. That’s why it’s so frustrating when I give people a plan to enhance their credit, which I can do for anyone that calls me for free, and they don’t follow it. It’s their money, and ultimately all I can…
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