What Actually Happens When You Pay Your Mortgage Most people say they pay their lender. The more accurate word is servicer, the company that handles your...
Start Here: What Getting Out Actually Means Every borrower situation is different, and that's the first thing I tell anyone who calls and says they want out of...
Why “Best State” Is the Wrong Place to Start I've spent close to three decades in mortgage finance, and the question I hear most about investing in real estate...
What a Real Estate Mentor Actually Does A real estate mentor is an experienced practitioner, usually an active investor or a producing agent, who helps someone...
What Goes Into an Iowa Mortgage Payment Mortgage pricing is not a single line on a spreadsheet. The monthly number a buyer commits to on closing day has four...
What Illinois Homeowners Are Actually Paying The Census Bureau's most recent American Community Survey puts the Illinois median monthly owner cost for...
So, What Credit Score Do You Really Need to Rent? I've spent 26 years in mortgage lending, which means I've spent 26 years watching people worry about a...
The Short Answer: Yes, Retirement Income Counts When you stop taking home a salary, the worry is natural: if I don’t have a job, how can I qualify for a home...
What a HELOC Actually Is Before You Apply A home equity line of credit is a loan that uses your home as collateral, but it behaves less like a traditional...
What an FHA Preapproval Tells You Every borrower situation is different, and the variables that decide how your FHA preapproval goes are specific ones: your...
