When applying for a mortgage, mortgage lenders will take several factors into consideration when reviewing an application – credit score, debt-to-income ratio, and financial history being the most prominent. Generally…
Mortgage Hack: How to Pay Your Mortgage Off Faster with Biweekly Payments
When financing a house, one of the many decisions a homeowner must make is how to schedule their mortgage payments. By default, payments are due once a month. However, some…
Q2 2021 Soaring Housing Market Prices Update
The housing market’s new norm is tainted with soaring prices, bidding wars, and shortages of just about everything. A collision of pandemic-related problems is holding back new inventory just when…
Supply Chains, Inflation, and the Housing Market
It’s no secret that prices of goods and raw materials are surging right now. Goods such as gas, steel, metals, lumber, ketchup, chlorine, and even workers have been some of…
Non-Qualified Mortgages (Non-QM)
A non-qualified mortgage (non-QM) doesn’t adhere to the lending standards set out by the Dodd-Frank Act. These regulations were originally issued to ensure borrowers have the ability to repay their…
Tips On Renting Out Your First Home And Buying A Second
Graduating from a home is inevitable, and when it comes to wealth building, it’s hard to beat owning real estate. That’s why one smart strategy to building a real estate portfolio…
Alternative Energy vs. Electricity: Residential Options
The U.S. currently functions off of an electric power grid. Centralized power plants, where most Americans receive their electricity from, use a variety of natural resources to operate. These range…
What You Need to Know About 1031 Exchanges & Residential Mortgage Loans
What is a 1031 Exchange? A 1031 exchange (IRS code Section 1031) is an exchange that occurs when one investment property is sold in order to purchase another. When swapping an investment…
Homeowner Associations: The Pros and Cons of Purchasing a Property in a Community with an HOA
A Homeowners’ Association (HOA) is an organization that oversees a group of homes by setting and enforcing rules, resticitions and caveats as well as maintaining the community. HOAs are most…
Gift Down Payments: Everything You Need To Know
Buying a home can come with hefty price tags in the form of closing costs, property taxes, maintenance, etc. One of the biggest upfront costs is the down payment. Even…
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