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How to Dispute Errors on Your Credit Report
A good friend and mortgage broker, George Souto, in Connecticut, wrote a great article on how to dispute errors on your credit report. Errors are actually pretty common and you may find some when you are going through the credit … Continue reading
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Are You Really Ready to Buy a Home?
Are you really ready to buy a home? Here’s how to find out Continue reading
The Obvious, and Hidden, Costs of Buying a Home
No doubt buying a home these days is expensive. Particularly in some parts of the country such as Southern California. Many of the costs are obvious, but some are expenses buyers don’t necessarily think about, or are somewhat hidden. In … Continue reading
It’s Not Easy Buying a Condo These Days…Especially a "Cheap" One
Buying a home these days is not easy. Showing homes that you are interested in is not easy either. You have to be prepared, despite our best intentions, to encounter problems with missing keys or lock boxes, limited showing schedules, … Continue reading
What YOU Should Know About Home Inspections
Here some essentail things to know about Home Inspections Continue reading
What You Should Know About Homeowner’s Insurance
What buyers need to know about home owner’s insurance. Sellers too. Continue reading
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Some Homes are Not All They Are Cracked Up to Be – Some Are, Literally!!
Buyers – you may find in your home search that some homes are not all they are cracked up to be. But others will be. However, I’m not talking about what you think I am. I’m talking about REAL cracks. … Continue reading
Use Your Common Sense, and Others Too
I realized that I wrote this article some time ago that I didn’t share here. I think it’s an important one. Buyers, especially folks going at it for the first time, sometimes just don’t use their common sense. It’s easy … Continue reading
Buyer’s Market? Hmmm
The media implies that it is a buyer’s market out there. In many areas, and many segments of the market, that IS, indeed, true. People also seem to think that this is true for the REO/bank owned market. That may … Continue reading
Do You Have A Buying Strategy? You Should for 2009
If you are considering buying a home in 2009, or perhaps have been working on it but it hasn’t happened, you might want to do some planning. What IS your real estate buying strategy? Do you HAVE a strategy or … Continue reading
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