The Lender

Reading Time: 5 minutes All homeowners owe property taxes, but not all homeowners pay those taxes. If a homeowner defaults on his/her tax obligation, the property has a tax lien on it. In the beginning, the tax lien prevents the homeowner from selling or refinancing the property without paying the taxes. If it goes

Reading Time: 4 minutes Once you make it through real estate school and pass the exam, you may wonder, now what? Most people become real estate agents with their real estate license, but that’s not the only opportunity. The sky is the limit once you’ve proven your knowledge in real estate. Here are the

Reading Time: 4 minutes If you’re selling a house, your best chances of selling are with a real estate agent. While it’s possible to sell a home by owner, it’s a lot more work and you may not get as high of a price for the home. Real estate agents work hard to help

Reading Time: 6 minutes Purchasing a mortgage point allows you to reduce the interest rate of your home loan, from the very first monthly repayment until the very last. Because you are paying an upfront cost to reduce your interest rate, purchasing mortgage points is commonly called ‘buying down your rate’. It is important

Reading Time: 7 minutes Simply put, it has become more difficult for millennials to buy homes than it was for previous generations. There are a number of reasons for the decline in homeownership statistics, including the decline of marriage rates, more stringent credit requirements, the racial diversity of the US population, and several other

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you thinking about a career as a real estate agent? It can be a rewarding career, but like all professions, it has its pros and cons. Here’s everything you need to know.  Table of Contents What A Real Estate Agent Does Real estate agents help buy, sell, and rent

Reading Time: 6 minutes Many US homeowners aren’t sure if they should commit to paying off their mortgage early, or simply pay the minimum monthly amount until the loan expires after 20 or 30 years. In this post, we present several reasons to eliminate your bond as quickly as possible, together with a few

Reading Time: 4 minutes Sometimes you just can’t afford the home you bought. It’s more common than not after the year we had with COVID-19, in which many individuals have seen their income affected by the pandemic. When you owe more than the home’s value and can’t keep up with the payments, you likely

Reading Time: 3 minutes When you sell a house, either a primary residence or investment home, a lot goes on between the buyer, seller, lender, and title company. Money exchanges hands, but so does a lot of paperwork, all of which is important to the bottom line. So how fast does the seller get