Home Shopping
- Closing Disclosures - Understanding Page 1
- Determining Your Housing Needs
- Start The Home-Buying Process!
- Am I Ready To Buy?
- How Lenders Decide Your Maximum Loan
- Purchasing Vs Renting A Home
- Do I Need A Lawyer To Buy?
- Why Use a REALTOR®?
- How To Pick Your Community
- Learn Your Community Resources
- Walkthrough - What To Look For
- Keeping Track Of Homes
- What To Ask When Looking At Homes
- Older Vs Newer Homes
- Determining Property Tax Risks
More Home Shopping
- Key Issues Before Buying A Home
- Determing Your Initial Offer
- How To Make An Offer
- What Is Earnest Money?
- What is An Inspection Clause?
- What Do Home Inspectors Do?
- Be There For Inspection?
- Do I Need Homeowners Insurance?
- Lower Your Homeowners Insurance Costs
- Powerlines - Health Hazard?
- LEAD In Homes!
- What About Flood Plains?
- What Are Home Warranties?
- Final Walkthrough Warnings
TRID Mortgage Processes
- What Lenders Must Disclose
- Loans Covered By TRID Disclosures
- 6 Required Pieces of Information
- Can Lenders Request More Information?
- Do Lenders HAVE To Approve In 3 Days?
- What Is A Business Day?
- What Does The Loan Estimate Tell You?
- Could My Loan Exceed The Estimate?
- Can Creditors Revise Loan Estimates?
- Can My Settlement Charges Change?
- When Do I Get My Closing Disclosure?
- Loan Estimates - Terms, Payments, Closing
- Loan Estimates - Loan Costs
- Calculating Your Cash To Close
- Your Rights For Closing Disclosures
New Homes
- What Are Builders Incentives?
- What is A Decorating Allowance?
- Preferred Lenders - Best Choice?
- What Is The Punch List?
- What Is A Rate Lock?
- Comparing Production vs Custom Builders
- New Homes - Use An Agent?
- New Homes - Use An Attorney?
- Comparing New-Home Builders
Mortgages
- What is A Qualified Mortgage?
- What Is Loan-To-Value (LTV)?
- How Large A Down Payment Do I Need?
- What Is Ability To Repay?
- When Do ARMs Make Sense?
- How Interest Affects Mortgages
- What If Interest Rates Fall?
- Fixed-Rate Mortgage Advantages
- Key Factors In Mortgage Payments
- What Does A Mortgage Cover?
- What Are Discount Points?
- What Is PMI?
- What Is Prime?
- What Is Equity?
- If You Fall Behind On Your Home Loan…
Financing
- Key Steps To Secure Your Loan
- What is Debt-To-Income?
- After Your Loan Application…
- What Happens On Closing Day?
- What Do I Get At Closing?
- What If You Feel Excluded?
- Pre-Qualifying vs Pre-Approval
- What is A Good Faith Estimate?
- What Is Escrow?
- Closing Costs Explained Visually
- Title Insurance Explained Visually
- VA Loans and Your Discharge
- VA Loans - For Rentals?
Selling
- Improving Your Home's Value
- Making Your Home Ready To Sell
- Preparing For Internet Showing
- Home Sales Tips - Prepping The Inside
- Home Sales Tips - Prepping The Outside
- How Do I Evaluate An Offer?
- What Is A Counter-Offer?
- Closing Meetings For Sellers
- The Closing Process For Home Sellers
- For Sale By Owner?
- When Should I Sell?
- 6 Home-Selling Mistakes
- How Do I Select a Broker?
- What Can I Ask Brokers?
- Calculating Your Asking Price
- Setting Your Price
- Which Square Footage Figure??
- How Is A Home Marketed?