Could You Use a Short Sale for Your Home?

One of the difficulties that many homeowners still face is the fact that low home values make it harder to sell a home. Even now, with home prices rising a little bit, it’s still difficult to get what you paid in some cases. If you need to sell your home, you might be able to […]

5 Ways to Save Money to Buy a House

Saving money to buy a house can be difficult if you are not a saver by nature. And it’s usually not a small amount of money either. Unfortunately, down payment requirements are higher now than they were a few years ago. If you’re purchasing a house for $200,000, a 5% down payment will mean $10,000. […]

Is Rental Property a Good Investment for You?

Let’s forget about the last five or six years for a moment – historically, rental property has been one of the best investments available. Not only can you use rental income to pay the carrying expenses on the property, but equity builds up over time creating large future investment windfalls. In addition, rental property can […]

Will 2013 be “The Year” to Buy a House?

This is almost a cliché question that gets asked at or near the beginning of each new year. And it’s mostly a question that’s asked by real estate agents and home builders. But I’m neither a real state agent nor a homebuilder, and I do see some solid indications why 2013 could be the year […]

5 Secrets to Surviving a Short Sale

Thanks to Neal for this guest post on things he learned about surviving a short sale. A generation ago a “short sale” was a special on Capri pants at and the local department store. A decade ago a “short sale” was a stock transaction that bet on failure.And now, it’s something completely different, and depressingly […]

How to Buy a House in an Expensive Market

Buying a house always seems to cost you more than you planned.  If you live in a city with expensive real estate you might even feel like those high home prices mean you’ll never be able to afford your own home. While some citites in California, New York, and other states across the country have dauntingly expensive […]

30 Year Mortgage vs 15 Year Mortgage

“Would you like a fifteen year or a thirty year mortgage”? You are sitting in a tiny chair with an anxious mortgage broker staring back at you, visibly impatient and waiting for an answer. For you it’s a major decision, but to the broker your just another customer in a long day at work. So, […]

3 Ways to Buy More House for Less Money

When you buy a house, you are making a major purchase, probably one of the largest in your lifetime. Although buying a home will never be “cheap,” there are ways that you can get a little more for less. Why does it seem like the place you want most when house hunting is often the […]

Home Buyers Guide

Whether you’re a first time home buyer or you’ve already gone through the hurdles of a home sale, home loans, and home buying there’s probably something you’ll come across in your next home buying exprience that you hadn’t expected.  We’ve been through the house buying process twice now so I decided to put together a list of […]

Costs of Owning Two Houses

Owning two houses can be both a mental and a financial drain.  With the slump in the housing market I know several families that bought a new house and have been unable to sell their old house. If you already own a house and want to buy a new one, it’s tough not to own […]

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