Know Your Expenses Before You Buy For many, homeownership is still a dream. Moving from renting can seem like it’s an impossible mission. But if you plan ahead and carefully budget, the goal of homeownership can be yours. When budgeting how much home you can afford, it’s important to understand and anticipate the costs of owning and maintaining a home. Here are a few things that some first-time buyers forget to include. FULL STORY->

Real Estate Investors Offer Big Pay Off, If You Can Keep Up Today's real estate investor isn't necessarily a high roller, but more often a working stiff with a small-business, tapping existing non-real estate investments to cash in on affordable real estate properties to flip or rent. If you are a real estate agent looking to serve them, you'd better be at the top of your game. FULL STORY->

Average 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Holds at All-Time Record Low In Freddie Mac's results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, most average mortgage rates inching higher on January's positive employment data. The 30-year fixed remained unchanged and at its all-time record low. One year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed averaged 5.05 percent. FULL STORY->

Highly Effective Pre-listing Tools In this article I’m going to share with you information of two tools that are highly effective forms to insert in your pre-listing package. FULL STORY->

Home Equity Use No Longer Home Equity Abuse A record-breaking refinancing trend finds most homeowners putting cash into the deal or not taking cash out, a trend that reflects faith in the value of the home as an investment. FULL STORY->

Get Out Of Debt Reducing your debt-load can be the next, and biggest step, towards owning a home of your own. This is because you must have a strong credit score to buy in today's market and a strong credit score comes from healthy spending habits and low debt ratio. FULL STORY->