Within moments of your first interview with a real estate agent, you’ll here the words “Prequalified or Preapproved for a mortgage”. Now isn’t the time to run for the hills. Most home buyers, buy with the help of a mortgage. So unless you can dig up a few hundred grand from the back yard, sooner [...]

Scenario 1 – You are driving through your favorite neighborhood, you see a for sale sign on one of the properties. Grabbing your cell phone you frantically punch out the number on the sign and speak with Agent X. Agent X rushes out to the house and gives you a two and a half second [...]

Great decision, but is it informed? There is much more to buying and owning a home than a simple ‘it’s time to buy’ decision – that is unless you happen to have so much disposable income that you don’t need to even think about the financial obligations. Do you?
Let’s break this down into manageable sections, [...]