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Category: Real Estate

Real Estate

Ask the expert: How should I finance home renovations?

Home improvements and repairs are as inevitable as death and taxes, if you own a home, you’ll have to spend money to maintain and improve it to protect…

byRick GoodFebruary 1, 2021July 12, 2026
Real Estate

Throw out the rule book! The best time to sell is now

Everyone knows that the spring home sales market heats up in early March and that’s when all the buyers are out, right? That may not be true in 2021. Here…

byRick GoodJanuary 1, 2021July 11, 2026
Ask the Expert: Student loans and home buying
Real Estate

Ask the Expert: Student loans and home buying

My parents are pushing me to buy a home because interest rates are so low. But with my student loans, it is pretty hard to save 20 percent for a down…

byRick GoodJanuary 1, 2021July 12, 2026
Real Estate

Give the kids a real gift this year: Tell them how to buy a home

Just 100 years ago, many people didn’t take mortgages. They simply saved for a patch of land, dug a basement and put a roof on it. Then they lived there…

byRick GoodDecember 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Ask the expert

The seller of a home we like says assuming his mortgage would be a good deal for us. Would it? Maybe. We can surely examine the deal. But with interest…

byRick GoodDecember 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Take advantage of the holiday mood in November real estate

At this time of year, everyone else is going over the river and through the woods to grandma’s house, but a brave few are headed into the real estate…

byRick GoodNovember 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Ask the Expert

I own a small business and want to get a mortgage. Is it true that this is difficult for a self-employed person? Self-employed people get mortgages all…

byRick GoodNovember 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Fantastic seller’s market offers best prices in years

The millennial generation has grown up and they want to buy homes. Every year for the next 10 years, millions of millennials will hit home buying age. The…

byRick GoodOctober 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Ask the Expert: Loan Estimates

It has been years since I took out a mortgage. I notice that instead of a Good Faith Estimate, I am getting a Loan Estimate. Are these the same things? In…

byRick GoodOctober 1, 2020July 11, 2026
Real Estate

Suburban families look into moving as crises impact city life

Suburban families look into moving as crises impact city life, work The kids love their schools. Mom’s family is nearby. Dad works in the city. So the…

byRick GoodSeptember 1, 2020July 11, 2026

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