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I was talking to a RE friend.He said it's a bad time to buy* rates are high* homes are expensive in most marketsLooking to hear some counterpoints. Thanks

You and your husband are definitely in the right place to get valuable information.

There isn't really enough information here for someone to give you good advice.

This is both a legal and tax question. 

This isn't inclusive but should give you a good start.

But as your apparently clueless on Real Estate 102, I will just inform you.

The associates I know at the moment aren't in this realm and I would like to have some sort of guidance moving into this next steps.So I'm looking for developers/mentors to help me move forward.

This is old info as fortunately I have not needed this.  

In fact, a couple of recent studies have shown that working with a broker typically saves about $10,000 on a residential mortgage.