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20 August 2020 | 12 replies
The main reason for this is the secondary market for mortgages, especially government backed loans, are designed to help homeowners not private businesses
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19 August 2020 | 2 replies
Hello Mario - you should check homebuyer programs offered through your state government.
17 August 2020 | 5 replies
None the less these are government insured loans where the buyers pay a ridiculous amounts of UFMIP up front Mortgage insurance premiums and MIP monthly insurance premiums.
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19 July 2021 | 18 replies
@Samantha PhamYou are correct about rough areas, lack of high paying jobs with the biggest employers are government and universities.
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21 August 2020 | 4 replies
They work for the government?
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23 August 2020 | 6 replies
I find it hard to believe that the government is going to charge me $18K a year just for owning my property or give me tax breaks that will supplement that.
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9 September 2020 | 2 replies
Covenants are always more restrictive than a larger governing body's regulations.
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21 August 2020 | 4 replies
We typically do conventional loans (Fannie/Freddie) and all the government loans
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25 October 2020 | 4 replies
Does anyone know of any government grants that could help with this?
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11 October 2020 | 28 replies
I just had to fill out an additional form that said this house did not receive any government assistance such as section 8.