If you have a good credit score and want a low downpayment, is the best option to go with a conventional mortgage? I was originally attracted to FHA loans due to the low down payments but it sounds like a conventional...

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I am in process to purchase a short-sale property to be used as my primary residence and am looking into financing options. Property is in need of some repair including a visible water lea...

I'm in the market to buy my first home (30 year fixed), and today I talked with my first potential lender. It made me realize that I need to get ALOT more educated. LOL.

They approved me for up to $200,000 at 6.25...

Hi, I have an FHA loan on our primary residence, and we have lived in the home for more than a year. We are moving and I want to rent our home out.What are things I NEED to make sure are completed before renting my ho...

I’ve been doing private lending for a while for fix and flips.  I’m not sure the insurance requirements that I’m requesting from borrowers are appropriate.  These are the rough numbers of a deal I’m currently underwri...

I found this article interesting as I have been involved in title claims on numerous occassions. In this case, because the bank handled the recording of the mortgage and the bank was careless in its process they denie...

My lender @Chris Mason called me today to inform me of something incredible:Apparently all the mortgage insurance providers he is aware of are suddenly no longer offering mortgage insurance for super conforming Home P...

How do you get rid of Annual Mortgage Insurance Premium on FHA loan? and what happens to the the Upfront MIP? Is it refunded to us later or is it payed toward the mortgage later?

I found out today the monthly cost of a house I am looking to buy. The montly cost is roughly 1700, 180 of which is mortgage insurance. I am only putting 5% down on the house. I was told the reason i must pay the ...

I am planning to take out a home equity loan for an investment property, which will be purchased under my LLC. My question is, how can I structure this to protect myself from a situation where someone sues the LLC and...