My First Home

My realtor told me that on the house we put the offer in on, the potential buyers did get into a bidding war and the offers were driven up beyond our maximum target price.  I find it disgusting how some of these mortgage companies have a practice of offering bad loans that end up putting people [...]

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It turns out there are a few other offers on this home and the home has not yet been foreclosed on.  The owner has a primary and secondary lender for the mortgage.  The primary lender is demanding bank account information from the owner so they can determine if the owner is trying to get out [...]

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We found a home that meets many of our requirements.  It is exciting, we have been looking for some time without any luck.  This particular home is a pre-foreclosure - it is in good condition structurally, but the previous owners evidently left in a hurry so it will need some cleaning up if we get [...]

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How often is it that just one thing breaks on a car?  I guess when you have an older car, things break often in twos and threes.  To continue my previous theme of DIY auto repair, this entry deals with the burned out clock light on a 98 Honda Accord.  This is a pretty simple [...]

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In this article I digress from my main topic for a bit, but I feel it is somewhat related and could be useful information for others on the internet.  I would imagine that most anyone who becomes a homeowner would likely do minor car repair themselves.  Hence in this article I will demonstrate how I [...]

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In my opinion this is where buying a home gets frustrating.  I recieved the following valuable reminder from a friend which helps me to keep things in focus while looking for a home.  When you are the buyer, no one works for you.  Everyone is working for the seller, trying to get you to spend [...]

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My credit stunk, but I did not want to shell out hundreds of dollars to a credit repair service.

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Here is a bit of history on our experience in working with Realtors.  We began by talking to a few different realtors, and over a period of time we ended up going with a realtor that seemed to fit our personality type and seemed to have our best interests in mind. 

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