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The Beginner’s Guide on How to Buy a House
For a first-time home buyer, the process of buying a house can seem a bit intimidating. Yes, there are many steps to buying the house you’ll want to call home, and we can break it down into manageable pieces. As with any project, you’ll gain the confidence and desire to learn more, take it one step at a time and achieve your goals. In this article, we’ll discuss those key steps to confidently buying your…
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When Buying a Home, Make Your Credit Score Work For You
When preparing to buy a new home, your credit score becomes more important than ever in getting the best financing available. The huge investment of buying a house impacts your lifestyle and your finances. For…
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Top 3 Factors to Consider when Qualifying for a Home Purchase or Refinance
Financial institutions look at a wide variety of things when a customer applies for mortgage financing on a home. There are 3 main building blocks that create the foundation for a solid mortgage application. If…
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5 Best Actions to Increase Your Credit Score in 60 Days
Credit scores are the most significant driving factor in deciding what mortgage loan you will be eligible for and what interest rate you will qualify at. It’s crucial that you make sure your credit score…
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5 Common Things that Can Turn a Pre-Approval into a Declined Loan
Everyone probably knows someone that has had a bad mortgage loan experience. The mortgage loan process is a complicated one and sometimes the Lender can make a mistake, or the customer can as well. There…
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Buying Single-Family Real Estate Investment Properties
Real estate investing is a fascinating topic and a successful investment strategy for many people. As with most endeavors, the more information you have and the more carefully you apply that information to your set…
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7 Home Insurance Tips for the First-Time HomeBuyer
Buying your first home is one of the biggest financial steps you'll ever take. Becoming a homeowner is a great way to build wealth and it allows you to set down roots, but it also…
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Rental Property Insurance for Landlords — Why It’s So Important
As a rental property owner, you have a lot at stake. Carrying adequate insurance for rental properties is what ties it all together. You are offering a wonderful opportunity for renters to have a nice…
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Why insurance gives first-time Home Buyers peace of mind
With daily news about disasters of one type or another, one can’t escape the dismal message that unexpected things can happen without warning. Insurance isn’t always the sexiest topic, but there comes a time when…
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Why You Must Hire an Insured General Contractor for Your Home Construction Project
Deciding to go with new construction home vs. an existing home is always an exciting time, especially if it’s your first one. If you choose to build your new home with a national, more well-known…
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9 Rules For The Successful Landlord: Real Estate Investing
Deciding to own and manage rental properties is not something to take lightly. Many of us pursue a financial strategy of multiple streams of income which often points to rental income. Indeed, this can be…
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Rental Property Insurance for Landlords — Why It’s So Important
As a rental property owner, you have a lot at stake. Carrying adequate insurance for rental properties is what ties it all together. You are offering a wonderful opportunity for renters to have a nice…
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Property Management Success: 7 Key Factors DIY Landlords Must Do
I often get asked what the critical property management duties and responsibilities are as a DIY (Do-It-Yourself) landlord. And so, my view is that if you follow these steps, you're setting yourself up for a…
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Buying Townhouse Investment Properties
This article is the third in a series of interviews with Minneapolis realtor Tim Kindem from Keller Williams Integrity Lakes. In our first 2 discussions on residential real estate investing, we focused on purchasing duplexes…
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Buying Single-Family Real Estate Investment Properties
Real estate investing is a fascinating topic and a successful investment strategy for many people. As with most endeavors, the more information you have and the more carefully you apply that information to your set…
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Why You Must Hire an Insured General Contractor for Your Home Construction Project
Deciding to go with new construction home vs. an existing home is always an exciting time, especially if it’s your first one. If you choose to build your new home with a national, more well-known…
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The DIY Guide to Getting Your Home Ready to Sell
I’ve sold quite a few houses and, oddly, I think it’s a fun project. Each sale presented different challenges and opportunities, and each taught me something along the way. I know most people dread putting…
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The Best 10 Ways to Maintain Your House
Your house is most likely the most expensive purchase of your lifetime — and a safe haven that provides a hub for everyday activities, relaxation and making memories. It doesn’t remain in great shape without…
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How to Deal with a Mold Problem in Your House
Mold per se is not bad. It plays an important role in ecology, as it helps in the decomposition process of organic material that produces nutrients for plant life. As long as they form outside,…
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Considerations for Buying an Existing Home or New Construction
Buying a new home is a truly exciting time and offers many options to consider. Houses come in all styles of architecture, siding and roofing choices. They also come with a variety of neighborhoods and…
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Buying Single-Family Real Estate Investment Properties
Real estate investing is a fascinating topic and a successful investment strategy for many people. As with most endeavors, the more information you have and the more carefully you apply that information to your set…
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Buying Duplexes and Residential Real Estate as Investment Properties
Real estate investing is a preferred investment strategy for many. With proper information and planning, these investments can provide an additional stream of income or a mainstream of cash flow. If you are a seasoned…
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Buying Single Family or Duplex Homes for Rental Income
Are you ready to consider real estate as a source of additional income? Real estate has provided the opportunity for an additional income stream and financial growth since our country was formed. Sure, there are…
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Why insurance gives first-time Home Buyers peace of mind
With daily news about disasters of one type or another, one can’t escape the dismal message that unexpected things can happen without warning. Insurance isn’t always the sexiest topic, but there comes a time when…
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Buy a House: Understand the Contract for Deed Option
When we’re trying to purchase a home, we don’t often hear the term Contract for Deed do we? The majority of us will seek the traditional financing like FHA, VA, Conventional, Rehab, and etc. but…
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How to Establish Credibility that Sets You Apart from Other Real Estate Agents
It used to be easy for a small number of real estate agents to make a living in each city. But, it’s not the case today with many new agents entering the industry as we…
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The Benefits HOMEiA Provides to Real Estate Professionals
With more and more real estate professionals entering this industry every day, what should you do to ensure that your online presence stands out? If you are passionate about what you do and have good…
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Real Estate Agents: Do You Know Your Clients’ Personas?
Throughout my many years in the real estate service industry, I have learned that buyers and sellers have personal preferences for how they like to buy or sell, along with a variety of business or…
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Key Factors of an Effective Real Estate Website
In the last 15 years, most real estate agents have come to recognize the importance of online marketing to their bottom line. Many have set up a website to stay current with new technologies, but…
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Effective Business Websites: Key Features That Make A Difference [Infographic]
People are busy and have a very short attention span when it comes to browsing the web. That means an effective website is not the one with all the bells and whistles, but the one…
