After I started evaluating my financial future, I took a good, hard look at what I wanted to do with my life. I realized that I didn't have that long before retirement, so I began chatting with my friends about solid investments I could make. Within a few weeks, I was looking at real estate, and it was nice to see just how profitable the entire process could be. I wanted to start a little blog about investments and real estate a few months ago, so I began collecting articles on the matter. Check out this blog to find out more.
Posted on: 27 December 2018
If you decide to start shopping for a home for sale, you might wonder whether buying a foreclosed home is a good idea. While it can be a great way to buy a house, there are some risks involved too. In fact, there are a lot of pros and cons with buying a foreclosed home, and here are some of the top ones you should know about before you start shopping for one.
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Posted on: 27 December 2018
Today, having a job and choosing where you want to live doesn't quite mean the same thing it once did. People aren't in as much of a rush to find a buy a house after the 2008 financial crisis, millennials are living high-paying jobs to find happiness and purpose, and the days of sticking with one company for decades and earning a pension before riding off into the sunset are virtually extinct.
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Posted on: 26 December 2018
Having your finances in order and your budget balanced makes for a simpler life with fewer surprises—and surprise expenses are never a good thing. When you are buying a home it is no different; you need to be prepared to pay for certain expenses. Here are some specific funds you need to have ready for payment during the home-buying process.
Earnest Money
One of the first extra cash payments you will need to have is the earnest money deposit.
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Posted on: 26 December 2018
Purchasing a home can be one of the biggest decisions you make in your life, so it makes sense that the experience can be a little stressful for you. If you're intending on buying a home in a new town that you haven't lived in before, the effort that goes into picking out the perfect home can be even more difficult for you.
Instead of rushing into choosing just any home that will suit you, there are several things that you'll need to pay attention to due to the change in the town that you'll be living in.
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