VA Loans sometimes get a bad rap. For a home buyer, they’re a benefit often not utilized. And for a seller, they’re assumed to be more difficult to deal with. But a buyer who turns down this earned benefit is walking away from a 0% down loan with no mandatory private mortgage insurance (PMI) and […]
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You’re considering selling your home on your own. After all, why should you pay a commission to a real estate agent to do a job you can probably just do yourself? Well, before you make that decision, we thought it might be helpful for you to have part of the job description to prepare you
Thanksgiving, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa—almost everyone has a holiday to celebrate in the next couple of months. It’s a time of planning, shopping, and entertaining. A time of traditions and expectations. We want to do things the way they’ve always been done. Go to the same places. Eat the same treasured family favorites. But when
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The holiday season is here, whether you’re ready for it or not. Black Friday sales ads are bombarding your email and mailbox, and countdown calendars are already ticking down. But amid all that noise about the latest, greatest things to buy and own, there’s Giving Tuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Giving Tuesday reminds us to
The idea of staging and showing your home over the holidays perhaps has you less than enthused. One more thing to deal with during an already incredibly busy season, right? Besides, who’s looking at houses this time of year anyway? You might be surprised to learn that this can, in fact, be a great time
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You’ve moved more times than you care to count. But you don’t stress out. You don’t stand there without a clue about how to get things done. You do what military families do exceptionally well: You put together resources to support your family, and you figure out how to connect with the people and places
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If you are selling your home, you want to ensure that a potential buyer can secure a VA Loan for the property. And the VA has two primary concerns when it comes to deciding whether or not it will approve a loan: (1) Is the home structurally sound, safe, and free of hazards? and (2)
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Now is the perfect time to think about decorating outside your home for fall. If you have children or a fondness for gourds, pumpkins will likely make an appearance. But you’ve got so many more options for a beautiful, welcoming, fall-festive exterior of your home that you can enjoy all season. Before you make any
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Most military-connected folks will tell you that one of the downsides to this life is the seemingly constant moving from one place to the next. But this transient lifestyle presents you with a unique opportunity as well. With each move, you get to leave your own distinctive decorating mark on your new home. You can
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There’s a lot that is less than fantastic about military life. Missed birthdays and anniversaries. Worry during deployments. Picking up and moving time and again. But there are also perks to military life. One of those perks is the VA Loan Benefit. What’s not to like about a 0% down loan with no mandatory private
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