Archive for the 'Meetings with Mortgage Brokers' Category

How to Lose $600 on an Appraisal

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

In previous posts I’ve hinted at my dismay with the appraisal process. Well, I thought I’d take a moment and spell out a few details, hopefully so others will go into the process with their eyes wide open.
First, I’ll preface this post with my belief that there are plenty of ethical, professionals in the field [...]

Financing Update

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

UPDATE 1/16/08: Homes 123 is a casualty of the Sub-Prime mortgage debacle and has long since gone under. I’ll keep the post as a memento.
Spoke with Chuck Banta of Homes123 today. Good News! It looks like I may be able to wrap my design expenses into the loan. Here’s how it would work:

I [...]

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