Smart With Your Money as a Couple It’s this simple: Money can ruin your marriage. In fact, it’s the number one problem in marriages and the number one cause of divorce. People often underestimate the commitment in merging two lives together. The reason we fight most about money is because it’s the most measurable. […]
Renovation Loans: Finance Your Dream Home
Finance Your Dream Home with One Loan Have you thought about buying a “fixer-upper”, but you’re not sure where to get the money for renovations? Maybe you have the money to renovate, but the thought of losing that much liquidity scares you. Perhaps, you have been in your home […]
6 Reasons to Refinance: How To Take Advantage of Appreciation and Low Rates
6 Reasons to Refinance You may find that refinancing could save tens of thousands of dollars in interest and years of mortgage debt repayment. It does take some effort to get the process started. However, the time and effort spent could easily be worth it depending on your situation. Here are 6 reasons to refinance, […]
6 Crucial Questions To Plan Your Mortgage
Loan Officer or Debt Strategist? In your last mortgage transaction were you working with a true mortgage professional? I believe that a true mortgage professional should be more than a Loan Officer, they should be your Debt Strategist. Many people have professionals managing all other parts of their financial […]
Top Strategies to Be Smart With Your Money
Decrease Debt The ideal scenario for people is to start with a fresh slate, decrease debt and still meet your monthly obligations. Defining your needs and wants is a great place to start. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case for most people. I know this story all too well.
HomeScout: The Most Accurate Real Estate Search Engine
Don’t Go Out Without HomeScout If you are looking to purchase a home within the next year it’s likely your home search will begin online. Many of our listeners have found that the HomeScout app is the best place to start. It has 100% of the MLS listings and your information is […]
Top 12 Kid Money Wasters
Kid Money Wasters- We all know that kids can be very expensive. There are many reasons that we end up spending more on our kids than necessary. Sometimes we’re worn down. Sometimes we think that we want them to have more than we did, so we spoil them! As I look at the financial picture […]
Protecting Yourself In A Sales Contract
Protecting Yourself In A Sales Contract During the home buying process many decisions have to be made: Determining how much to offer for a home, whether or not you’d like to ask for seller concessions, and when you’d like to ideally close on your new home are just […]
Big Announcement and Why We Do What We Do
Big Announcement We have had so much fun and it has been such a pleasure to have The Doug Haldeman Show on the air on 97.1FM for over 5 years. We are announcing that we are leaving the air to focus on our passion of helping people […]
11 Reasons to Carry a Big, Long Mortgage by Ric Edelman
The Truth About Money You may have heard that it’s best to have the smallest mortgage you can and to pay it off as quickly as possible. Or perhaps you have heard to save up as much money as you can to throw it all at your […]
