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Buying And Selling At The Same Time

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And you thought buying or selling a home was scary. Either one can be, of course, but there’s nothing like doing both at once to foster a flurry of “what ifs.” What if I buy a new house, but my old one doesn’t sell? What if I sell my old house, but can’t find a […]

Buying and Selling At The Same Time

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And you thought buying or selling a home was scary. Either one can be, of course, but there’s nothing like doing both at once to foster a flurry of “what ifs.” What if I buy a new house, but my old one doesn’t sell? What if I sell my old house, but can’t find a […]

3 Phases Of Success

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At one point in your life you either have the thing you want or the reasons why you don’t – Andy Roddick Today John Sprague with Keller Williams Realty West enters a discussion with Doug and Tammie about the 3 Phases of Success. If you are entering the summer season with no real plan of success or maybe […]

Building In Today’s Market…Listen In This Sunday At 4pm

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Knox Mailhes with Integrity Title Solutions and John Muller with Diversified Real Estate Group join Doug in a discussion about building a home in today’s market. In 2013, the housing recovery was a welcome bright spot for the economy: prices were shooting up, fewer homeowners were underwater, and builder confidence was finally on the upswing. It’s looking […]

FHA Back To Work Program: Have You Had An Extenuating Circumstance Or Economic Event?

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Over the past several years we’ve heard about lending guidelines getting tougher and tougher for people to qualify.  Is that still true or do you see guidelines loosening up at all? FHA has expanded the definition of Extenuating Circumstances to include Economic Event, which shortens the seasoning periods on foreclosure, short sale, and bankruptcy to […]