Tips For Realtors Archives

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The Truth About Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payment Plans

23 Feb

The Truth About Bi-Weekly Mortgage Payment Plans

Derek Parent2017-11-30T20:02:37+00:00February 23rd, 2016|Homebuying Tips, Las Vegas, Tips for Realtors|

Traditionally, your mortgage payment is a monthly cost. You submit your payment once a month to the mortgage company, and your money is applied to principal, interest, and escrow. But many mortgage lenders also offer biweekly mortgage payment plans that allow you to pay in installments every two weeks instead of every month. Biweekly payment [...]

What’s the Difference Between Getting Pre-approved & Pre-qualified?

8 Oct

What’s the Difference Between Getting Pre-approved & Pre-qualified?

Derek Parent2017-11-30T20:28:49+00:00October 8th, 2015|Homebuying Tips, Las Vegas, Mortgage News, Tips for Realtors|

Many people mistakenly believe that getting pre-approved for a mortgage is the same thing as getting pre-qualified. They are NOT the same! Here's the difference: Getting Pre-qualified Most sellers will require your pre-qualification letter before they’ll even consider your offer. Ask your lender for a prequalification letter. These are relatively simple to get and [...]

3 Things to Know about FHA Loans

26 Sep

3 Things to Know about FHA Loans

Derek Parent2017-11-30T23:44:13+00:00September 26th, 2015|Homebuying Tips, Las Vegas, Tips for Realtors|

FHA loans are popular with mortgage borrowers because of lower down payment requirements and less stringent lending standards. Simply stated, an FHA loan is a mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration, a government agency within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Borrowers with FHA loans pay for mortgage insurance, which protects the [...]

27 Oct

Three Ways to Handle High Maintenance Clients

Derek Parent2017-11-30T20:11:08+00:00October 27th, 2014|Tips for Realtors|

In the life of a real estate agent, three things are inevitable: death, taxes and high-maintenance clients. Some are both high-maintenance and unreasonable, and these clients can become a massive hemorrhage of time, gas and energy. It’s also demotivating and frustrating to work with high-maintenance clients who are beyond pleasing. That said, the majority of high-maintenance clients can [...]

3 Oct

Capturing Clients Who Research You Online

Derek Parent2017-11-29T23:25:35+00:00October 3rd, 2014|Tips for Realtors|

The way today’s buyers conduct their search for a home has completely changed. No longer are they spending their days driving from neighborhood to neighborhood searching for open house and for-sale signs; instead they are spending the majority of their time online. In fact, 90 percent of homebuyers search online during their homebuying process, according [...]