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RECENT BLOG POSTS
I recently read a couple of great articles about about flying during the holiday season in Real Simple  and Money magazines. The information was so useful that I thought I'd share: 1) To get the best prices, use travel sites like Travelocity, Expedia, etc., but then call the airline directly or v...
10/27/2008
I work in a unique mortgage company, Providence Home Mortgage, that is owned by a non-profit housing developer, ICCF (Inner City Christian Federation). I have many co-workers here who are huge Dave Ramsey fans- this is an understatement really! So, many of my co-workers have gone to a cash only s...
10/22/2008
I recently participated in a committee called F.L.O.W.- Friends Landscaping Our World. This was a landscaping committee through the Women's Council of Realtors in our local Grand Rapids WCR Chapter, and it was an awesome collaboration with ICCF (Inner City Christian Federation), my mortgage compa...
10/22/2008
While we are hearing a lot in the news media as of late about the fate of our economy, the dramatic changes in the mortgage industry, the dive in stocks, I'd like to suggest that we get back to the basics. I am not a financial planner, and I do agree that right now is not the time to pull money f...
10/21/2008
If you asked me six months ago what a blog was, I probably would have asked you to repeat yourself, having no clue what you were talking about! I would have been more likely to think you were saying fog and talking about the weather! But I'm starting to feel like those days were long gone. I star...
10/17/2008
Do you have a buyer who wants to buy a fixer upper but doesn't know how to get funds post close to fix the home? MSHDA's (the Michigan State Housing Development Authority) Property Improvement Program (PIP) is, in my opinion, the best kept secret in the industry. The program is very unique in tha...
10/13/2008
I have recently witnessed a new phenomenon where a good credit buyer comes in to get pre-approved for a Conventional mortgage. They typically have good intentions of wanting to purchase home B while at the same time retaining home A, either hoping to sell it "when the market recovers" or listing ...
10/08/2008
Over the past few weeks I have received a lot of questions regarding the new first time home buyer tax credit of $7,500. So, I thought it was time to share my understanding of the credit, some of the pros and cons, etc. Another colleague I work with sent me a great link on the credit. Thank you, ...
09/19/2008
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