For many home buyers and builders, getting a home may perhaps seem like a scary experience. Apart from being expensive, you might come across BIG words like realtors, agents, credit scores, home loans, pre-qualification letters, buyer loyalty agreements, sales agreements and so much more.
You must've heard people around you facing difficulty in approval for a mortgage loan. Loan applications are rejected left and right, and even those with good credit can't seem to find a way through. I came across a 25 year old, having enormous 30% deposit cash in hand, still crying for not getting a mortgage! Things may seem depressing, but in reality it's not as bad as it's depicted. When properly guided, you may be closer to buying the home of your dreams than you can think.
With these three tips you can qualify for a mortgage loan without the fear of being rejected:
Do the Initial Research
Shop around for a home mortgage loan will give you the ability to choose from the best financial deal you've been offered. Obtaining a mortgage loan, i.e. FHA Mortgage Loan or a VA Mortgage Loan is just like obtaining any other good form the market, where the prices can be negotiable.
You can get home loans from several lenders, banks and other mortgage offering institutions. Each lender may be offering you a different price and terms, it's easy to choose once you have inspected many lenders, but how do you know you have made the right choice? This confusion is easily solved if you hire mortgage brokers to deal with your mortgage and help find you the best lender. Since, these are professionals in the industry and have several mortgage solutions in hand. Moreover, broker's access to several lenders means a wide range of loan products and terms from which you can choose!
Your affordability counts
Before proceeding any further, know what and what not you can afford. Make your financial limit and don't exceed it. Get all the information of the costs involved in the process. Check on the down payments, current mortgage interest rates, loan type and term, transaction costs, PMI's, closing costs, and all the other costs related to broker and the lender.
To save yourself from any shocking costs and later surprises, it's better to get a review of all your credit information and then plan and map out the whole procedure according to your budget.
Monday, July 6, 2009
The first thing you need to know is that people that are new to the property management business (read: landlords) FAIL within the first year. Being
What would you do different this year if money was no object? What if you could make your current annual income or more in a month, and do it over and over again? If you're tired of never having enough money at the end of the month, struggling to pay your bills, in debt, or just tired of working long hours to make somebody else rich, you need to listen to what I'm about to say.Real estate has turned more ordinary people into wealthy people than anything else. Now, I'm not promising you'll be a millionaire if you invest in real estate, but there is potential to make some serious money and really make a difference in your life.One of the most profitable areas of real estate investing is foreclosures. Foreclosures result when people can't afford to make the payments on their house and end up losing it.
Investors can often pick up the properties for pennies on the dollar. They can also save a lot of people from having to go through the nightmare of a foreclosure. If you've been watching the news, you know that the number of foreclosures is growing nationwide. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of other great ways to invest in real estate. I'm not saying foreclosures are the only way you're going to make money. There are some great courses out there that teach other ways to invest in real estate and I've used some of these other methods myself.
However, you just can't beat the profit potential of foreclosures! It's sometimes possible to pick up a property for half its value. That means tremendous profit!
Also, if you pay attention to the news, you've probably noticed that the number of foreclosures nationwide is steadily rising. Experts predict things to keep heading in that direction. It is unfortunate for those who find themselves in that situation. Fortunately, though, I can teach you how to help some of them to get out of a bad situation and, at the same time, you can make some great money. THINK ABOUT IT... There Are MILLIONS of Foreclosures Out There. Every Minute You Are Not Taking Advantage of This Huge Short Sale Foreclosure Opportunity is Just Another Valuable Minute WASTED! After All, This "Free Real Estate Ride" Won't Last Forever.Imagine being able to see a huge income from real estate and being able to afford anything you want, drive any car you want, go anywhere in the world you want, live in an oceanfront mansion if you want, and never ever have to worry about money again!
Yes, you can FINALLY get massively wealthy in real estate and never before has there been a better time to CASH IN BIG from the incredible economic disaster that we're experiencing right now! The biggest problem in the real estate market right now is the amount of foreclosures. Currently 1 in 4 homes in the United States is in foreclosure. That's a whopping 25%!
Investors can often pick up the properties for pennies on the dollar. They can also save a lot of people from having to go through the nightmare of a foreclosure. If you've been watching the news, you know that the number of foreclosures is growing nationwide. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of other great ways to invest in real estate. I'm not saying foreclosures are the only way you're going to make money. There are some great courses out there that teach other ways to invest in real estate and I've used some of these other methods myself.
However, you just can't beat the profit potential of foreclosures! It's sometimes possible to pick up a property for half its value. That means tremendous profit!
Also, if you pay attention to the news, you've probably noticed that the number of foreclosures nationwide is steadily rising. Experts predict things to keep heading in that direction. It is unfortunate for those who find themselves in that situation. Fortunately, though, I can teach you how to help some of them to get out of a bad situation and, at the same time, you can make some great money. THINK ABOUT IT... There Are MILLIONS of Foreclosures Out There. Every Minute You Are Not Taking Advantage of This Huge Short Sale Foreclosure Opportunity is Just Another Valuable Minute WASTED! After All, This "Free Real Estate Ride" Won't Last Forever.Imagine being able to see a huge income from real estate and being able to afford anything you want, drive any car you want, go anywhere in the world you want, live in an oceanfront mansion if you want, and never ever have to worry about money again!
Yes, you can FINALLY get massively wealthy in real estate and never before has there been a better time to CASH IN BIG from the incredible economic disaster that we're experiencing right now! The biggest problem in the real estate market right now is the amount of foreclosures. Currently 1 in 4 homes in the United States is in foreclosure. That's a whopping 25%!
The 2 Most Common Pitfalls a New Landlord Can Experience!
The first thing you need to know is that people that are new to the property management business (read: landlords) FAIL within the first year.
Being a landlord is simple... it's just not easy. You have to put in the hard work AND make sure you have a decent reserve of savings for the expenses you couldn't possibly foresee, particularly because you don't know what you are doing yet!
Most people decide to become a landlord while they are still working a 40-hour per week gig! The pitfalls are obvious; you won't have a lot of time to devote to responding to prospective renters, showing your property, running credit reports, checking with their employers, dealing with maintenance requests, screening vendors... and on and on...
If you aren't able to do the work up front, how could you possible do the work required to evict a bad tenant? Not to mention the costs associated with eviction and the money lost as property owner.
Pitfall 1: The biggest mistake you can make as a new landlord is to accept the first potential tenant that comes along because you are worried about paying the mortgage. This desperate outlook can cost you big time down the road.
Do not be desperate! This will kill your chances at being a successful landlord!
If you are really interested in becoming a great landlord and are just starting out, you may want to hire a professional property management company. That way, you can learn through watching. Let them screen tenants, handle phone calls in the middle of the night, deal with evictions, court and collecting back rent.
The cost is usually somewhere between 5% and 10% depending on where you live and how many responsibilities the property management firm handles in the contract. Although this price may seem high, it is nothing compared to what it will cost you to not know how to run your property efficiently (to say nothing about having to unload it quickly because you can't cover the mortgage).
Pitfall 2: Not having enough cash to cover unexpected expenses. You cannot just assume that the rent you charge will cover your monthly expenses. You better bet that there are costs you can't possibly foresee as a new manager that will arise. And as Murphy's Law dictates, it will always happen when you lease expect it!
Let me give you a hypothetical: Let's say you take the first prospect that comes along. She's happily paying her $1200 rent every month when all of a sudden, she stops paying (beautiful girls in Hollywood think they can get away with anything!)... suddenly you are put into the position of having to evict this young starlet... which you didn't predict taking nearly 3 months and time off work to show up in court and the time it takes you to file for a Writ of Judgment (more on that in another article), etc... and before you know it, you are $3600 short on back rent and another $600 in the hole for court costs! Whoops! Hadn't thought that far ahead, had you?
And, well, young Miss Garbot didn't care for the way you wouldn't give her special late rent privileges so she also dug her fingernails down the walls in your apartment... it's always the beautiful ones with the flawed logic! ☺ After 4 weeks and another $1550 to get the glitter out of the carpet and make the unit rentable, you begin listing your unit again and if you are lucky, you are able to begin collecting rent again about 5 months later. But remember, during this time without rental income, you are still paying for utilities, the mortgage, taxes, court costs and janitorial services... You could lost upwards of $10,000 if you aren't careful!
You have got to set some money aside to survive these types of situations if you want to make it as a landlord. And if you are able to, it is often advisable to borrow a minimal amount of mortgage so your payments are lower, allowing more positive cash flow. This will make it less painful when these unexpected costs raise their ugly heads.
HELPFUL HINT: Allot 25% of the rent income to cover unexpected expenses.
The remaining 75% has to cover your predictable monthly expenses: mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, etc.
If you are still making a positive cash flow after that, you are golden!
Being a landlord is simple... it's just not easy. You have to put in the hard work AND make sure you have a decent reserve of savings for the expenses you couldn't possibly foresee, particularly because you don't know what you are doing yet!
Most people decide to become a landlord while they are still working a 40-hour per week gig! The pitfalls are obvious; you won't have a lot of time to devote to responding to prospective renters, showing your property, running credit reports, checking with their employers, dealing with maintenance requests, screening vendors... and on and on...
If you aren't able to do the work up front, how could you possible do the work required to evict a bad tenant? Not to mention the costs associated with eviction and the money lost as property owner.
Pitfall 1: The biggest mistake you can make as a new landlord is to accept the first potential tenant that comes along because you are worried about paying the mortgage. This desperate outlook can cost you big time down the road.
Do not be desperate! This will kill your chances at being a successful landlord!
If you are really interested in becoming a great landlord and are just starting out, you may want to hire a professional property management company. That way, you can learn through watching. Let them screen tenants, handle phone calls in the middle of the night, deal with evictions, court and collecting back rent.
The cost is usually somewhere between 5% and 10% depending on where you live and how many responsibilities the property management firm handles in the contract. Although this price may seem high, it is nothing compared to what it will cost you to not know how to run your property efficiently (to say nothing about having to unload it quickly because you can't cover the mortgage).
Pitfall 2: Not having enough cash to cover unexpected expenses. You cannot just assume that the rent you charge will cover your monthly expenses. You better bet that there are costs you can't possibly foresee as a new manager that will arise. And as Murphy's Law dictates, it will always happen when you lease expect it!
Let me give you a hypothetical: Let's say you take the first prospect that comes along. She's happily paying her $1200 rent every month when all of a sudden, she stops paying (beautiful girls in Hollywood think they can get away with anything!)... suddenly you are put into the position of having to evict this young starlet... which you didn't predict taking nearly 3 months and time off work to show up in court and the time it takes you to file for a Writ of Judgment (more on that in another article), etc... and before you know it, you are $3600 short on back rent and another $600 in the hole for court costs! Whoops! Hadn't thought that far ahead, had you?
And, well, young Miss Garbot didn't care for the way you wouldn't give her special late rent privileges so she also dug her fingernails down the walls in your apartment... it's always the beautiful ones with the flawed logic! ☺ After 4 weeks and another $1550 to get the glitter out of the carpet and make the unit rentable, you begin listing your unit again and if you are lucky, you are able to begin collecting rent again about 5 months later. But remember, during this time without rental income, you are still paying for utilities, the mortgage, taxes, court costs and janitorial services... You could lost upwards of $10,000 if you aren't careful!
You have got to set some money aside to survive these types of situations if you want to make it as a landlord. And if you are able to, it is often advisable to borrow a minimal amount of mortgage so your payments are lower, allowing more positive cash flow. This will make it less painful when these unexpected costs raise their ugly heads.
HELPFUL HINT: Allot 25% of the rent income to cover unexpected expenses.
The remaining 75% has to cover your predictable monthly expenses: mortgage, taxes, insurance, maintenance, etc.
If you are still making a positive cash flow after that, you are golden!
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