Lansing, MI Mortgage

Your Home May be the Perfect Rental – Timing is Everything.

I’ve talked with a number of my clients about the following four realities. Many have taken action based on these.

Real Estate is on sale like never before.
You know this already. Most people won’t take advantage of these prices because they can’t see what’s happening around them through the haze of the negative news media and the scare of some impending global gloom and doom. Be that as it may, the fact remains that you could buy your next home, a move up in your own market, for a more favorable price than at any other time in the last 10 to 15 years in most of the country…

Now Is The Time To Rent Out Your Home

I have talked with a number of my clients about the following four realities. Many have taken action based on them…

BUY NOW! Part IV – Supply and Demand & Real Estate Investors

Foreclosure is the name of the game on a couple of levels. First, these are the deals that are attractive to investors because they can get homes at a deep discount. Second, it is the presence of these deals that keep the total market low into the future, which keeps them from reaping the reward from selling the properties.

This is the tricky part – both of the following statements are true…

Buy Now? – Consider Some Facts

The expression Perfect Storm usually has a negative connotation; after all, storms are bad. But in the real estate market today, the perfect storm of price, rates, and incentives may make buying a new home a very good thing…

Wait on that Harley

So you want to buy a Harley? And that new house you’re closing on in a month has the perfect garage for it. It sure seems like the stars are aligning for you, and maybe they are (if you believe in that sort of thing). But before you and the Mrs. go shopping for matching leather chaps, you might stop and consider something…

Raising Your Credit Score

Not happy with that credit score? More importantly, is your lender not happy with it? Well, here’s some good news: it’s not a fixed number. It’s like your cholesterol level. There are things—short-term and long—that you can do to improve it, and things to avoid…