Selling a Home
Accepting a Contingent Offer With a 72 Hour Kick Out Clause
Your house has been listed for 23 days. One offer has arrived, it is $6,000 over your asking price, and it comes with a catch:...
Buyer's agent and financing writer, page 2 of 10
Derek spent six years underwriting mortgages before moving to buyer representation, and he still reads a pre-approval letter the way an underwriter would. He writes about financing and the offer process with the paperwork open beside him.
Selling a Home
Your house has been listed for 23 days. One offer has arrived, it is $6,000 over your asking price, and it comes with a catch:...
Mortgages and Financing
On a $360,000 loan with 5 percent down, private mortgage insurance can easily run $150 to $250 a month.
Selling a Home
A seller I worked with last spring accepted an offer of $412,000 and started pricing furniture for the new place as if a cheque...
Renting
A tenant I worked with lost everything in a kitchen fire that started two units over.
Selling a Home
You have two offers on the table and the higher one feels like the obvious choice.
Games
Set the property tax slider too high in an online city builder and your residents move out, leaving empty lots and a budget...