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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 08:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[. Welcome back I want to say a little bit about the topic In my opinion, this is anyone who can actually watch Probably the single most important video I see all the parties I go to as my family Now my wife and I are I live in northern California We are renting I &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/29/is-buying-a-home-always-better-housing-finance-capital-markets-khan-academy-3/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Is buying a home always better? &#124; Housing &#124; Finance &#038; Capital Markets &#124; Khan Academy</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  .   Welcome back   I want to say a little bit about the topic   In my opinion, this is anyone who can actually watch   Probably the single most important video   I see all the parties I go to as my family   Now my wife and I are   I live in northern California   We are renting   I have chosen   I have family members, why can&#39;t you buy a house?   You are on the scene   That is the key to life   There is a lot of pressure to buy a home   When my friends asked, I replied:   I haven&#39;t bought one yet   Because I&#39;m in the housing market   Because almost one hundred percent thinks that they are going back to normal   Why would they go down?   The organizations I have discussed will work to prove this   But I heard from real estate agents   My friends are going to reject the post   Because they want you to buy it completely   Well, isn&#39;t it better to buy than to rent?   If you have a mortgage or a mortgage for a house to live in   This means that every month they make money with the bank   It is a form of savings   I think these come from a wise idea   This is the rule   Money while you&#39;re renting   The wind will disappear in the field   In this video I will work only on this assumption   In fact, this is a small matter   Let&#39;s say I have a choice   Let&#39;s say there are two houses   .</p>
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<p>  This is home number 1   And this is home number 2   Let&#39;s say they are houses of the same kind   I live in three bedrooms; Silicon Valley with 2 baths   It is a small town   I want to stay at home like that   It&#39;s not much different from the house I live in   Because the houses are the same   Living here is the same experience   I can rent this house for $ 3,000 a month   Or I could buy this house for $ 1 million   Now let&#39;s talk about my bank account   Let&#39;s say I have $ 250,000   Let&#39;s see what happens in the future   Let&#39;s see how much money you have saved   So what does the future hold?   I&#39;m renting   When paying once a year   Let&#39;s see how much money goes out of my pocket   I had to pay $ 3,000 a year   If I multiply $ 3,000 by 12 months, I lose $ 36,000   Then I will look at the loss   Because I use it when renting   Because the rent is $ 36,000 a year   Yes, because I have nothing to do   To deposit in a bank    I didn&#39;t buy it   Let&#39;s say I can save at a bank   Suppose I put it on a CD   And I got 4%   So, what I think is $ 10,000   That&#39;s 0.04   In fact, I earn $ 10,000 a year   So I got $ 10,000   So that adds up to $ 10,000 per year   Good weather in Silicon Valley   The privilege of living is   Each year, I have $ 26,000 out of my pocket   This is a promising prospect   My family brokers   Due to pressure from factory mortgages   Would I buy a house for $ 1 million?   Most people who buy me a house for $ 1 million   But that&#39;s more than $ 250,000   I only have $ 250,000   So I need to borrow $ 750,000   So I made a $ 750,000 mortgage contract   I&#39;m going with this little idea   More on that in the future   It has to be complicated   In many mortgage contracts, when you make a monthly payment   If your monthly payment is in the beginning,   It&#39;s just the interest of your loan   Then your loan portfolio   You will need to pay a little extra for the reduction   Such payments are called rules   You can only learn the interest rate on the loan   But the interest rate is the same   Essentially, if you&#39;re only going for a thirty year mortgage   If you are paying every month,   This is a little bit more than what you have to pay, and this is a reduction   The simplest form of this statement is:   You have to go with the mortgage contract   Other bonus and debt laws   Is to cancel   These are the same ideas   Now, if I were only 25% off, I bought a $ 1 million home   I&#39;ll have a $ 750,000 mortgage   I don&#39;t know what a good standard is, 6%?   Let&#39;s talk about the 6% interest rate   I told you how much I had paid in interest   I have to pay $ 750,000 at 6% interest every year   So 0.06x $ 750,000 equals an interest rate of $ 45,000   This is the money that comes out of my pocket   If the monthly payment is a monthly interest rate,   It means coming up with a new idea   I&#39;m paying about $ 3700-338 per month per month   In fact, my mortgage contract sometimes pays around $ 4,000 a month   So I have to pay the interest   This is to reduce the whole value of the loan   It will take about 30 years to complete all this debt   Over time, interest rates are low   There will be more rules   The simplest form is the interest rate I&#39;m paying   $ 45,000 a year   When I talk to a party   That&#39;s it   A mortgage payment contract is something to be careful about before paying it off   The sum before the interest payment is calculated   It was used as an interest on my contract   Costs can be deducted from my paycheck   That&#39;s less than the $ 45,000 I actually earned   You can tell the IRS   So if I say 30% before I pay the interest   What is saving money?   I can maintain 30%   I have to pay $ 15,000 for taxes   How does it work?   Well, let&#39;s think   Let&#39;s say I can earn $ 100,000 a year   Normally you have to pay 30%   Normally you have to pay $ 30,000 in taxes   That is true   Collected to protect the house   No tax   Now I have interest   In fact, I&#39;m one year old   He told the IRS that he could find $ 55,000   Let&#39;s talk about my 30% tax   In fact, if only these taxes were reduced   The simplest form would be to assume that my taxes were $ 3,000   I am now paying the IRS $ 16,500   So how much tax have I collected?   .</p>
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<p>  $ 45,000 coming in   Customs must collect $ 13,500 in taxes   So let&#39;s talk about adding $ 13,500   Now what else is there to solve for this equation?   Can I get $ 250,000 interest?   Fine No, not at all   I have to use a spending deduction to pay for my house   So I have no interest   But what I have is   I have to pay customs for my products   In California, the property tax is   Only 1.25% pay   So, just 1.25 percent?   So tax is a product tax   In fact, if the tax is actually deducted   Will be 0.75% or 1%   Let&#39;s talk about 1% with simplicity   Property taxes.   Rest 1% times $ 1 million.   That equals what?   1% of $ 1 million is another $ 10,000 a   year in property taxes.   And notice, I&#39;m not talking about what percent of me   mortgage goes to principal pay.   I&#39;m just talking about money that&#39;s being burned by owning   this house.   So what is the net effect?   I have a $ 13,500 tax savings.   I have to pay $ 10,000 &#8211; actually I have to pay a   little bit more than that, but we&#39;re getting a little bit of   income tax savings on the deduction on   the property taxes.</p>
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<p>  And then I actually have to pay the $ 45,000 of interest   that just goes out the door.   So I&#39;m paying $ 41,500.   Notice, none of this $ 41,500 is building equity.   None of it is getting saved.   This is money that is just being burned.   So this is a completely comparable   value to this $ 26,000.   So in this example &#8211; this example isn&#39;t that far off   from real values.   Out here in the Bay area, I can rent a $ 1 million house   for about $ 3,000.   But in this situation I am burning, every year $ 41,500,   where I could just rent the same house for $ 26,000 out of   my pocket, when I adjust for everything.</p>
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<p>  And then people a couple of years ago said, oh, but houses   appreciate.   And that&#39;s what would make it up.   But now you know, very recently &#8211; we know that   that&#39;s not the case.   And in the next video, I&#39;ll delve into this, and   a little bit more.   I&#39;ll see you soon.  . </p>
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		<title>Buy or Rent a House? (Home Buying 1/6)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet Emily. Emily has been renting an apartment with her wife Olivia for the past seven years. Recently, Olivia has made it clear to Emily that she wants to move to the suburbs where there are better schools for their twin girls. While this appeals to Emily, there’s just one problem. She’s just not sure &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/28/buy-or-rent-a-house-home-buying-1-6/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Buy or Rent a House? (Home Buying 1/6)</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Meet Emily. Emily has been renting an apartment with her<br />
wife Olivia for the past seven years. Recently, Olivia has made it clear to Emily<br />
that she wants to move to the suburbs where there are better schools for their twin girls. While this appeals to Emily, there’s just<br />
one problem. She’s just not sure whether or not she should<br />
buy or rent a home. What should they do? Luckily for Emily, we’ve got her covered.</p>
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<p>The first thing Emily needs to understand<br />
is that buying a home is often more expensive than renting one. Emily is stunned. Why is that? Well, the reason is simple. In addition to a hefty down payment, large<br />
monthly mortgage costs and the one-time closing fees associated with buying a home, you’ll<br />
also have to foot the expenses your landlord is currently covering, like maintenance, property<br />
taxes, and insurance. As you can imagine, this can lead to a pretty<br />
expensive monthly payment relative to renting. Plus, residential real estate isn’t really<br />
a very good of an investment. From 1890-1990, home prices on average only<br />
increased about 0.3% a year after inflation. To put this in context, the U.S stock market<br />
returns about 7% a year after inflation on average. This huge difference allows a renter to build<br />
wealth more easily than a buyer. All the renter needs to do is take the cash<br />
they’d save by renting and invest it with a robo-advisor for a 7% post inflation return.</p>
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<p>If that sounds difficult, don’t worry, our<br />
two videos “How to Invest” and “401(k) and IRA 101”, will teach you everything<br />
you need to know. By now, rather understandably, Emily is confused. Everyone has always told her that buying a<br />
home is a great move. Were they all just wrong? The response is simple. Of course not. Homes do have value: their loan interest is<br />
tax-deductible, they can provide a stable place to raise a family, and they can provide<br />
their owners with flexibility and a strong sense of pride. The trick is to avoid deluding yourself into<br />
thinking buying a home is always a slam-dunk financial decision. It’s just more complicated than that. That’s why we highly recommend calculating<br />
the financial tradeoffs using our recommend calculator. That way, you’ll be able to understand the<br />
full scope of the situation and make an informed decision. Hopefully you and Emily now better understand<br />
the rent vs. buy decision. Be sure to check out our next video, which<br />
covers the basics of mortgages, and be sure to check out our website, where you can find<br />
great real estate agents, mortgages, and more educational content.. </p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 06:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone. This is your Tampa Bay Realtor Lance Mohr and in this video I want to go over 2 important tips that you must know and understand before you buy a new home. I do understand that people don&#39;t buy homes every day and you may have bought homes before but maybe you&#39;ve never &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/27/2-must-know-tips-when-buying-a-new-home-%e2%9a%a0%ef%b8%8f/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">2 Must Know Tips When Buying a New Home &#x26a0;&#xfe0f;</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Hi everyone. This is your Tampa Bay<br />
Realtor Lance Mohr and in this video I want to go over 2 important tips that<br />
you must know and understand before you buy a new home. I do understand that<br />
people don&#39;t buy homes every day and you may have bought homes before but maybe<br />
you&#39;ve never bought in a new home and things are always changing in the new<br />
home process and how things are being done so the first tip I want to give you<br />
is when you&#39;re walking through a model helman where you&#39;re walking through an<br />
inventory home and you&#39;re looking at these homes in let&#39;s say yours is going<br />
to be the exact same floor plan it may not be exactly like the model or it may<br />
not be exactly like the inventory home that you walk through now give you an<br />
example and this just happened to a client of mine she was buying a home and<br />
what happened the Builder made a change to how things were done in the model so<br />
they moved the air hado her back a little bit and she thought she was going<br />
to have a very deep linen closet but when they did that the winning closet<br />
wasn&#39;t quite so deep and she was really annoyed about this for good<br />
understanding she thought when she went in and looked at the model home that her<br />
linen closet was going to be that deep there were a couple other things as well<br />
and I&#39;ve seen this happen over the years so understand there can be changes in<br />
modifications and the Builder rep the sales rep doesn&#39;t know what&#39;s important<br />
to everybody so if certain things are important to you if the depth of the<br />
linen closet is important to you or the way certain things are configured just<br />
make sure you ask the sales rep because they might not have the we&#39;re about to<br />
be telling every single buyer that looks or potential buyer that&#39;s looking at<br />
their model home or looking in an inventory home that changes were made<br />
all right now that leads me to my second tip and this is a very important tip a<br />
lot of people when they are buying a new home they&#39;re going to have different<br />
stages that they meet the construction manager<br />
and they&#39;re gonna look at their home well one of the important stages is<br />
what&#39;s called the pre drywall some builders call it the pre drywall some<br />
builders call it the rough-in but it&#39;s before the drywall goes up well of<br />
course you&#39;re going to want to look around you&#39;re gonna want to make sure<br />
that you&#39;re not seeing a bunch of really crummy wood or not it would and stuff<br />
like this but you&#39;re also gonna want to walk through make sure that what is<br />
important to you is what you&#39;re getting so let me give you an example let&#39;s say<br />
you&#39;re walking into the master bedroom shower and you&#39;re expecting or you want<br />
the showerhead on one side you&#39;re expecting it to be on that side you need<br />
to make sure you pay attention to that detail that it is over there because<br />
it&#39;s going to be very very hard for the Builder to want to go back even if<br />
they&#39;ve made a mistake to want to go back and rip apart the entire shower I&#39;m<br />
not saying they should but I&#39;m just giving you a tip look for stuff like<br />
this if you&#39;re certain if you&#39;re in a master bedroom closet and you measured<br />
it out and you&#39;re seeing that let&#39;s just say it&#39;s 8 feet deep and that&#39;s really<br />
important to you you want to make sure you bring your tape measure with you and<br />
you measure that or a linen closet or other things you want to really pay<br />
attention now a lot of times I&#39;ll do walkthroughs for buyers because maybe<br />
they&#39;re out of state and what I&#39;ll do is I&#39;ll do it on skype them so I&#39;ll get<br />
them on skype burn or something else by usually you Skype and we&#39;ll walk through<br />
the whole entire home but you need to make sure if you&#39;re out of state and<br />
you&#39;re having your real estate agent do this for you or the construction manager<br />
whomever you need to make sure you they you tell them what&#39;s important to you<br />
and then it is done correct because once they do everything folks it&#39;s going to<br />
be real hard for them to turn the corner mistakes happen and you want to catch it<br />
before the drywall goes up before the homes complete so I hope these tips are<br />
a value I hope this never happens to you but it does happen out there it&#39;s rare<br />
but I do not want it to happen to you so want to give you these tips if you have<br />
any questions or concerns don&#39;t hesitate to give me a call if you&#39;re looking at<br />
buying a home in the tampa area we&#39;d love to work with you just reach out to<br />
me i&#39;ll put my contact information below and if you like these videos don&#39;t<br />
forget to subscribe to my channel and hit the bell and you&#39;ll be notified in<br />
my new videos have a wonderful day you</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[My name is Joraine Costales with The Costales Team. I&#39;m a wife, mom and a full-time real estate professional since 2004 and have been nationally ranked, among the top half of one percent of all real estate professionals, in the United States. I&#39;m excited to share with you my tips, strategies, and the behind the &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/26/buying-a-house-with-a-0-credit-score-knowledge-drop/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Buying A House With A 0 Credit Score? &#8211; KNOWLEDGE DROP</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> My name is Joraine Costales with The<br />
Costales Team. I&#39;m a wife, mom and a full-time real estate professional since<br />
2004 and have been nationally ranked, among the top half of one percent of all<br />
real estate professionals, in the United States. I&#39;m excited to share with you my<br />
tips, strategies, and the behind the scenes look on my journey called life. Did<br />
you know that you could buy a house with a zero credit score? Hi, this is Joraine<br />
Costales with The Costales Team at Intero Real Estate, on this episode of<br />
Knowledge Drop. Are you worried about your credit score, being a qualifying<br />
factor, when purchasing a home? Well good, because it is. However, I was able to help<br />
someone purchase a property and they had a zero credit score.</p>
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<p>This one particular<br />
client of mine came to us at our buyer consultation and they literally had a<br />
zero credit score. They had no open lines of credit, no debt, no credit cards and we<br />
were able to help them purchase a property, within one month of them coming<br />
to us and asking for our help. If you&#39;re worried about credit and are thinking<br />
about buying a home, please feel free to contact me for a free consultation and<br />
we can definitely talk about your specific situation and how we can help<br />
you get your credit to where it needs to be so that you can purchase a home.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2020 05:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I did everything myself in here, that is not how&#39;d you do the business and that right there is a house that I have already flipped as well I already know that I can flip this house to a buyer on my buyers list I got a strong buyers list in this area Hey guys &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/25/2-unfair-advantages-to-buying-hud-foreclosures/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">2 Unfair Advantages to Buying HUD Foreclosures</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I did everything myself in here, that is<br />
not how&#39;d you do the business and that right there is a<br />
house that I have already flipped as well I already know that I can flip<br />
this house to a buyer on my buyers list I got a strong buyers list in this area Hey guys John Cochran here and today is System Saturday the day that I bring you a system that I use in my business you can rip off duplicate using your own<br />
local market now do you dig this system saturdays you<br />
have to get to one of our live events I haven&#39;t even scratched the surface on what<br />
you&#39;re learning these system saturdays on what what I cover in on these live events two full days of<br />
nothing but content that will blow your mind that will make you a ton of money<br />
On today&#39;s session I&#39;m going to be talking about<br />
HUD foreclosures and how I got over 500 of these things<br />
accepted and why I love them okay so what is a HUD foreclosure guys a<br />
HUD foreclosure is literally when a homeowner gets an FHA loan which is a loan that is backed by the<br />
government and then they default on that FHA loan what<br />
happens is that the government has to foreclose on that house and they send it to the auction the<br />
courthouse steps now when nobody buys it out the<br />
foreclosure auction the government will put that property<br />
back up onto the market for the market to buy and then they<br />
call it a HUD home now there&#39;s two reasons on why I really<br />
really love buying HUD foreclosures now the first<br />
reason is because they don&#39;t have any deed restrictions unlike short sales and bank-owned properties that&#39;s exactly<br />
the way that it should be you can buy a property today they don&#39;t<br />
put a deed restriction on you and you can sell that property today you can make an infinite amount of money<br />
they don&#39;t care unlike bank owned properties were you<br />
buy it an then literally they say that you can only sell it for<br />
this amount &#8230;</p>
<p></p>
<p>In this amount of days they don&#39;t do that with HUD foreclosure<br />
so there&#39;s no deeper searching and you can buy today and sell today meaning that you can do<br />
back to back transactions on HUD foreclosures the number two reasons why I love these is that<br />
a whenever you are bidding on a HUD home you are actually bidding against<br />
a computer not against a person so whenever you<br />
submit an offer your bidding against a computer meaning<br />
that you you put the offer in and then the<br />
computer is telling you yes or no if you got that property or not bidding against a computer and knowing that<br />
you can be absolutely deadly with it because that has to mean<br />
that computer has pre written guidelines in it saying that they will accept this percentage or that<br />
percentage and then they will always counter at these percentages so if you<br />
know the percentage  on what that computer will take you can<br />
get really really sexy with it  There system is so on made that I can even tell you whenever you submit your offer on a HUD<br />
home when you are going to hear response from their computer it&#39;s gonna be the next<br />
business day on when they either accept your offer or they counter your offer now if they<br />
accept your offer they&#39;re gonna come in at 11 a.m.</p>
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<p>on your time zone if they counter your offer they&#39;re gonna<br />
come and on 3 p.m. on your time zone guys stay tuned to next week system Saturday I&#39;m gonna give you all<br />
the details on how we bid on these homes live I&#39;ll see you there good. </p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 04:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NARRATOR: In this video to us I want to set a framework for thinking, whether to rent or buy an apartment. I hope that after watching the video, That answer to whether you prefer rent or buy is not easy. For completeness, I own a house and I bought it for a variety of reasons, &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/24/renting-versus-buying-a-home-housing-finance-capital-markets-khan-academy/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Renting versus Buying a home &#124; Housing &#124; Finance &#038; Capital Markets &#124; Khan Academy</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  NARRATOR: In this video to us   I want to set a framework for thinking,   whether to rent or buy an apartment.   I hope that after watching the video,   That answer to whether you prefer   rent or buy   is not easy.   For completeness, I own a house   and I bought it for a variety of reasons,   some were emotional, some maybe economic.   It depends on your personal context,   where you are in life,   and in which part of the world you live,   and what the economy is currently doing,   and what are the prices of rents and housing.   Perhaps the video will give you a framework for at least   how to think about it.   Let&#39;s say this house is on the market   for rent 1,500 per month.   1,500 per month, which is the same as 18,000 per year.   18,000 a year is one option you have.   Let&#39;s say the market is for sale   the same neighboring house,   and you have the opportunity to buy it.   Let&#39;s say this house is   for sale for $ 400,000.</p>
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<p>  You don&#39;t have $ 400,000 and you will   have to borrow some money.   You saved 100,000 on down payment.   Deposit 100,000.   You will have to borrow the rest.   You&#39;ll borrow 300,000.   Now, a traditional mortgage that is for a fixed term,   maybe 15 years, maybe 30 years.   Every month you pay for a mortgage account,   some of that goes with a traditional mortgage   on loan repayments, and something goes   on interest payments, and the rest   loan repayment.   For example, let&#39;s say you pay a mortgage payment of 1,800   monthly.   Soon, interest may be disproportionate.   It could be, say, 1,500 per month on interest   and $ 300 actually in loan repayment,   to repay this $ 300,000 loan,   and after the loan is repaid   at the end of your mortgage term   It can go another way where   you pay much more in installments every month.   Maybe it&#39;s 1,500 and the interest,                                                                                                                                                                                                           . </p>
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		<title>Top 4 Things You Need to Check Before Buying Property in Turkey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 03:38:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Four things to check before buying a property in Turkey Number one: the real estate developer (construction company) The real estate developer is the person who will make you fail Or it will make you very happy, you need to check this developer, who is this developer What are his previous accomplishments? Is this their &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/23/top-4-things-you-need-to-check-before-buying-property-in-turkey/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Top 4 Things You Need to Check Before Buying Property in Turkey</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>  Four things to check before buying a property in Turkey   Number one: the real estate developer (construction company)   The real estate developer is the person who will make you fail   Or it will make you very happy, you need to check this developer, who is this developer   What are his previous accomplishments? Is this their first project or was it already delivered?   Do they have any bad experience? What is their financial situation?   Is the project land owned by the developer or not? And everything is important, you need   Check and find the right developer to buy from.</p>
<p></p>
<p>  Second: Verify the site, yes I heard correctly: You need to verify again the site   Because we hear &#8230; customers complain about the site   And that they have been cheated, because you will see many companies   It advertises projects on specific sites but in reality it is the project they are trying to sell   Totally elsewhere !! For example &quot;Beylikdüzü&quot; or &quot;Bahçeşehir&quot;   These places in Istanbul have very good names and are well known places in good locations   The environment and everything is fine and luxurious, but the projects are actually in &#39;Esenyurt&#39;.   While mentioning in their ads that they are in &#39;Beylikdüzü&#39;   It is like if you wanted to buy in the Dubai City Center   But when you go see the project on the ground, you find it in &quot;Sharjah&quot; !!!   Three: Payment terms   Will you buy cash? Or do you want to buy in installments? Some companies   Which makes amazing payment plans for three, four or five years   There are absolutely no benefits.</p>
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<p>Purchase in installments without interest, of course   It can be very profitable for you compared to cash purchases, you need to check   You need to negotiate when the purchase is cash, how much discount do they offer?   Because that shows you already   Whether or not they have added benefits privately within the installment plan or not, yes they will tell you   That there are no benefits, but if they offer huge discounts when buying in cash   This means that they have already added hidden benefits, so you should negotiate them well, and if not you can   To negotiate on your own, let us negotiate for you   Fourth: Title-Deed is the most important point   Imagine buying a car, but the car license will be in the name of someone else   do you accept this? You will pay and someone else will own the car   This will drive exactly the same car in the apartments when buying   Real estate You should always ask for a title deed even if it is a method   Pay by installments, so there is no problem because the real estate developer can transfer the property   To your name and put a mortgage visa on the title of the property that you buy within the installment plan   This will make you guarantee your right, and the developer will guarantee its right   Always and never ask this question, even if you are buying in cash or in installments   Title deed is the most important because it shows you that you own this property   For more questions   Visit our website vipproperty.com fill out the form and wait for a call from us   Thank you so much </p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[How’s it going everyone, Matt Leighton and welcome back to another real estate video. In today’s video we’re going to take a look at questions you should ask your real estate agent when purchasing a home. This is for buyer’s agents, I might do one for listing agents in the future but right now we’ll &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/22/10-questions-to-ask-your-real-estate-agent-when-buying-a-house-hiring-a-realtor-interview/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">10 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent When Buying a House &#124; Hiring a Realtor Interview</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> How’s it going everyone, Matt Leighton and<br />
welcome back to another real estate video. In today’s video we’re going to take a<br />
look at questions you should ask your real estate agent when purchasing a home. This is for buyer’s agents, I might do one<br />
for listing agents in the future but right now we’ll focus on the questions to ask<br />
your buyer&#39;s agent.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Now guys, and girls, I always like talking<br />
with friends, family, and acquaintances outside my marketplace who have purchased a home to<br />
learn about how their home-buying process went and if there’s anything that their<br />
agent did in their marketplace that I can add to my repertoire here in the Arlington/DC<br />
area. But instead a lot of times instead, what I’m<br />
hearing is that they had a less than stellar experience, or their agent wasn’t all that<br />
good, they had to do all the work they thought their agent was going to do. And the worst part is, it’s not all that<br />
surprising. There’s a lot of great agents out there,<br />
and there’s a lot of not so great agents out there. But when I go further and ask them how they<br />
found their agent, it usually seems like they did very little homework. Maybe they went into an open house, wanted<br />
that specific house, and used whatever agent was holding that home open. Maybe their Uncle told them to use a certain<br />
agent.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Or maybe their Uncle was their agent. You see what I’m saying? The point of all this is that it doesn’t<br />
seem like some buyers out there are doing their homework when it comes to hiring a buyers<br />
agent. For the amount of time that buyers are spending<br />
on Zillow, on Redfin, or even their hard-earned weekends going out and researching homes in-person,<br />
some buyers just aren’t doing their due diligence to vet their real estate agent. And when problems occur down the line, they<br />
wonder how they got to that point. And it’s for that reason that I have 10<br />
questions you should ask your agent when looking to buy a house. Let’s begin. Question 1: How long have you been in business? And there’s no right answer here, but there<br />
is a wrong answer.</p>
<p></p>
<p>You probably don’t want to hire an agent<br />
that has only been around for 1 year or less. You just want to make sure your agent is capable<br />
and has some experience. 20 year track record isn’t necessary. Just make sure<br />
that you won’t be your real estate agent’s first transaction. You can’t teach experience so first and<br />
foremost, make sure your agent has been around the block a few times.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Question 2: Why did you get into real estate? You’re going to be spending a lot of time<br />
with your agent. You want to understand how and why they work<br />
they way they do. This question will uncover your realtor’s<br />
motivation to get up everyday and serve you as a client. Again there’s no right answer here. But get to know your agent, how they operate,<br />
because most realtor-client relationships break down over lack of communication or miscommunication<br />
so if you can understand where  your agent is coming from, that will help<br />
you out a lot.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Question 3: How many clients are you working<br />
with? You want your agent to have enough time to<br />
dedicate to you and your search, but at the same time, you don’t want to be your agent’s<br />
only client…why not? Well what happens when the deal goes sideways<br />
and you’re thinking about backing out. If you’re that agent’s only client, well<br />
that agent needs to put food on the table! They might try to save the deal when you don’t<br />
want the house anymore because you are their only hope for a commission that month. And what if your agent says they are working<br />
with 50 clients currently. Is this a bad thing? Well it probably means that your agent is<br />
very successful and has efficient systems and processes in place to get things done. Now you never want your agent’s schedule<br />
to cost you a showing or to delay getting an offer in.</p>
<p></p>
<p>However, depending on the level of service<br />
you are looking for, you should hope that your agent has a few too many clients, rather<br />
than too few clients. Question 4: Will I be working with you or<br />
your team? The team model is becoming more and more popular. Be sure you know what type of relationship<br />
you are signing up for. I actually think the team model is OK and<br />
don’t see much wrong with it. Usually the way it works is that there will<br />
be a showing agent, there will be an administrator, and there will be the main buyer’s agent<br />
that does all the negotiating. It’s just like when you go to the dentist. The head dentist that’s been in business<br />
for 20 years and has his name on the side of the building isn’t checking you in and<br />
scheduling your next appointment at the front desk, right? There are systems and processes in place.</p>
<p></p>
<p>The dentist is looking over everything to<br />
make sure it’s smooth sailing then he or she comes in at the end to check in to make<br />
sure you’re happy. Whether you’re working with a team or individual,<br />
I think both are OK, but you as a buyer need to know which one you’re getting so there’s<br />
no strangers showing you houses along the way. Question 5: What area do you primarily do<br />
business in? So with all these questions, they should all<br />
be asked at your initial buyer consultation in-person at a face-to-face meeting. But hopefully this question was already asked<br />
over the phone by your agent. Sometimes it gets lost in the shuffle, which<br />
is why I’m including it. And while this question is primarily to confirm<br />
that your agent knows the areas you’re looking in, it’s also for the agent to confirm they<br />
want to spend time in those areas. Because if you call me up or if we meet in<br />
person and you’re telling me you’re looking 45 minutes out of my primary market, I might<br />
end our meeting pre-maturely to save us both some time.</p>
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<p>You don’t need your agent to know every<br />
block of the areas you’re searching, as a real estate agent, you should know every<br />
block, that’s a whole nother story. But you want to make sure your agent is familiar<br />
with the neighborhood and knows their way around town. Question 6 &#8211; What sets you apart from other<br />
agents? It’s almost 2018 guys, real estate agents<br />
and the industry is under attack, as it should be.</p>
<p></p>
<p>One of the reasons is that it’s very difficult<br />
to see the difference between real estate agents and to see the value that an agent<br />
brings to the table. Ask your agent what they do differently or<br />
what sets them apart. They should be prepared to give you an immediate<br />
answer. I’ll give you an example for myself. In fact, I’ll give you 3 examples. 1). I was born and grew up in my marketplace. Arlington is a very transient area. Not many people that live here were born here. 2). I have 150 videos on Arlington, Virginia real<br />
estate. I don’t know of any other agent in my marketplace<br />
that has 150 videos on the local market.</p>
<p></p>
<p>And 3) I live in the type of inventory I sell. I don’t drive a Honda to the BMW dealership<br />
and sell BMWs. I live in my marketplace. I sell condos next to the Metro, I live in<br />
a condo next to the Metro. My lifestyle is congruent with my actions. Be sure your agent has something, anything<br />
that sets them apart. If they are stuttering or stammering, that<br />
might be a red flag. Just like you saw me light up when I was talking<br />
about myself, your agent should be chomping at the bit to tell you how they are different.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Question 7- How do your fees work? Most of the time the fee that you pay your<br />
buyer’s agent is already figured into the sales price and has already been set by the<br />
seller which means there’s no extra out-of-pocket expense on your end. Sometimes though buyer’s agents will have<br />
administrative fees or a desk fee that is passed down to you at closing. This could be anywhere from $200 &#8211; $400. If the agent brings this up, ask to see if<br />
they will waive the fee. The last thing you want is to enter into a<br />
contract and not understand how you are paying your realtor so be sure you understand this<br />
before moving forward. Questions 8 &#8211; After hearing my needs, what<br />
do you feel would be the best strategy moving forward? After an in-depth conversation, your agent<br />
should have a clear picture of the best ways to find the property you are looking for. This could be a combination of setting you<br />
up on an automated search, I know, you already get notifications from your apps when a new<br />
property comes online, but the agent’s search will be faster. Your agent may also suggest going to open<br />
houses, and if your agent is really creative and you know the exact property you’re looking<br />
for, direct mail and even door-knocking could be the answer here.</p>
<p></p>
<p>You want a plan, any plan, and hopefully it’s<br />
something more than just an automated search. Question 9 &#8211; How will we communicate? Like I said earlier, a lot of times when a<br />
client has a bad experience with a realtor, it’s because of communication. Both parties need to be on the same page on<br />
how communication will take place. If your agent prefers long phone calls once<br />
a week, and you prefer quick text messages every few days, well clearly communication<br />
will be a challenge. Figure out what mode of communication will<br />
be best, email, phone, text, and how often communication will take place so that everyone’s<br />
expectations are met. Question 10 &#8211; What questions do you have for<br />
me? This might be the most important question<br />
of them all. You better hope the agent has some questions<br />
for you.</p>
<p></p>
<p>It’s like at the end of a job interview<br />
and the interviewer asks the job applicant if they have any questions, and they say No,<br />
well it just shows lack of interest or ignorance. Your agent should be asking questions like<br />
how long have you been looking, have you seen anything you like, have you written any offers,<br />
you get the idea. Any question is better than no question. The questions should go both ways, it should<br />
never feel like an interrogation on one side or the other. The agent should be genuinely interested in<br />
your search as opposed to setting you up with an auto-email and forgetting. Setting and forgetting. Right, you don’t want that. You don’t want a passive agent, you want<br />
a proactive agent. Alright there you have it, 10 questions to<br />
ask your buyer’s agent. I hope you found this video helpful. If you did, be sure to hit that thumbs up<br />
button and subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already for weekly real estate videos.</p>
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<p>If you have any other questions that you would<br />
ask a real estate agent that I might have missed, I would love to read them in the comments<br />
section below. Alright, thank you very much for watching,<br />
until next time, create a productive day. Take care.. </p>
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					<description><![CDATA[(upbeat music) &#8211; Welcome back to this edition of The Home Buyer&#39;s Academy. We&#39;re joined by Melody Wilson today from Re-Life team at REMAX Elite. Welcome to the show, Melody. &#8211; Thanks, Yang. &#8211; Today we&#39;re gonna answer some questions for our home buyers from a realtors perspective. So, first question I wanna ask is &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/21/first-time-home-buyer-tips-you-need-to-know-buying-a-home-in-edmonton-%f0%9f%8f%a0%f0%9f%8f%a1/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">First Time Home Buyer Tips You Need To Know &#124; Buying A Home In Edmonton &#x1f3e0;&#x1f3e1;</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> (upbeat music) &#8211; Welcome back to this edition<br />
of The Home Buyer&#39;s Academy. We&#39;re joined by Melody Wilson today from Re-Life team at REMAX Elite. Welcome to the show, Melody. &#8211; Thanks, Yang. &#8211; Today we&#39;re gonna answer some questions for our home buyers from<br />
a realtors perspective. So, first question I wanna ask is what are the top things you should know as a first time home<br />
buyer, buying a new home? &#8211; So, I have five things that<br />
you might take down as a note. The first thing you want to do absolutely is the difference between a pre-approval and a pre-qualification. So, a lot of people think,<br />
&quot;Okay, I wanna buy a house.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&quot;I&#39;m gonna run into a show home, &quot;I&#39;m gonna go talk to a<br />
realtor and look at a house.&quot; but the biggest thing is you need to talk to a mortgage broker, a bank, you need to understand what<br />
you&#39;re actually qualified for. Those mortgage calculators<br />
on the internet. &#8211; Yeah. &#8211; They&#39;re fun.<br />
&#8211; They are fun, I like &#39;em. They&#39;re not accurate because<br />
&#8211; Oh, no. &#8211; You could be very let down<br />
if you put the numbers in and think, &quot;Oh, I could<br />
buy a $500,000 house, &quot;run and go see Yang,&quot; and then you write an offer and<br />
everything falls apart. So, pre-approval is important and the reason, the difference<br />
between pre-approval and pre-qualification is pre-approval they actually pull your credit. Pre-qualification is<br />
just someone at the bank just quickly running quick numbers and saying here&#39;s your pre-qual. That&#39;s not good enough<br />
because they may not know that maybe you went<br />
bankrupt a couple years ago or you have some big car loans or leases. And so that&#39;s going to affect<br />
your ability to buy a home. So that&#39;s the first one. &#8211; Yeah, so remember,<br />
always get a pre-approval not pre-qualification.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&#8211; Right. Second thing that you wanna think about when you&#39;re buying a<br />
home is the equity gain in your property, so is<br />
that important to you? So, people think, do you<br />
know what equity gain is? &#8211; No, I&#39;m not sure. &#8211; So, when you buy a<br />
home it&#39;s worth X-amount, let&#39;s say $450,000. In five years when you<br />
wanna sell your house, you&#39;re assuming that<br />
the value is now higher. &#8211; Yep.<br />
&#8211; Let&#39;s say 475. &#8211; Okay. &#8211; So you&#39;re expecting<br />
your equity in your home to gain $25,000. If that&#39;s important to<br />
you, you have to think about the type of home you&#39;re buying and the area you&#39;re buying in. Some areas don&#39;t have the<br />
same type of equity gain. &#8211; Okay, so in Edmonton,<br />
what would you choose as a quadrant then for<br />
highest amount of (mumbles) &#8211; Highest amount of equity gain? &#8211; Yeah.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&#8211; The River Valley neighborhoods. Anything River Valley.<br />
&#8211; Okay. &#8211; The lowest areas, suburban areas outside the Henday. &#8211; Oh.<br />
&#8211; Just because you think about the demand, right? So, River Valley areas, there&#39;s not new land popping up there. You have to buy a house and<br />
rip it down or renovate it. The new areas in Edmonton keeps expanding, so there&#39;s still more inventory. It&#39;s the demand. &#8211; Okay. Number three? &#8211; So, number three is make sure you don&#39;t let emotions make a decision &#39;cause it&#39;s&#8211;<br />
&#8211; No emotions. &#8211; This is why I said it&#39;s so important to have a realtor working on your side, &#39;cause we&#39;re here to<br />
kinda help balance out what you want, what you need, and making sure you make a decision not based on just what you love. &#39;Cause sometimes what you love, let&#39;s say you&#39;re like,<br />
&quot;Oh, I love this home.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&quot;It&#39;s got so many<br />
upgrades, blah, blah, blah&quot; but it back onto the<br />
Anthony Henday. (laughs) And some people think,<br />
well I can afford it so that&#39;s why I&#39;m gonna do it. But that&#39;s letting your<br />
emotions make a decision and that&#39;s not always a good thing when you&#39;re buying a house. You ideally wanna stay in your home for at least five years.<br />
&#8211; Yep. Because if not, your equity falls down and then you&#39;re losing<br />
money when you sell. And a quick note, when<br />
you&#39;re in a declining market, like we are right now, five years is not necessarily long enough to stay in your home<br />
to actually gain value, so you gotta think a little bit long-term.</p>
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<p>&#8211; Okay.<br />
&#8211; Yep. &#8211; Okay, no emotions when buying home. Just make sure&#8211;<br />
&#8211; Not no emotions &#39;cause obviously it&#39;s a<br />
very emotional decision. Maybe you&#39;re expanding your family so it&#39;s fun but you just gotta make sure you&#39;re balanced with<br />
all that kind of stuff. &#8211; Gather the information, digest it, think overnight, and then make a decision. &#8211; Right and have a professional<br />
kinda guide you along. Like you have a financial advisor, &#8211; Yep.<br />
&#8211; Right? You&#39;re not making<br />
investments for yourself. Usually you have a financial advisor helping you make decisions based on what you&#39;re looking for. &#8211; Okay. &#8211; So fourth thing is as<br />
a first time home buyer did you know you can access<br />
your RSP for down payment? &#8211; Yep.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&#8211; So that&#39;s a big thing. There&#39;s also usually incentives, it always changes depending on government but there are also some other incentives as first time home buyers, as well. And down payment, again,<br />
that&#39;s a big thing. Where are you getting<br />
your down payment from? If you are accessing your RSP, you have to understand<br />
that it will take some time to take it out, in terms of the timeline of buying a home.</p>
<p></p>
<p>If you&#39;re getting a gift from your family, can not be a friend, has to<br />
actually be a family member. &#8211; Family member.<br />
&#8211; Yeah. &#8211; Blood related.<br />
&#8211; Yes. It&#39;s the government rules, nothing that can be done about that. So, just knowing where your<br />
down payment is coming from and making sure it&#39;s accessible. There&#39;s a lot of little nit-picky things about that, too &#39;cause mortgage rules have just gotten really strict but as a first time home buyer, make sure you know where your<br />
down payment is coming from before you start your search.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&#8211; Okay and then number five I think is pretty important, right? &#8211; Yeah, number five&#39;s my favorite. So, you signed off, you bought a home, let&#39;s say your building with Sterling or you&#39;ve bought a resale home and you&#39;ve removed<br />
conditions, so it&#39;s sold now. Now does not mean from<br />
now until possession, let&#39;s say three months or two<br />
months or a month from now is the time to go buy a<br />
new car and get car leases, or go get furniture on credit,<br />
now you can buy furniture if it&#39;s all cash but if<br />
you&#39;re putting credit, that is not a good thing. And why it&#39;s not a good thing is that you could possibly not qualify for your home, which<br />
is a very scary thing. So, when you&#39;re about to<br />
get keys the next day, you find out, oh my goodness, I can&#39;t actually afford to buy this home.</p>
<p></p>
<p>&#8211; Yeah, don&#39;t buy a new Porsche. &#8211; The total debt service<br />
ratio that they use, you could be really tight. Now, you might have enough<br />
room but just rule of thumb, don&#39;t get into massive debt<br />
right before you buy a house. &#8211; Yeah, maybe after you receive your keys when the credit shows and<br />
you have the house already, then you can go car shopping. &#8211; Right.<br />
&#8211; Or furniture shopping. &#8211; Right. &#8211; Okay, thank you Melody&#8211;<br />
&#8211; You&#39;re welcome. &#8211; For touching on that. Thank you so much for<br />
tuning into this episode of The Home Buyer&#39;s Academy,<br />
presented by Sterling Homes. Don&#39;t forget to subscribe below and click on that bell button to get a notification for<br />
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					<description><![CDATA[Meet Emily. Emily has been renting an apartment with her wife Olivia for the past seven years. Recently, Olivia has made it clear to Emily that she wants to move to the suburbs where there are better schools for their twin girls. Emily agrees with Olivia, and has just watched our video “Rent or Buy &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.shrinkmyhousebills.co.uk/2020/01/20/mortgages-101-home-buying-2-6/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Mortgages 101 (Home Buying 2/6)</span> Read More »</a></p>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Meet Emily. Emily has been renting an apartment with her<br />
wife Olivia for the past seven years. Recently, Olivia has made it clear to Emily<br />
that she wants to move to the suburbs where there are better schools for their twin girls. Emily agrees with Olivia, and has just watched<br />
our video “Rent or Buy a Home?”, and understands that buying a home is the right choice for<br />
her. There’s just one problem: Emily can’t<br />
afford to buy a house on her own. What should she do? Well, luckily for Emily, there exists a ready-made<br />
solution to this problem: mortgages. Mortgages are just loans, and like most loans,<br />
they offer Emily a fixed amount of money at a certain interest rate for a set period of<br />
time. However, unlike most loans, mortgages come<br />
in three distinct flavors: Fixed-rate, which have fixed interest rates. ARM, which have adjustable interest rates. And hybrid ARM, which have fixed rates in<br />
the beginning of the loan, and then adjustable rates by the end. Mortgages are also unique in the fact that<br />
they’re always collateralized by a house, which the bank can take if Emily doesn’t<br />
repay her loan.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Finally, mortgages also come with three rather<br />
unique expenses. The first is closing costs: a group of fees<br />
charged by the lender when creating the loan. These fees generally range between 2 to 5%<br />
of a home’s purchase price, but can be even more if you chose lower your loan’s interest<br />
rate by buying what are called discount points, each of which are worth 1% of the loan balance. The second expense is property tax, which<br />
is a tax based on a percentage of your home’s market value. For example, if your local property taxes<br />
are 3%, and your home is worth about $100,000, you’d pay $3,000. The last expense is insurance, and it comes<br />
in two forms. The first is homeowner’s insurance. This insurance is required to get a mortgage,<br />
and will protect Emily in the event that her home is damaged, or someone is injured on<br />
her property. For more details on this, be sure to check<br />
out our video “Homeowner’s Insurance 101”.</p>
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<p>The second form of insurance is private mortgage<br />
insurance, or PMI. This is a monthly fee lenders charge to offset<br />
the risk of the borrower not repaying the loan. While that can get expensive, PMI is not a<br />
universal requirement; as only those with less than a 20% down payment are forced to<br />
get it. But wait, hold up. What is a down payment? Well, generally when purchasing a home, lenders<br />
will require people to use a combination of both their own money, called down payment,<br />
and debt.</p>
<p></p>
<p>For example, if Emily wanted to buy a house<br />
worth $100,000, and was asked to put 20% down, she’d pay $20,000 and the lender would cover<br />
the rest. While this certainly sounds expensive: a 20%<br />
down payment remains the gold standard in the industry for three good reasons:<br />
One: You’re far more likely to be approved for a mortgage. Two: You can avoid the monthly PMI fee. And three: Lenders will offer you a lower<br />
interest rate. However, if Emily can’t afford a large down<br />
payment, she can still apply for a FHA loan. These are loans issued by private lenders<br />
but insured by the government, which translates into much lower credit score and down-payment<br />
requirements, as little as 3.5%. Hopefully you and Emily now have a better<br />
understanding of how mortgages work. Be sure to check out our next video, where<br />
you learn how to actually get a house and a mortgage, and be sure to check out our website,<br />
where you can find great real estate agents, mortgages, and more educational content.</p>
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