buying process: Home Buying Step 1, Pre-Qualifying or Pre-Approval - 02/13/10 12:53 PM
Home Shopping Step 1, Pre-Qualifying or Pre-Approval
This is Step 1 of, Home Buying 12 Steps and the Serenity Prayer
Buying a home is easily the biggest purchase most will ever make, this is a tried and true cliché.  In reality, buying a home is a series of decisions with multiple purchases leading up to the biggest one.  (*) Solid, well informed choices along the way are critical to a successful, satisfying buying experience. 
An early decision is your loan.  In reality this decision may be a bigger one than the home purchase.  If you ever look at the disclosures provided in … (0 comments)

buying process: Home Buying, 12 Steps and the Serenity Prayer - 02/13/10 05:54 AM
Home Buying, 12 Steps and the Serenity Prayer
Did you ever find yourself in the middle of a mess and wonder, how did I get here?  Have you ever been given directions to go somewhere, you try to follow but still end up lost?  Have you ever had this experience with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line? 
Can you spell S-T-R-E-S-S? 
Stress is a killer both literally and figuratively.  Trying to make a home buying decision is stressful enough, but trying to do so when you don't understand the process, terminology or your qualifications is at least doubly stressful.  … (5 comments)