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Making Mortgages Work To Your Financial Advantage
Being a homeowner is a huge undertaking. As a homeowner, you're responsible for mortgage payments, property taxes, maintenance on the home, and the exterior upkeep as well. They're all major responsibilities but the one responsibility that's the most important, and that will affect your ability to handle the responsibilities listed above, is selecting an affordable mortgage loan; the key to that is know what your financing options are and how to use those options to your advantage. Three steps is all it takes.
The first step in using your financing options to your advantage is to shop around for up to three mortgage lenders-whether they're brokerage firms or bank-direct lenders-to foster the financing of your mortgage. Find firms / mortgage consultants that are patient, willing to answer your questions directly and that appear to genuinely care about helping you find a good mortgage loan. Do not move forward with the second step until this is done.
The second step is to order your credit reports from Transunion, Equifax, and Experian. The goal here is simple: To find out your credit standing before you have a mortgage consultant make an official inquiry. Once you have your credit reports, look to see which ... more

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