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Getting your credit ready to buy your first home.

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Services for Real Estate Pros with Wangh Financial Services

When getting ready to buy your first home, of course the first thing you need to do is make sure that your credit correctly reflects your current situation putting your best foot forward.  If you have late payments, judgements and medical bills on your credit it will give the lenders the impresssion that you are not responsible with your money and you won't qualify for most programs.  Working with a loan officer with the ability to go over your credit with you, let you know which debts are more important to focus on then others and then quickly resolve any errors for you is key.  First you want to make sure to take care of the following:

No late payments:  If you show that there is a past due amount on a account even if it is a few weeks late, make sure to pay it current to reflect positive credit for that month.  The amount owed as well as how much you owe

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Connie Rice
Keller Williams Greenville Central - Simpsonville, SC
Connie Rice & Partners - Greenville, SC Real Estat

Welcome to the rain! You've joined a great place to network, make and meet new friends and discuss lots of interesting topics. I see you are already off to a great start! Stop by if you get a chance. I would love to hear your feedback on our thoughts! Well, have great time and ENJOY. Look forward to seeing you around.

Sep 04, 2008 09:17 AM
Patricia Fisher
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to the Active Rain Community!  This is a great site to network, learn, and share ideas with others.  Have a great day!

Sep 04, 2008 09:18 AM
Susan McQuaide
Keller Williams - Simpsonville, SC

Welcome to Active Rain! I hope you find this site as informational and entertaining as I have!

Sep 04, 2008 12:58 PM
Ron Brown NMLS #270845
NMLS ID: 40831 - Federal Way, WA

LaChelle,

Welcome to Active Rain! Congratulations on your first blog.  You'll find this is a great site for sharing ideas, networking, and growing your business.  If you ever have a question about VA loans, or FHA loans I'd be happy to help!

Ron Brown

VA Loan & FHA Loan Specialist

First Mortgage Company of Washington

Puyallup, WA

 

 

Sep 04, 2008 01:25 PM
Kevin Wood,
Keller Williams Southern Arizona - Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ Realtor

LaChelle,

Thank you for sharing your perspective. I wish you the best of luck with your future blogging. This is an awesome place to learn and grow.

 

Sep 04, 2008 02:49 PM
Jese Gonzalez
The Real Estate Power Houses - El Paso, TX
The Real Estate Matchmaker

I would like to personally welcome you to the ActiveRain community!  This community has a wonderful atmosphere and you will find lots of helpful friendly people and useful information. I often find something new and interesting when I read the new blogs.   

Active Rain is an excellent networking forum with a variety of interesting characters.  Expect to learn a lot and be entertained if you have an open mind.  The opportunities to learn, earn and network are absolutely incredible here on Activerain.   

 Welcome to the RAIN I look forward to reading your blogs.

Sep 04, 2008 03:30 PM
Bill Kennedy
Keller Williams Greenville Upstate - Greenville, SC
Homes For Sale Greenville SC

Welcome to Active Rain! This is a great website for building your business, as well as learning from others.  Pat yourself on the back, because you made a GREAT choice in joining the blogosphere!

Write often, and write whatever comes to mind.  Blogs about personal topics and non-real estate items are often the best.  It helps your readers to bond with you, and ends up bringing you a lot of business!

Good luck with your future blogging.  Feel free to ask me any questions if you need a hand!

Sep 04, 2008 03:42 PM
SEAN THANH NGUYEN
Kellson Real Estate LLC - Kellson.com - Phoenix, AZ
Designated Broker - Vietnamese Broker

Hello LaChelle,

Welcome to Active Rain ! Don't forget to check out "How To Use My Settings Page" under "Getting Started" section. It helps to get your blog(s) ranked higher in Google & Yahoo! search engine result page.

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Sep 04, 2008 04:35 PM
Vicente A. Martinez
Prudential Douglas Elliman Licensed Real Estate Salesperson - Woodhaven, NY
Realtor, Brooklyn - Long Island - Queens Homes

Hi and welcome to active|rain. There are thousands of tips, tools, and tricks of the trade here. Be sure to check them out. Best of luck and see you around.

Sep 04, 2008 05:05 PM
Marcy Fedalei
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC

May I be one of the many to welcome you to ActiveRain - a great place to share thoughts, ideas and information. Enjoy!

Sep 04, 2008 08:10 PM
Ron Martin
Keller Williams Realty - Spartanburg, SC
Ron Martin Team

Good Morning, & welcome to Active Rain. You made a wise choice to sign on with this site. You will receive ideas, share information, Meet new people from other places. If you have clients relocating to the Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg South Carolina Area, give us a call. Our team can help find them a home. We are on three MLS's. Enjoy blogging and good to hear from you!

Sep 04, 2008 11:56 PM
seller seller
Realestate - Greenville, SC

Welcome to Active Rain, enjoy the site where you will receive free marketing, share ideas and have fun with it.  

Sep 05, 2008 12:12 AM
Kirk Westervelt
Van West Realty - Greenville, SC Realtor -Short Sale Expert! - Greenville, SC
Kirk Westervelt, Broker In Charge, Van West Realty - CDPE - Short Sale Agent - Home for Sale - Greenville, Simpsonvil...

Hello, welcome to Active Rain. I encourage you to learn from others, educate others, enjoy yourself and try to log in and join us in the Active Rain community as frequently as possible. I look forward to your future blogs! Take care, --Kirk.

Sep 05, 2008 12:43 AM
The Trumm Team Omaha Homes for Sale, Real Estate
Keller Williams Greater Omaha - Omaha, NE

 

Welcome to ActiveRain!

If you would like a few tips on getting the most out of ActiveRain, please visit my blog Welcome to Active Rain.  It has a few simple steps of what to do now that you have joined.

If you ever have any questions, just let me know.

Troy Trumm

Sep 05, 2008 01:10 AM
Ginger Ryals
Prudential C Dan Joyner and Young Realtors - Spartanburg, SC

Welcome to Active Rain!! This is a great site to network and share ideas!! Have fun with it!!

Sep 05, 2008 03:55 AM
Erin Newington
5305573559 - Grass Valley, CA
Sierra Foothills Realtor

LaChelle welcome to Active Rain! Thanks for joining us!

Sep 05, 2008 05:27 AM
Nance Burdette
Keller Williams Realty Partners - Spartanburg, SC

Congratulations...and Welcome on signing as a new member of ActiveRain. Being a new member myself going on my fourth week and only posting a few blogs so far, I truly see the awsome advantage that this truly can be; (and it's fun) and only the beginning of a healthy and wealthy relationship of abundant professionals. Everyone has been so very kind. And so much to read!!! Hope to see your blogs in the future.   Best of Luck to all of us,  Nance

Sep 05, 2008 02:31 PM
Rick Sergison
EXP Realty of Canada Inc., Brokerage - Pickering, ON
Durham Region Real Estate Blog

I just stopped by to welcome you to Active Rain. I hope that you find it a great benefit to your business and that you see the value that I have also found here. I am from Charlottesville Virginia and using Active Rain has really increased my business!

My main blog on Active Rain is here: Charlottesville Real Estate Blog, not the link at the bottom of this post. 

I hope you will look into the many groups as there are some great group both local and broad based,.... 

enjoy!

Sep 06, 2008 01:30 AM