Should You Pay Off Your House? A Tale of Two Homeowners.

We work with a lot of real estate investors, clients who own anywhere from two to 25 properties, and we’ve noticed some things about them that we wanted to pass on to you to see if you can generate extra wealth for yourself like they do. And in fact, we’re gonna go over one scenario …

Alice got her cake and ate it too…

Alice (name is changed) ran one of my favorite Sweet Mortgage Deal strategies. I call it the “Get Your Cake and Eat it Too Strategy.” Here’s how it worked: Leslie called me and wanted to discuss using her equity to consolidate what some would consider a lot of debt. But she had a couple of …

Then and Now…

Then… The first time I or Eric got our mortgage license, neither of us had kids. That’s how long it’s been. Some days it seems like an eternity. In any case, we’ve been through a lot. September 11 and the effect on the economy, massive industry changes, the Great Recession, and now the crazy home …

When I said mortgage banks are fighting, I didn’t mean like this…

You’ve often heard me say that big wholesale mortgage banks often fight. Apparently, a few mortgage brawlers actually did resort to fisticuffs in a conference on the East Coast. Not sure how heavily alcohol is involved, but if someone told me it influenced the situation, it wouldn’t surprise me. The melee “included people shouting, throwing …