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Buying a Home

Man Buys House, Raises Annual Income

by Jon Griffith July 1, 2008

I frequently find myself in conversations with people who are unaware that they could in fact purchase a home.  There is a misconception that homes come with more bills than apartments, and that owning a home locks you in to living in one place forever.  Ownership doesn’t mean you’ll incur additional expenses if you choose [...]

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Down Payment Assistance In Jeopardy

by Jon Griffith June 15, 2008

For years now, home buyers have been able to receive down payment assistance when buying homes approved for FHA financing. Basically, when the buyer makes an offer, they ask the seller to contribute a percentage of the sales price towards a non-profit company as a gift towards future home buyers. Since the minimum down payment [...]

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Buying a Home With Zero Downpayment

by Jon Griffith May 27, 2008

Believe it or not, even though you may have heard that lenders have tightened their grip on loans, as long as you meet the conditions of your lender and the Fair Housing Administration, it is very possible to buy a home with nothing down.

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So You Found The Right House, Now What: Part 1

by Jon Griffith May 18, 2008

Before the internet existed, the process would have occurred in a different order. You would have first sought out your real estate professional, then you would have begun searching for a home. This is still happening today, but now you have the ability to find the home you love on your own. There’s no substitute, [...]

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Is Now the Time To Buy?

by Jon Griffith April 26, 2008

As long as we allow emotion to dictate our financial decisions, we will inevitably fail, because we usually experience a heightened level of anxiety when we’re focused on how “bad it is, was, or could be…” If we base our outlook on what’s in the “rear view mirror,” as John Foltz suggested at our last [...]

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