May
31
What should i ask insurance agents when i am shopping for homeowners insurance?
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Kelci H asked:
We are trying to buy homeowners insurance b4 hurricane season…we live in fl. but i wanted to know the right answers to ask the agents when i am shopping for quotes. Is there any? what are the basic questions? i want to make sure i’m covered for all the right stuff and i get what i want and need. thanks for all of your help!
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We are trying to buy homeowners insurance b4 hurricane season…we live in fl. but i wanted to know the right answers to ask the agents when i am shopping for quotes. Is there any? what are the basic questions? i want to make sure i’m covered for all the right stuff and i get what i want and need. thanks for all of your help!
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May
31
Be Sure You Have The Right Reason To Get A Home Refinance
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Rony Walker asked:
“Come into my parlor”, said the spider to the fly. “We’ve got the lowest interest only loan. Just put up your house as equity.” The fly immediately put up his house and went into the parlor, only to be devoured as a savory dinner. Are you that unfortunate fly?
Why are you getting a home refinance?
There are many reasons to get a home refinance, and 99.9% of these reasons are to pay off debts. Experts would advise to consider carefully your reason to refinance and stake your home.
Another reason to refinance is to get investment money for a business. This sounds good, but the risk is great. Would you dare navigate un-chartered depths at the risk of losing your home?
Perhaps you’ve got this zany idea to earn tax deductions so you took out a home refinance loan. In principle, you are paying a dollar to earn 30 cents, and for this you put your home.
Not all these reasons for home refinance are recommended. Your house is the biggest investment of your lifetime and putting it up for these flimsy reasons is nothing to crow about.
Better reasons to home refinance
Just because everybody has lined up for a home loan does not mean it will work according to your expectations. Loans have to be paid back. To be able to do so on the same amount of cash inflow for a number of years means changing your lifestyles and spending habits. Or like the fly, you will be dinner for the spider.
It is not easy to lose a home. Apart from destroying your credit score, you’ll have to uproot your family from all that is dear. So play smart when you are getting a loan.
A bankable reason to home refinance is to get additional cash flow for your business expansion or fund a wife’s last year in college. Both ways you see an end goal towards increased revenues and income.
How to get a better deal
Depending on your financial motivation like cash flow flexibility, you are looking at more savings in a year’s time from a lowered monthly payments compared to your current mortgage.
Remember that the longer the loan term, the lower the monthly payment. If you add up all your expenses in 30 years time, you’ll have paid more than double the loan amount. So get a lower interest rate and be sure there are no additional or hidden costs.
If you have a $200,000 30-year mortgage loaned on an interest rate of 8%, you’ll have paid $440,400 at $1,468 a month. If you refinance at 6% you will be paying $1,199 a month or a total of $359,700. But wait, there’s more. Depending on the closing costs, it will take months before you can break even.
If you are staying in the house for more than 10 years get the fixed rate but if you are going to sell the house in five year’s time better get the adjustable rate mortgage.
Never rush into a home refinance. Take your time until you have understood all the workings of your target refinance program. Read the contract carefully.
Be ready to pay and change your lifestyle. No matter the advantages of your home refinance, if you fail keeping up with the payments you’ll get the short end of the stick.
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“Come into my parlor”, said the spider to the fly. “We’ve got the lowest interest only loan. Just put up your house as equity.” The fly immediately put up his house and went into the parlor, only to be devoured as a savory dinner. Are you that unfortunate fly?
Why are you getting a home refinance?
There are many reasons to get a home refinance, and 99.9% of these reasons are to pay off debts. Experts would advise to consider carefully your reason to refinance and stake your home.
Another reason to refinance is to get investment money for a business. This sounds good, but the risk is great. Would you dare navigate un-chartered depths at the risk of losing your home?
Perhaps you’ve got this zany idea to earn tax deductions so you took out a home refinance loan. In principle, you are paying a dollar to earn 30 cents, and for this you put your home.
Not all these reasons for home refinance are recommended. Your house is the biggest investment of your lifetime and putting it up for these flimsy reasons is nothing to crow about.
Better reasons to home refinance
Just because everybody has lined up for a home loan does not mean it will work according to your expectations. Loans have to be paid back. To be able to do so on the same amount of cash inflow for a number of years means changing your lifestyles and spending habits. Or like the fly, you will be dinner for the spider.
It is not easy to lose a home. Apart from destroying your credit score, you’ll have to uproot your family from all that is dear. So play smart when you are getting a loan.
A bankable reason to home refinance is to get additional cash flow for your business expansion or fund a wife’s last year in college. Both ways you see an end goal towards increased revenues and income.
How to get a better deal
Depending on your financial motivation like cash flow flexibility, you are looking at more savings in a year’s time from a lowered monthly payments compared to your current mortgage.
Remember that the longer the loan term, the lower the monthly payment. If you add up all your expenses in 30 years time, you’ll have paid more than double the loan amount. So get a lower interest rate and be sure there are no additional or hidden costs.
If you have a $200,000 30-year mortgage loaned on an interest rate of 8%, you’ll have paid $440,400 at $1,468 a month. If you refinance at 6% you will be paying $1,199 a month or a total of $359,700. But wait, there’s more. Depending on the closing costs, it will take months before you can break even.
If you are staying in the house for more than 10 years get the fixed rate but if you are going to sell the house in five year’s time better get the adjustable rate mortgage.
Never rush into a home refinance. Take your time until you have understood all the workings of your target refinance program. Read the contract carefully.
Be ready to pay and change your lifestyle. No matter the advantages of your home refinance, if you fail keeping up with the payments you’ll get the short end of the stick.
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May
31
Can I refinance my mortgage and home equity line of credit together?
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MH asked:
For example, I take both loans and refinance them together as 1 loan with a 30 year loan?
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May
31
Got A Haunted Home With Your Refinance Home Mortgage?
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Rony Walker asked:
You just settled into your new home bought from refinance home mortgage. On the first night, you heard things up in the attic. You shrug it off, thinking it’s only your imagination. The bumps in the night grew louder and things start flying off the wall. You’re living in a haunted house! What to do?
Friendly and unfriendly ghosts
Unlike some home buyers, you see the house first before buying it to check if indeed the house is in good shape. But there are things agents will not tell you because you might back off the deal. Of course, it will depend on your taste – if you don’t care a bit or if you are squeamish about ghostly sightings.
A haunted house does have to be Victorian mansion. It can be a townhouse in a posh village or a condo in upscale Manhattan. But the difference lies in what kind of ghosts are around. If the ghosts have been there before the American Civil War, they’re “house-broken”, but if you got a house where murders or mass suicides were committed, then that is a different story.
With your refinance home mortgage already signed, sealed and delivered, you can do little if you are denied a cancellation of the purchase. So you either learn to live with the ghosts and turn into a profitable bed and breakfast for rabid ghost hunters, or wait out the first year of the mortgage before you can sell. That is, if there are buyers.
Why they don’t tell
Homeowners selling houses with a complete package of ghost sightings and flying objects are not telling. Haunted houses don’t sell or are sold at low prices so sellers keep mum hoping to get a fair deal and get rid of their property in no time.
If you found a beautiful old house selling for a pittance, be suspicious – there could be ghosts around. Spooks aside, there are other things to watch out for before you plunk in your earnest money into a refinance home mortgage.
Check if the house is on an earthquake belt or on contaminated soil. You’ll be smart too to check the foundation of the house and smoke out the presence of asbestos and radon. Do not always rely on the agent’s pronouncements, even if she or he is your brother. Get an independent appraiser rather than be a scrooge. This investment will save you the sleepless nights ruing your mistake.
But if you know what it takes for a home appraisal, then get the home appraisal guide, and go over the house inch by inch from top to bottom.
Before you sign the deeds and agreements
In your enthusiasm, do not forget to ask how you can cancel should things go wrong. Ask a lawyer to review the contract or the agreement and get his advice on cancellation matters.
You have all the right to be careful. Isn’t it your money that’ll pay for the refinance home mortgage? So ask about cancellation upfront. Talk to the agent’s broker if he refuses to a cancellation. If he also refuses, ask for another agent. If things are still sticky, then get a real estate lawyer to get you out of the pickle.
If you’re happy living with ghosts
If you’re clairvoyant, you might as well enjoy your house. A bed and breakfast and a crystal ball will auger well for your chances with a haunted house bought with your refinance home mortgage.
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You just settled into your new home bought from refinance home mortgage. On the first night, you heard things up in the attic. You shrug it off, thinking it’s only your imagination. The bumps in the night grew louder and things start flying off the wall. You’re living in a haunted house! What to do?
Friendly and unfriendly ghosts
Unlike some home buyers, you see the house first before buying it to check if indeed the house is in good shape. But there are things agents will not tell you because you might back off the deal. Of course, it will depend on your taste – if you don’t care a bit or if you are squeamish about ghostly sightings.
A haunted house does have to be Victorian mansion. It can be a townhouse in a posh village or a condo in upscale Manhattan. But the difference lies in what kind of ghosts are around. If the ghosts have been there before the American Civil War, they’re “house-broken”, but if you got a house where murders or mass suicides were committed, then that is a different story.
With your refinance home mortgage already signed, sealed and delivered, you can do little if you are denied a cancellation of the purchase. So you either learn to live with the ghosts and turn into a profitable bed and breakfast for rabid ghost hunters, or wait out the first year of the mortgage before you can sell. That is, if there are buyers.
Why they don’t tell
Homeowners selling houses with a complete package of ghost sightings and flying objects are not telling. Haunted houses don’t sell or are sold at low prices so sellers keep mum hoping to get a fair deal and get rid of their property in no time.
If you found a beautiful old house selling for a pittance, be suspicious – there could be ghosts around. Spooks aside, there are other things to watch out for before you plunk in your earnest money into a refinance home mortgage.
Check if the house is on an earthquake belt or on contaminated soil. You’ll be smart too to check the foundation of the house and smoke out the presence of asbestos and radon. Do not always rely on the agent’s pronouncements, even if she or he is your brother. Get an independent appraiser rather than be a scrooge. This investment will save you the sleepless nights ruing your mistake.
But if you know what it takes for a home appraisal, then get the home appraisal guide, and go over the house inch by inch from top to bottom.
Before you sign the deeds and agreements
In your enthusiasm, do not forget to ask how you can cancel should things go wrong. Ask a lawyer to review the contract or the agreement and get his advice on cancellation matters.
You have all the right to be careful. Isn’t it your money that’ll pay for the refinance home mortgage? So ask about cancellation upfront. Talk to the agent’s broker if he refuses to a cancellation. If he also refuses, ask for another agent. If things are still sticky, then get a real estate lawyer to get you out of the pickle.
If you’re happy living with ghosts
If you’re clairvoyant, you might as well enjoy your house. A bed and breakfast and a crystal ball will auger well for your chances with a haunted house bought with your refinance home mortgage.
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