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2017
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How to Not Get Burned When Financing a Flip "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." Well, when buying a home, sometimes the heat permeates not only the kitchen but the entire joint because the home is considered a "flip." You mean like the proverbial burger flip? No, I'm talking...
02/24/2017
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Not Your Grandfather's Stated Income Loan Stated income. No other phrase in the realm of home lending evokes as many good and bad memories, does it? For some --- mostly loan originators who wore an ethical stripe of a different color --- the days of the liar loans are fondly remembered as "the ...
02/17/2017
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This Must Be Just Like Lending in Paradise My name is Rob Spinosa. I'm a workaholic. And despite the growing body of scientific evidence that is building behind the necessity of vacations, I still do not get away from the office nearly enough. Some of our clients, on the other hand, have this...
02/09/2017
Breaking Up (Is Subject to Guidelines and Restrictions) When we look at our refinance business, not a small percentage of it is driven by the scenarios where one spouse buys out the equity of the other, as stipulated in a divorce decree. Sometimes when we are presented with a divorce buyout refi...
02/02/2017