Roger Johnson's (rogerajohnson) Blog

There are a number of reasons why it may not be in your best interest to try to sell your own home.  Karen Otto, a home stager in Plano, TX writes a great article explaining the "why" of several of these reasons.  This is a first-hand account of her previewing a FSBO home and her take on it.  Kee...

There are a number of reasons why it may not be in your best interest to try to sell your own home.  Karen Otto, a home stager in Plano, TX writes a great article explaining the "why" of several of these reasons.  This is a first-hand account of her previewing a FSBO home and her take on it.  Kee...

Richard Weisser's article below is dead-on accurate about the necessity of getting pre-approved by a lender before starting your home search.  Today's lending standards have dramatically changed.  Lenders are much stricter than before and the standards seem to constantly change from week to week....

Richard Weisser's article below is dead-on accurate about the necessity of getting pre-approved by a lender before starting your home search.  Today's lending standards have dramatically changed.  Lenders are much stricter than before and the standards seem to constantly change from week to week....

I just had to write this piece in response to Diana Olick's article on CNBC, Mortgage Principal Writedown Won't Save Housing.  In it, Ms. Olick determines that principal writedowns on existing mortgages won't help the housing market as a whole because a) in the hardest hit areas, banks would have...

Even though we're still getting the monthly up and down jolt new stories of the general housing market, most experts have finally started saying that we are at, or near, the bottom of this housing bust.  Most of the big markets with the major busts great downward spirals have slowed or stopped.  ...

  Richard Woodward writes a good article on how to get the money to buy, and repair, a fixer-upper. Foreclosures are frequently in pretty rough shape, but can be had at a great price...if you can find the funds to do so.  a 203(k) loan may just be the ticket. If you're interested in finding a dea...