VA Loans - Guest Post By Lisa Kett Assarian  Needham, Massachusetts My parents took advantage of the VA loan in 1954 and bought their first home for $4,500 It is amazing to think of that number.   Many Sundays my parents took us to open houses.  That is probably what got me started in real estate. Then along my mother-in-law who was a real estate agent and a super one too.  She was an inspiration. So glad that this mortgage option is available to our veterans. Lisa is someone I really trust and have worked with so much over my real estate career so I thought I would ask her to write a little blog and here it is for your reading pleasure. A VA loan is a mortgage loan in the United States guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).  The VA loan was designed to offer long-... 02/09/2011