by Athena Paquette | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog, Home Buyers
How much quicker can you make acquiring your new home if you get pre-approved for a mortgage? The biggest reason people fall out of escrow is that their loan qualification wasn’t fully vetted. They did a pre-qualification versus a pre-approval. They either didn’t talk...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Home Buyers
A client was referred to me by her financial advisor because he noticed that she was short on cash several times a year, and was having to liquidate her IRA to make up the shortage. The client is a retired school administrator, with a good retirement pension. Because...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 17, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Home Buyers
Imagine, you live in a home as a renter for 32 years. You are told that if the landlords ever decide to sell the home, they will sell it to you. So you spend time fixing it up, doing upgrades, living as if the home was indeed yours. Then you get an eviction notice....
by Athena Paquette | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Investors, Quote of the Week, Realtors
“Don’t Step over dollars to pick up pennies.” ~ Author unknown. Sometimes we do activities in our day or life where there is a very low payout for the activity (emotional or monetary), missing the opportunities for the greater payout. Do you find yourself going to 4...
by Athena Paquette | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Realtors
Client has 2 mortgage late payments and credit score goes down 100 points. But Athena, I wasn’t late! Imagine my client’s shock when they found out that 2 of their rental property loans were 30 days past due, yet they have the loan on auto-pay. Yes, it’s true. What...
by Athena Paquette | Mar 18, 2017 | Blog, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
The biggest news this week was that the FOMC met on Tuesday and Wednesday. Fed Chairperson Janet Yellen announced that they had voted to raise the Fed Funds rate by .25%. We the public know that as the prime rate. The markets felt great relief that they finally...
