by Athena Paquette | Jan 29, 2017 | Blog, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
6 years ago, a 25 year old man was dragged into my real estate investment class at TUSD. He listened and learned. A few months later he came in for his 90 minute free consultation. He also played CASH Flow 101 a couple of times and had fun. During the consultation...
by Athena Paquette | Jan 22, 2017 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
My sister was turned down by her credit union for a loan and we can’t figure out why? She is retired, but gets income from oil investments and other stock dividends. She has 4 Million in her IRA. We are shocked!” Great question! After her reviewing her tax...
by Athena Paquette | Dec 3, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Client applied for a loan with 593, 615 and 633 credit scores. In lending we use the middle of the three. With that rate the only loan I could find for $952,000 was a rate of 5.99% for a 7/1 ARM (meaning fixed rate that turns into adjustable) – yes with 30% down...
by Athena Paquette | Nov 5, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Successful tech professional and mother of 2 children with her hands in too many pots… sound familiar? This lady has worked for some of the top innovative and highly competitive companies in the world, working her way up, and on top of that started her own online...
by Athena Paquette | Oct 8, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
A bankruptcy, a near foreclosure, and taxes not paid… a notice that the mortgage payment going up from $2300 to $3700 because the lender is forcing the “catch up”… this is how my first conversation went with my new client. Wow! But there’s more… Loan gets...