by Athena Paquette | Feb 19, 2017 | Blog, Home Owners
Success Story: My client was tax delinquent and has to pay $9000 by March. Scary. This client had had some family emergencies, helped her daughter financially years ago, and let her tax bill slide for 3 years while she helped her daughter. She thought she could...
by Athena Paquette | Feb 11, 2017 | Blog, Home Buyers, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Success story: What to do when you pay your mortgage to a private party and when you go to pay them off they demand $20,000 more than you owe? This happened over the last week. My client bought a property (9 units) from a man who was the seller and was willing to...
by Athena Paquette | Jun 18, 2016 | Home Owners
A client bought her rental property in 2005 and, as so many people experienced, saw the value of her 2 units go from 350k to 250k. So she was stuck at the 6.5% 30 year fixed. Now that values have increased, she was able to get an appraisal on her units for $330,000....
by Athena Paquette | Jun 12, 2016 | Featured, Home Owners
A couple is trying to refinance to drop their rate from 5% to 3.5% and pay off $70,000 in debt that they could barely sustain anymore. They had been given a loan modification in 2008 because she had to leave her job due to illness and had to file for bankruptcy in...
by Athena Paquette | May 7, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
Long time clients of mine (1998) bought a rental property in 2006. We finally think they have 20% equity and decide to refinance. Then a blow… we get a low appraisal … how is that a win? Well, their loan is from 2006 and they do finally have 10% equity not the 20% we...
