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 22, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
She was crying and hugging me when she left… a client signed loan docs today to finish up her refinance, something she never thought would happen. She still had 5.5% from a mortgage from 6 years ago. She also had $50,000 in debt, and her yearly salary is the same,...
by Athena Paquette | Feb 27, 2016 | Blog, Home Owners, Investors, Realtors
My client who was referred by his accountant came in to see about a refi. He showed me his payment coupon and it said he had 3.625%. I asked him if was wanting cash out; he said no. So I asked him why he wanted to refinance when he has a good rate. He said that 4...
