November 10, 2016
Home Mis-Inspector
REFinBlog has been nominated for the second year in a row for The Expert Institute’s Best Legal Blog Competition in the Education Category. Please vote here if you like what you read. Realtor.com quoted me in Yikes! What If Your Home Inspector Missed … Continue reading
November 10, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 28, 2016
Mortgages from the Shadows
Realtor.com quoted me in ‘Shadow Banks’ Are on the Rise for Home Loans: Should We Be Afraid? It opens, Where do home buyers go for a mortgage? To a bank, of course—or at least that’s what many might think. Yet a new … Continue reading
October 28, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 27, 2016
Should Seniors Pay Off Their Mortgages?
TheStreet.com quoted me in Should Seniors Pay Off Their Mortgages? It opens, Increasingly, seniors are going against the conventional retirement wisdom about mortgages which, always before, preached that a cornerstone of a good retirement was to enter it debt free. That … Continue reading
October 27, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 25, 2016
The Mortgage After a Spouse’s Death
BeSmartee.com quoted me in What Happens to My Mortgage When My Spouse Dies? It opens, We would like to help by answering the question of what happens to your mortgage when your spouse dies, and we’ve asked several experts to chime … Continue reading
October 25, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 24, 2016
Home Equity Loan Resets
Newsday quoted me in Know What To Do When Your Home Equity Loan Resets (behind paywall). It opens, Whoever said what you don’t know can’t hurt you, was wrong. Take for example the 43% of U.S. homeowners polled by TD … Continue reading
October 24, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 20, 2016
Homes v. Bonds
U.S. News & World Report quoted me in Your Home Is a Better Investment Than Bonds. It opens, With bonds paying next to nothing, where can you turn for a respectable yield, guaranteed? Well, how about your home? Many homeowners look … Continue reading
October 20, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments
October 18, 2016
Just a Dude Fixin’ Cars
Realtor.com quoted me in Neighbors Sue Man for Tinkering With Cars in His Own Garage. It opens, Charles Williams loves working on cars, a hobby he’s continued even after losing his legs in 1993 in a freak construction accident. So in … Continue reading
October 18, 2016 in Home Ownership | Permalink | No Comments