Buy now if one home would replace two or three rents. Wait if these red flags exist. A renter’s checklist from GoldCoast Mortgage.
Category: Tenants
Is home-buying retirement planning?
Before you retire you need to work.
Certainly, before you work you need to live.
Yet if you’re waiting until retirement to live life, you’ve been duped.
(But don’t take my word for it, listen to Hugh Dillions’ song on the topic, Don’t Be Fooled.)
Should I Buy a Home Now or Wait Until Next Year? “Rent just went up, again. Your baby cries in a thin-walled apartment agitating your abutter. At work, your coworkers bought houses and are bragging about equity. And every day you doomscroll mortgage rate predictions like they’re horoscopes.” 🚦“You’re not waiting for the market—you’re waiting […]
Michael Keaton (Mr. Mom) explains his home renovation plans to his wife’s boss while holding a chain saw.
If the average net worth of an apartment tenant equates to the size of a carry-on suitcase, it would take a loaded Ford F550 dump truck to carry the average net worth for one homeowner. A tenant sitting in their apartment absorbing their neighbors surround-sound and their abutters cooking smells for the 488th day straight […]
Should I wait for rates to come down before buying a house? This may be the most complicated question that could be asked of anyone. Your wait may be over after reading this article on what drives mortgage interest rates.
This article aims to provide an in-depth understanding of HO-4 policies, helping you make an enlightened decision about protecting your high-end apartment and the lifestyle it supports. Dive in to familiarize yourself with the nuances of renters insurance and how it can safeguard your luxury living experience.
Just by asking this question you have a winning lottery ticket in your hand. Your parents have a house to potentially sell you. That’s a rare scenario. Many parents may not own a house and of those that do – (B) most of those homes wouldn’t warrant your interest in buying it and other reasons.
This article will guide you through the labyrinth of options available and what you should consider if you’re in the market for self-storage units.
Landlords are in the investment business – buying apartment buildings to provide a Return-on-Investment (R.O.I) to an investment fund that owns the building. The best way to increase the investment value of an Apartment portfolio is to boost the profitability of it.
An apartment provides you with a safe place to operate from and clean accommodations for your life. Here is a list of some of the things funny and practical that you can’t do from your apartment – only in your own home.
Without bias, I’m going to let my author-self write like this is instructions to my children. Before taking any “First Steps to Home Ownership” you will need to plot a course. The investment in that plan will have a tremendous return on the time to create it. With a completed written plan course map you will take fewer overall steps in the process.
Should I renew my apartment lease or buy a home for myself? You’re curious about options and curiosity is a great mindset to be in. It sure beats asking questions later like, “How do I break my lease?” or “how did my new home lose so much value?”
For some tenants, buying a home is a certain mistake. Mortgage companies typically don’t highlight reasons not to buy a home. At GoldCoast we feel that the correct motivation is key to a successful homeownership experience. The “Why” behind your decision to rent a quality apartment, or buy a home or condo is a quality-of-life […]
Home Ownership is a Competitive Sport. How will you win? This is your introduction to your First Time Home buyers Complete Home buying kit. Meet “Peter Purchase” your homebuyer planner. Peter lives and works here (in our Commonwealth) not there (at a call center in a different time zone). If you decide to work with […]