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Homes prices in Sarasota Florida is expected to tank in 2024. This year is an election year and many homebuyers are jittery during a turbulent election year. Lower interest rate is forecasted in the later half of the year. Home prices are forecasted to plummet 40% or more in Sarasota County Florida. Average price of homes in Sarasota Florida is $535,000 for single family homes. Condos are priced in the low $500,000 median price range.
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Many mortgage loan originators belong to a team or group where they can veer off on their own with their own mortgage brokerage or a mortgage net branch of a larger national mortgage brokerage or mortgage lender. The mortgage net branch can operate as a DBA (Doing Business As), the mortgage group’s brand name. The business is run on a P&L model, and the branch manager is in charge of all the outgoing expenses. The goal is to have a positive P and L to generate profit. Can someone experienced with how to start a mortgage net branch please go over the list of expenses? Even a small office can run a mortgage branch in the red if not managed correctly.
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How Large Do German Shepherd Dogs Get? Can you please detail the size of males and female German Shepherds on how large they get compared to their age? For example, a chart how much a male German Shepherd dog weighs at three months, six months, nine months, twelve months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months. The same with female German Shepherd dogs. How much does a female German Shepherd dog weigh at three months, six months, nine months, twelve months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 36 months. When is a German Shepherd dog fully grown and when do they reach full maturity level? Thank you in advance.
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Value of Silver will outpace Value of Gold as precious metals skyrocket. Silver trade in a thin market. Plus Silver has investment Value as well as practical industrial Value. In 2011 Value of Silver doubled to $45 per ounce. Trading of Silver opened higher today. Start stacking Silver today.
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Lennar Homes are slashing their new home prices by 25% in 2024. CEO of Lennar admits their mortgage division is experiencing delinquencies and a higher number of debt to income ratio from consumers. Lennar Homes is America’s second largest New Home Builder.
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With all these recent news about high inflation, low housing inventory, mortgage rates in the 8%, and loan officers quitting the mortgage industry by the thousands, is now a very bad time to become a mortgage loan officer? Is it true that the national number of loan officers dropped by over half due to the mortgage industry going under? Is it true over fifty percent of the mortgage companies went out of business and there are more mortgage brokers and mortgage bankers that are waiting to get out of business?
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Would you recommend to buy an existing home or a new construction home for your first home? Many so called experts I talk to say that I can save over 40% of the market value of a single family home if I built a single family home ground up. How difficult is it to get financing on building a new construction home?
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This message is more towards John Strange, the FHA and VA STREAMLINE REFINANCE expert. Can you please explain how FHA and STREAMLINE REFINANCE loans work
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Many people are getting diabetes. Diabetes is also known as a silent killer. Anyone explain the dangers of diabetes?
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Real estate agent commissions are being attacked once again, but as of age of myself, I was always deemed as a bargain brokerage. If I were to discount my commissions, to be competitive, the national association of Realtors seems to be losing the battle with the feds with their commission practices Are now affecting Home prices. What are your thoughts? Let me know. Check out this link. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nar-lawsuit-verdict-real-estate-agent-commissions/
cbsnews.com
How real estate brokerage ruling could impact home buyers and sellers
Landmark verdict could ultimately reduce agent commissions by 30%, saving sellers a bundle, according to analysts.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has spent $1 billion and is $20 million in debt. She has also paid celebrities and high-profile people money from her campaign for their endorsement. Kamala Harris has paid Oprah Winfrey $1 million for her endorsement. Harris paid Beyonce $10 million and Reverend Al Sharpton $500,00 for her support. The list goes on and on. Has Kamara Harris committed a money laundering scheme? Did Kamala Harris commit a crime? Who is behind this payment for the sponsorship scheme? The Democrat Party? Barack Obama? Joe Biden? Mark Cuban?
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I am an independent mortgage loan officer and get paid 1099. I do very well but have a lot of write-offs (unreimbursed business expenses), so I declare very little or negative adjusted gross income on my federal income taxes. Due to the low or negative adjusted gross income, I have had a difficult time getting finance on a 2015 45-foot Catamarans Yacht, which is priced at $525,000. It is 45 feet long by 26 feet wide. I think I need to change paths and get a commercial or business loan on this yacht and tell the lender that I am using this Yacht for business purchases only. Can you write off a yacht as a business expense? Can I get a purchase price expense deduction on a yacht? Can I make the yacht a mobile mortgage office? Can my business write off a yacht? Can you get a 30-year fixed rate loan on a yacht? What is the oldest yacht a bank will finance?
Can you buy a yacht as a business expense? What are the tax benefits of owning a yacht? How long of a loan can you get on a yacht? How hard is it to finance a yacht? Can you deduct mortgage interest on a yacht?
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I built a manufactured home from ground up in 2017. Beautiful home, with garage on concrete foundations on five acres. You cannot tell it is a manufactured home and more like a custom stick built home. This is the scenariou:
1. Aprraisal came in at $210,000.
2. I needed a $225,000 appraisal.
3. Now I am over debt to income ratio.
4. Credit Scores: Middle FICO is 660
5. Wanted to pay off outstanding debts including cars with the proceeds of the refinance.
6. Got a conditional loan approval at $210,000,
Anyone have any ideas on what I can do to make the cash-out refinance work? I cannot add a non-occupant co-borrower because it is an FHA loan and HUD does not accept non-occupant co-borrowers on cash-out refinace. I cannot get a piggyback 80-19-10 because all non-QM and traditional mortgage lenders in the United States do not allow second mortgages or HELOCs on manufactured homes. It would have to go conventional loan if there was a second mortgage lender that would allow a second mortgage on manufactured home? Any ideas would be so very much appreaciated.
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the two largest institutional buyers of mortgage-backed securities on the secondary market.
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Most people don’t know that El Yunque Rainforest is just beside Old San Juan, so the heat is broken up with beautiful (and cooling!) flash showers.
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We have banana and plantain trees in the backyard of our home in Cabo Rojo, our favorite local beach is just down the road, and there is Puerto Rican pride with the flag painted on one of the buildings in the town center in Aguada!
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What happens if you are in the VA loan process and the property has issues and you can’t close? Can you just find another with the same price or less? Or does that mean you would have to file for court approval again?
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There are so many reasons to love our pets including their unconditional love and loyalty. In my home I have always valued the bond my pups have had with my children. My babies are their babies, too.
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My application is currently in underwriting. I am concerned that because my student loans are so high that my DTI may not pass. I have found a home that is scheduled to close on 12/2. Honestly I did not see you site until after applying thru my current lender. Would you be able to take over the case and will I still be able to close on 12/2 or earlier? I am in Illinois and also seeking downpayment assistance from IDHA. The Home Inspection and Appraisal have all been completed. My student loans total 186k and I am currently in deferment, but the lender is saying that the payments are coming up to 1300 per month…but I am paying $0.00. My credit score middle is 643. Also I am currently employed but will start a new job in a week making more money. Can you help? What steps will I need to take.
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How important is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)? How important is SEO in digital marketing? What is SEO and why is it important? How does SEO work? What is the main purpose and benefits of SEO? What is the most important thing for SEO?
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What is the current state of our economy? Has Bidenomics helped our economy like Kamala Harris keeps on saying? Did the United States have a soft landing like Janet Yellen and Jerome Powell said? Democrats are saying we dodged a bullet because of the Biden Administration. The unemployment numbers came in at 4.2%. Are the unemployment numbers real or not accurate? Inflation numbers are at 3% but that number is not correct if you shop for goods and services. Mortgage rates went from 2.5% in 2019 to 7.5%. How did the sudden 400% jump in rates affect the economy? How is the 100% plus increase in home values affecting our economy? How is unemployment numbers at 4.2% is not reflective to actual Americans out of work?
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In the 2024 election cycle, ex-President Donald Trump chose J.D. Vance, a senator from Ohio, to serve as his running mate. With this announcement now complete, the Republican ticket for President includes:
- Vance in recognition of his Marine Corps and business record.
- Strong backing for Trump over the past few years.
- Being an outside-the-beltway populist.
Once a vocal opponent of Trump’s candidacy during the 2016 primaries (The Hill) , Vance’s subsequent about-face made him one of the then-president’s most stalwart defenders throughout various legal battles. According to the News Team at GCA FORUMS, this pick is projected to generate even more enthusiasm around Trump’s campaign.
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One hundred seventeen thousand homes in Florida are currently for sale, and many of these properties are owned by large corporations. Some homeowner associations (HOAs) for these properties are based in Texas.https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2024/08/22/florida-homes-owned-by-corporate-investors-117000-counting/
tampabay.com
Florida homes owned by corporate investors: 117,000 — and counting
Experts say investors capitalized on the state’s population growth and minimal renter protections.
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First-time homebuyers and loan officers. Have you hear of EPM DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? Equity Prime Mortgage has a forgiveable down-payment assistance program on FHA loans where the down payment of 3.5% is covered as a second mortgage but it is forgiveable after six months. What does forgiveable mean on DPA programs? Forgiveable means that after a certain period of time, if you sell the house or you refinance out of the FHA EPM DPA loan, you do not have to pay the DPA loan of the 3.5% back. The maximum debt-to-income ratio is 48.99% front-end and 48.99% back-end. The EPM DOWN-PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM is borrower paid transaction. Therefore, you need to get a 6% seller concession for you to get into a house with no money down and with no closing costs or little closing costs. In most cases, there is no down payment or closing costs. The EPM DPA Mortgage Program is availble on FHA loans in standard areas and high-cost counties like many counties in California. Here is an article I wrote about the EPM Down Payment Program. People that qualify are first-time homebuyers, homebuyers who are first-responders, teachers, veterans, and professionals in the medical field, and homebuyers who earn a certain amount of income based on their county:
https://gustancho.com/down-payment-assistance-mortgage/
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EPM Empowered Down Payment Assistance Mortgage Program
There are recoverable and non-recoverable Down Payment Assistance Mortgage for Homebuyers is offered at Gustan Cho Associates