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How Should I Prepare For Internet Showing?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/v13otf48mn?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Today, your first “showing” will be on the Internet - you're watching this on the Internet, right? Your price, listing description and...

What Is The Debt-To-Income Ratio (DTI)?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/9424npgyfl?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Measuring your existing debts against your existing income is one part of a lender’s required assessment of your ability to repay a...

What Is A Rate Lock?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/o7ke9hanzg?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 Mortgage rates change constantly through an unpredictable combination of government policies and economic conditions. This video explains the common term 'rate...

What Are VA Home Loans?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/oe0u1b3o6r?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 What Are VA Loans? As the video says, the name is misleading - they’re not loans FROM the VA. The VA - short for “US...

What Are The Major Types Of VA Loans?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/u20j9haqln?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 What Are The Major Types Of VA Loans? Major Veterans Affairs loan programs described in this video include: 1) Purchase...

What Is A Certificate of Eligibility, or COE?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/cg013wx8nr?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 What Is A Certificate of Eligibility, or COE? The COE is the key document that verifies to lenders that someone is eligible for a VA-backed loan. Servicemembers,...

What Is A Qualified Mortgage?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/x7bhd4h7du?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 As this video explains,  Federal laws put into effect in 2014 and  supervised by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau define lending practices...

What Does Ability To Repay Mean?

http://videotap.wistia.com/medias/gvz1viztss?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640 What are the “Ability to repay” rules about? In a nutshell, as this video shows, new laws require lenders to make a good-faith assessment of a...