Homeownership Articles and Content

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Mortgage Management

Mortgage Prepayment Guide

How do I calculate my savings when I prepay my mortgage?

How prepaying your mortgage affects your credit score

Do-it-yourself refinancing

Should I continue to prepay my mortgage or refinance?

Should I pay off a mortgage early?

What Happens to your Mortgage in a Divorce?

How do I remove or add a name to a home loan?

Is lending to your child worth the risk?

Mortgage Paid Off: Next Steps

Trade up/ Vacation/ Second Home

Can You Use Your IRA to Buy Real Estate?

Investing in Real Estate Now

Buying a Home as an Investment Property

Why are mortgage rates higher for investment properties than for second homes?

Hard money loans: great option when buying a fixer upper

Can you make a living flipping houses?

Gay and gray: New housing opportunities for gay seniors

Why mortgage lenders hate unique homes

4 tips for holiday homebuyers

Avoid capital gains tax with a 1031 exchange

How to Get a Mortgage for Investment Property

Maintaining/ Improving Your Home

Homeowner's Maintenance Checklist: Monthly, Yearly and More

Is Flood Insurance Included in a Mortgage?

Should You Stay or Go: Home Renovation vs. Relocation

3 hot home renovations

3 reasons you shouldn’t hire friends or family

6 techy upgrades for your home this holiday season

4 easy home improvements save energy and money

Can't move? Improve! Get the most bang for your buck with these renovations

Energy Efficient Mortgage Programs

Homeowners: Don’t do that, do this

Not all green home improvements make cents

‘Granny pods' can be an alternative to nursing homes

Selling Your Home

Selling Your Own Home: Pros and Cons

Seller's remorse? How to back out of a home sale contract

5 Outside-the Box Secrets to Help Sell Your Home

What can go wrong at closing?

Neighbor preventing sale of home?

Selling your home fast: dos and don'ts

Price Your Home to Sell Fast at Maximum Dollar

When it's Time to Lower the Price on Your Home

Cheap, quick fixes to help sell your home

5 Real Estate Tips for First-Time Home Sellers

5 Essential tips for holiday home sellers

Renting your home

Renting out a house with a mortgage

6 steps to making a vacation home pay

How to turn your home into a short-term rental

Live-in landlords turn homes into cash

Why is my lender asking for so much documentation?

Occupancy fraud: Risks not worth the rewards

Taxes and Homeowership

How Does Owning a Home Affect Taxes Now?

How to Lower Your Property Taxes

Tax incentives and issues for homeowners

How does a refinance in 2018 affect your taxes?

Avoid capital gains tax with a 1031 exchange

Use your home to pay your tax bill

Can I separate tax and insurance payments from my mortgage payment?

How long do I have to own or live in my home to qualify for the capital gains tax exclusion when I sell?

Will Congress phase out the mortgage interest deduction?

Is a home equity line of credit tax-deductible?

We just sold our house, when do we have to pay the IRS?

Will the debt forgiven from my loan modification be treated as income and taxed?

Loan Modifications/ Workout Solutions

Flex Modification: An outline of HAMP's replacement

What is the Home Affordable Modification Program?

How soon can I get another loan modification after my last one?

Dial ‘M’ for mortgage help

After foreclosure, boomerang back into homeownership

How to get a mortgage post-bankruptcy

4 ways to prevent mortgage-relief scams

Deed in Lieu: Is it for You?

Rebuilding credit following a foreclosure