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Drew Tyler
Member since 29th July 2007
--Drew Tyler is an experienced and successful mortgage professional. To gain more insight into the mortgage industry, and make yourself a more educated borrower, please visit www.competingloans.net.Click here for a FREE report explaining how to be debt-free and a millionaire in 30 years!Click here for a FREE report on some detailed steps you can take to protect your credit and identity!

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Everyone wants a great deal. When you are searching for a home to buy, you certainly want to get the most home for the least amount of money. When you are selling, you want to unload your home for the most you can. How do you know when the deal is righ...
If you ever turn on the radio or television then you have surely heard something about the current “subprime mess,” “credit crunch,” or “mortgage meltdown.” What are they really talking about, and how did it happen? Read on to learn the basi...
Are you looking to refinance? Maybe you want to purchase a new home. Don’t listen to all of the media hype surrounding mortgage rates and expect to get the rate that you hear advertised. Even if you have perfect credit, you may have a higher rate tha...
Is your credit less than perfect now? Would you like to build it up a little? A common misconception is that once your credit has gone down the drain, it will stay there. There are some components to poor credit that can keep your scores down for an ex...
Turn on the radio and you will surely hear someone advertising a 5% 30-year fixed-rate mortgage. Sounds great, right? Not bad, but you can do better. Personally, I’d prefer a 7% 10-year fixed. There are loan programs available that the banks/lende...
If you are going to be applying for major credit in the near future (auto loan, home loan, etc.), you should keep tabs on your credit report. You want to make sure there aren’t bogus accounts, records, or marks bringing your score down. Even if you ar...
Just because you have had credit problems in the past doesn’t necessarily mean that you are doomed to a life of dealing with landlords. Poor credit can be a result of people simply not paying their bills, or more uncontrollable circumstances such as il...
So you’re ready to take a big leap in the right direction; you’ve decided to buy your first house! You have found a real estate agent, started thinking about the neighborhood that want to live in, and are ready to start looking at homes. Have you go...
It seems today that there are commercials running all over the television, radio, Internet, and newspapers that offer “No Closing Cost Loans!” To the average consumer, these may sound like a great deal. However, with mortgages, just like with anythi...
The term ‘amortization’ shares its origin with the word ‘mortgage.’ Both come from the Latin root, ‘mort’ which means to terminate or kill. It should be every person’s goal to terminate or kill the balance on his or her home loan (mortgage...
In this article I am going to explain a principle that people need to understand when they are trying to refinance their home to consolidate their debts and lower how much they spend each month. While it is a seemingly simple principle, many people have ...
When is the best time to refinance your home? Should you wait for rates to be at all time lows, or the value of your home to be at an all time high? Ideally, you would like both. We just went through a period of exactly that with the most recent refi b...
This question has puzzled many people when they go to purchase or refinance a home: “Should I get a low adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM), or go with the security of a fixed?” While it is true that a fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) can provide more security,...
There are going to be plenty of surprised folks in the near future when they go to sell, refinance, or use some equity in their home and they find out that they’ve gone backwards. Some of my new clients have asked me, “How can it be that I made my $2...