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Jill Russo Foster
Member since 14th January 2008
Occupation: Mortgage Broker, Speaker, Writer
Jill Russo Foster is an expert at taking the mystery out of the mortgage process! As Founder of The Mortgage Arrangers, LLC, she has helped hundreds of clients with all types of mortgage needs and all types of credit situations. Her many years of experience in the banking / mortgage industry, combined with her ability to share her expertise in a friendly yet professional manner make Jill a sought-after professional speaker with the unique ability to make financial information fun. Through her seminars and teleclasses, Jill focuses on specific topics and provides practical, how-to information and advice that attendees can immediately put into action.
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24th September 2008
Credit Card Shaving – it sounds like what you would say if you were cutting back on your credit cards, but that’s not what it means. This is the latest credit card scam and there is nothing you can do to prevent it. Isn’t that scary?
Q & A on...
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24th September 2008
September is here, do you know what that means? No, I’m not talking about back-to-school shopping. No, I’m not talking about taking the last vacation of the summer. I’m talking about hurricanes! According to the AOML, August, September and October...
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24th September 2008
I recently met with a potential mortgage client. This couple was trapped by one of those easy to overlook agreements found so often in troubled mortgages today. Their adjustable rate mortgage payment was about to go higher, and taxes were not included in ...
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14th August 2008
You have all heard me talk about FICO scores and how important they are to your financial health. I’m going to walk you through a scenario so you can see how FICO affects you.
Let’s say that you are going to apply for credit. You may be thinking o...
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13th August 2008
Weddings are an emotional celebration. We love the idea of a bride and groom starting a new life together. We use words like “two becoming one” or “sharing your lives as one,” meaning that everything will be shared as though the couple are no long...
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24th June 2008
Does it seem like wherever you turn everything is costing you more? A client of mine in the automotive business was saying that, with rising fuel costs, he felt as if he had an additional mortgage payment. In turn, fuel costs are affecting the price of f...
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18th June 2008
You have all heard the news about the mortgage crisis in America. For investors, the mortgage crisis is about defaulted loans, but for the average American, the crisis means being unable to qualify for a new mortgage or being unable to pay for the mortgag...
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19th March 2008
Defaulted home loans and foreclosures in the United States are making international news. You cannot open up a newspaper or turn on a television without hearing about the housing market. It's my opinion that mortgages will continue to be in the news for q...
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26th February 2008
How often have you heard about a divorce that went well? And when someone tells you their divorce went smoothly with no hard feelings, you would be smart to wonder how the other side felt about the divorce settlement. There are definitely winners and lose...
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22nd February 2008
I'm borrowing the line from the Capital One TV commercial: "What's in your wallet?" Do you know? If your wallet was lost or stolen, would you know what was lost? Of course, you can always check your records at home, and cancel everything just to be safe,...
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13th February 2008
I have had several family members in and out of the hospital in the past year. As you can imagine, my family has had a lot of emotional talks about Living Wills. What should be documented? Does the family know and respect my wishes? Who is my advocate? Do...
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30th January 2008
Looking back at 2007, it sure seems like nature had it in for the suburbs. The whole country was beset by weather related disasters. We had wildfires in Southern California, ice storms in the Midwest, and flooding in the Northeast. It was devastating for ...
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