When you’re negotiating in real estate, if you insist on one thing, you might have to give up something else. For example, if you insist on the seller paying your closing costs, the seller might insist on a slightly higher price. Read the rest of this entry »
This is a negotiating ploy. When you’re bargaining over the purchase of the home, you make one of the conditions of purchase that the seller must pay your closing costs. Put simply, you say you won’t buy unless the seller does this. Read the rest of this entry »
When You Buy In the above discussion, we saw how to get PMI removed once you’ve acquired the home and mortgage (after waiting a few years). However, that doesn’t help very much when you want to make a purchase. Is there any way to avoid PMI when you’re buying? Read the rest of this entry »
