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Is Your Real Estate Agent Really Working in your Best Interest?
Buying a home is often the biggest purchase people ever make. That is why most people hire a […] Read More
Section 8 Payment Standards and How They Relate to Fair Market Rent
A Payment Standard is the maximum monthly assistance given to a section 8 voucher [..] Read More
Conventional Mortgages vs FHA Loans
There is a lot of terminology used in real estate that is foreign to most first-time home buyers. It is [...] Read More
SAFMRs Explained
Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) are Fair Market Rents (FMRs) Calculated at the ZIP code [...] Read More
Terms
The rent amount, including essential utilities (not telephone, tv, internet, etc.), to rent privately [...] Read More
Is Section 8 a Good Idea For Land Lords
Section 8 may be a great choice for landlords with at least one lower priced rental [...] Read More
How Can a PHA Help You?
The Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) and public housing programs offer [...] Read More
"Living Unit" vs "Number of Bedrooms"
In short, a living unit refers to the number of entire housing units a property has. The number of [...] Read More
Rent vs Purchasing a Home
Buying a home is not the best idea for everyone at every stage of life. Renting has [...] Read More