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2014 

VA Condo Approvals – Leasing Restrictions In processing VA condo approvals, leasing restrictions are typically the limiting factor of whether a condominium project is eligible for approval.  FHA has some tough regulations on allowable leasing restrictions, but the VA allows even fewer. From a lea...
06/17/2014
I Was Wrong; And I Am Embarrassed    UGH! Yesterday, I posted an article called The Condominium is Non-Warrantable But Can I Do VA Financing? in which I describe how there are different criteria for condominium approvals between FHA, the VA and Fannie Mae.  The article was an actual communication...
06/16/2014
The Condominium is Non-Warrantable But Can I Do VA Financing? Last week, I fielded an inquiry from a gentleman asking if non-warrantable condos could be eligible for a VA condo project approval.  He had read one of my blog articles on ActiveRain about financing non-warrantable condos.  He wrote: ...
06/15/2014
How To Place an Image Caption - Thank You ActiveBob!   TA - DAAAAAH For the past few weeks, I have been working to try to place captions for images in my blog articles.  I have been doing some limited research on how to accomplish this.  I say "limited" because it is important to me, but not so i...
06/14/2014
My Dream Home – June Contest by Beazer Homes One of this month’s challenges hosted by Beazer Homes is What’s in Your New Dream Home?  Part of the impetus behind this challenge is to do market research to learn what amenities folks would want in their newly constructed home.   Click the link above...
06/10/2014
Fred Griffin is an extremely knowledgeable and friendly real estate broker in Tallahassee, FL.  His blog is one that I read frequently as his tips and educational information are top-rate. In the article below, he discusses how the color of the street sign can possibly affect your ability to obta...
06/09/2014
Manchester Connecticut Condos NEED to Get FHA-Approved I recently compiled the data for condominium sales and came to a very definitive conclusion: Manchester Connecticut Condos NEED to get FHA-approved.  And, I’m not just saying that because I help condominiums to get approved with FHA. I have d...
06/08/2014
Manchester Connecticut Condo Sales As part of my marketing efforts as an FHA condo approval specialist, I work to compile data for condo sales in various towns in Connecticut.  I try to pick towns that have a lot of condominiums to provide comparison data between projects that are FHA approved co...
06/08/2014
Condo Units Make Sweet Investments…Which Can Lead to Problems The obvious motivation behind real estate investing is to purchase real property for which the investor could charge a rent that exceeds the property’s carrying cost.  At its root, it’s a pretty simple and straightforward concept. The ...
06/05/2014
“You Are the First Agent to Ask for That” I had a great lunch appointment yesterday with a real estate agent in Connecticut.  We were discussing how we could work together in a manner that is mutually-beneficial to our respective businesses.  She has been in the business for a few years but demon...
06/05/2014
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