The share of first-time buyers in the U.S. housing market has fallen to 21%, the lowest on record. The historical norm is closer to 40%. That gap isn’t a blip, nor is it a rate-cycle artifact that corrects itself when the Fed moves. It’s a structural condition, and it sits at the root of why […]

A lot of real estate investors know the power of a traditional 1031 exchange. Sell one investment property, roll the proceeds into another, and defer the capital gains taxes. It is one of the most valuable tools in real estate investing. But what many smaller investors do not realize is that there is another strategy

A single word in a divorce decree can shut down the best financing option available to your client and it happens more often than most mortgage professionals realize. Processing Content In one case handled by Rock Rocheleau, an attorney at Right Lawyers in Las Vegas, divorcing parties drafted their own decree and used the word