by Jennifer Ferri | Apr 1, 2021 | Legal
Picture this agreement between two players in a board game: ‘If you land on my property 10 times, pay $5 more each time, and then you can buy it for $200.’ The first player still owns the property for those 10 turns, but the second player has secured a set...
by Jennifer Ferri | Mar 25, 2021 | Selling
As a seller, your main goal is obviously to sell your home. So once that mission is finally accomplished and you’ve accepted your home buyer’s offer, you may think that your job is done. Wrong! There are still a few things left to take care of. For example, the seller...
by Jennifer Ferri | Mar 18, 2021 | Financing, Mortgages
Identity fraud is often used in mortgage fraud schemes in order to hide the identity of the perpetrators or to obtain a credit profile that meets lender guidelines. Lenders give loans based on a borrower’s credit profile, and fraudsters often use stolen identities as...
by Jennifer Ferri | Mar 11, 2021 | Legal
A landlord renting a property has rights in selecting a tenant. Tenants also have rights about the factors that can be considered in selection. While most landlord-tenant issues are governed by states and localities, Federal fair housing laws apply to tenant...
by Jennifer Ferri | Mar 4, 2021 | Buying
There are a number of factors that home buyers should consider when scoping out potential new homes. Number of bedrooms, floor plans, kitchen amenities…there are many things you need to look at to make sure the house has everything you want. But what about things that...
