Financial Tune Up, First Time Home Buyer, Philosophy on Financial Wellness, Planning Your Move
Lawyers Amiright? (insert tired lawyer joke here) After the recent experience of one of my clients purchasing their first home, I was inspired to write this note on finding good lawyers to handle the legal end of financing. Without getting into too many details, this particular lawyer originally quoted these folks a price $1200 to complete their purchase – pretty standard. By the time the lawyer asked for the bank draft, which is meant to cover the down payment and closing costs, my clients discovered that the legal fees had ballooned to over $2500. Shocked, they asked me to review the statement of adjustments and trust ledger their lawyer had provided and yeah, it was shocking. This... Read more »
Financial Tune Up, Planning Your Move
A Word to Vendors, Well, the government’s objectives at dropping the housing market worked. It was a rough start to this year but with the spring market, more listings arrived along with high expectations from vendors on pricing. Most of the product available came...
Financial Tune Up, First Time Home Buyer
We recently held a super fun first-time buyers event at Donut Monster in January that was very well received. Outside of the mortgage discussions, most of the event revolved around the real estate market and strategies to get INTO the market. The more you know and...
