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I’ve got a secret for you, in case you haven’t seen it, don’t tell anybody, but mortgage rates are up. I’m being facetious of course, unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen that mortgage rates are up and especially if you’re in the real estate business, you know that real estates are…

If you’re selling a house right now that more houses have hit the market, so are you looking for a strategy to make your listing stand out? How about if you offered the buyer a 30 year fixed interest rate in the 3% range? I’m not joking right now. If you are looking at buying…

The Buy A Home Now Or Wait Conundrum-I want to talk about a question that’s on a lot of people’s minds right now, and that is, should I buy a home right now? I mean, mortgage rates are up to the highest level we’ve seen in over 12 years. Home prices are up. We’ve seen…

RJ Baxter: Hi, I’m RJ Baxter from Fairway Independent Mortgage. I’m here with Andrew Sams from Alpine Building Performance, and he’s a home inspector in the area. He’s going to talk a little bit about the importance of the proper water drainage from your house and the kind of damage that it can do if…

I wanted show you guys a quick chart that I saw today that just reinforces what I was talking about earlier in the week on my video about the fact that you’ve probably noticed there’s more homes for sale on the market right now. There’s been more and more listings coming on the market. Some…

FHA Minimum Property Standards ( Click Here to Download image below)       If you are out looking at homes this weekend and you are seeking an FHA loan, or if you’re a real estate agent helping someone that’s seeking an FHA loan, I have got something to share with you today and it’s…

As you’ve probably seen, mortgage rates are up quite a bit over the past four or five months. Let’s talk a little bit about locking in a higher interest rate. Yes, you heard me right. I’m not crazy.  You might want to consider actually locking in a higher than market interest rate, and here’s why.…

Hi, I’m RJ Baxter with Fairway Independent Mortgage, and I’m standing today in front of beautiful Evergreen Lake in Evergreen, Colorado and what better place to talk about credit scores? I’m just kidding, of course, goofy to be talking about credit scores in front of a lake, but nevertheless pulled out my camera here. So…

I want to talk today a little bit about FICO scores and the fact that you probably get several different FICO scores in your snail mail and in your email, or offers to get your credit score for free. And I wanted to talk a little bit about what this credit score means. I don’t…

Inflation on Rental Rates Today we’re going to talk about the effect of inflation on rental rates. If you are a renter watching this video you’re going to want to pay attention. Or if you’re watching this and know a renter please forward this video because this is very important information. Over the last year…