Tag Archives: financial advice

Signs a Home May Be Holding You Back

How does a homeowner know it’s time to downsize? How can you help “house poor” clients make smart financial moves? Homeowners can get defensive when they’re struggling to hold onto an expensive home, but ignoring the problem often ends in disaster. Help these clients by counseling them before they enter into a foreclosure situation. Check [...]

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Great Read Roundup: Saving for the Down Payment

An ongoing feature in Tuesday Tactics is our “Great Read Roundup” in which we highlight some of the best pieces we’ve read recently and why they might expand your mind or help with your real estate career. How A Shopping Break Can Redraw The Line Between Want And Need (5 minute read) Why it matters: Both [...]

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Help Students Refinance Debt with Credible

Student debt can be a huge drag on first-time buyers’ ability to purchase a home. What many graduates fail to realize is that they can often save thousands over the lifetime of their loan by refinancing their student debt. Credible is a service which promises to “let you compare personalized loan offers from multiple vetted lenders, [...]

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Gamify Savings with Long Game

The pathway to home ownership is often obstructed by commonplace financial pitfalls. A lack of down payment. Poor credit. Excessive debt. To remedy this, innovative tech companies are searching for ways to make fiscal responsibility fun and engaging. One such company is Long Game. In a country like America, where 40% of the population has zero [...]

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Educate Prospective Buyers with Nerdwallet

Empowering buyers and sellers to make prudent financial decisions is essential to ensuring a healthy real estate market. Credit, affordability, savings, and investment are all areas which have a direct impact on how vibrant or flat the market can be. One of your roles as a real estate pro is helping point your clients to [...]

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