That's a good point about smaller banks and credit unions. When I started looking for my first home, my income was steady but came from freelance gigs...

That's a really insightful way to frame it. When I was deciding whether to buy my first home, I kept getting stuck between playing it safe or taking a...

Yeah, good advice. I just went through my first appraisal and was surprised how random some of the comparisons seemed. Felt like they were just throwi...

I noticed the same thing about appraisal fees. When I was shopping around, one lender quoted almost double what another did for basically the exact sa...