I've never personally had luck challenging an appraisal based solely on upgrades. From my experience, appraisers are pretty rigid about sticking to co...

Did you run into any appraisal issues? When I refinanced mine, the appraisal came back lower than expected and threw a wrench in things...still glad I...

I've done the bi-weekly payment thing for my mortgage for about 5 years now, and honestly, it's not some magical hack—but it does help. Basically, you...

Couldn't agree more. Did you factor in potential rate caps when you ran your numbers? Those ceilings saved me big-time when rates jumped unexpectedly....

Yeah, I think you're onto something with the emotional vs. practical angle. From what I've noticed, it really depends on the buyer's past experiences ...