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Dallas Real Estate Financing: What Are We Going To Do About Mortgages for the Self-Employed?

By Candy Evans / April 28, 2011 /

Update to the mortgage story. As I said earlier, mortgage broker Ron Schulz told me over the weekend that the biggest hurdle in mortgage financing now is finding mortgage loans for the self-employed. Those deals are near impossible because most self-employed work off K-1 income to control/limit taxes so when they go to get a…

Can a Second Home Save a Marriage? Dallas Real Estate as Marriage Savior, Cheaper than Divorce?

By Candy Evans / April 22, 2011 /

Ask Candy – a reader writes: My wife and I are not getting along, but we do not want to get a divorce for financial and religious reasons. I have enough cash for a down payment and was approved for a mortgage to buy a small house from foreclosure here in Dallas. But get this:¬†…

Is This Really the Best Time to Buy a House in Dallas? Turn Your Dial to 1160 am Saturday Morning!

By Candy Evans / April 21, 2011 /

Kind of psyched to be on the radio airwaves with the one and only Ron Schultz of Reliance Mortgage this Saturday, 11:00 to 12 noon, radio 1160 am to talk real estate for a whole hour! Just so happens some celebrity scoop is coming down the pike and if you listen in to Radio Reliance…

SOS: I Have a Buyer — Finally — But I’ll Only Net $3,000!

By Candy Evans / April 5, 2011 /

A Reader who has had her house on the market for over a year writes: Dear Candy: It has been a nightmare trying to sell my home in Prosper. I’m a single mother of two. I paid about $280,000 for my home 2.5 years ago. Been on the market for two years. One buyer came…

Ask Candy: Is a Washer & Dryer in the Master Good or Bad?

By Candy Evans / April 1, 2011 /

A reader writes:  “What is your professional opinion of having a washer dryer in a master suite closet? I have had people either love it or hate it, so I had my architect draw up a separate utility room that would be accessible from the kitchen in my home at Westlake. I also have a…