1. No Time like the First Time
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... site, ERA.com, reaches around the globe to bring up-to-date listings directly to you. ERA Mortgage offers loan programs expressly designed to meet the needs of qualified first-time homebuyers. The path ...

2. Playing It Safe: Security Measures for Homesellers
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... a program such as ERA Mortgage; such a process not only enables a background check on the prospective buyer, but also helps determine their seriousness as customers and saves you time. It's always a relief ...

3. The Price Is Right: Finding Home Financing to Suit Every Budget
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... homeowners needlessly. One of the biggest is that buyers need 20 percent of the purchase price ready as a down payment to purchase a home. But today several specialized mortgage programs require little ...

4. First Time's the Charm: Tips for Beginning Homebuyers
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... every income. For example, ERA Mortgage offers more than 100 different loan products, and one is likely to fit your unique financing needs. Once you've gained confidence in that area, it's important to ...

5. Doubling Your Investment: Do Income-Generating Properties Pay?
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... This offers not only an obvious balance of cost and income, but perhaps lesser-known benefits in taxes and mortgage. The rental units can be depreciated over time; considered to offset the rental income, ...

6. Rooms for Improvement: The Joys and Challenges of Fixer-Uppers
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... can we advise you on financing options (like the extensive alternatives available through ERA Mortgage), but we also often have fixer-uppers we'd love to find the right buyer for, and can call you about ...

7. When a Home is Not a House: Condo Pros and Cons
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... value). These last two points are certainly ones in which the expertise of your local real estate professional can come in handy (and with its ERA Mortgage brand, [INSERT COMPANY NAME] is one company ...

8. Confidence Builder: Make the Most of Newly-Constructed Homes
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... what kinds you wish to live around. Understand what's in your contract. Do what you can to protect a favorable mortgage rate from the financial fluctuations that can occur over the course of construction. ...

9. Paying It Forward: How Renters Become Buyers
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... and renting one half of it could be another. Even if your economics remain challenging, there are low-down-payment mortgages, and other forms of financing for special circumstances, available to buyers ...