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Are mortgage points really worth it? In many cases, they can save you money on a loan. But be careful; that lower rate might not be worth the cash you put up! It’s important to run the numbers...
Tehane Gallimore
Tehane is a licensed NC REALTOR/Broker, the co-owner, co-manager, and the broker in charge for Wayfinder Homes LLC. She is also our in-house real estate photographer. Tehane is a graduate of the University of Colorado and has multiple years of working in the medical laboratory and related information systems industry. Tehane enjoys rock climbing, yoga, exercise, reading, and cuddling with her daughters.
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The Federal Reserve has been actively trying to tame inflation for over a year now. Since March 2022, the central bank has hiked its benchmark interest rate 11 times—all in hopes of getting inflation down below 2%.
While the...
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The housing market “recession” is…over? At least, that’s what some economists think. But it doesn’t feel so stable for the rest of us real estate investors. Home prices are still dropping in some markets, teetering on stability in...
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Knowing how to budget is one thing. Knowing how to budget for a pricey pregnancy and future family is another. So, how do you smoothly go from a couple used to saving thousands of dollars every month to...
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In the first half of 2023, only 14 of every 1,000 U.S. homes changed hands. That’s down from 19 out of every 1,000 during the same period in 2019 and represents the lowest share in at least a decade.
Needless to...
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At the end of July, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) had nearly 1.6 million members, which works out to about 2.4 Realtors for every home actively for sale. A report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) notes the surfeit of...
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No real estate investing journey is ever sunshine and rainbows, but some are certainly more difficult than others. Many rookie investors are either so fearful of making a mistake that they experience “analysis paralysis” or are so eager...
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I believe that in order to actually quit your job and retire early, you will need to make some radical, suboptimal, and tax-inefficient decisions regarding your portfolio.
Please bear with me, as I am still working through this theory...
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The real estate market has been all over the place lately. On the one hand, home prices have fallen year over year, while the number of homes for sale declined in July, according to Realtor.com’s latest housing data....
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It’s no secret that home prices have skyrocketed in recent years. A lack of housing supply relative to demand, coupled with a rise in inflation and interest rates, has kept the median home sale price much higher than before the...