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4 Steps to Minimize the Risk of
Owning a Home
1.Stick with a fixed-rate mortgage. Recent data
shows that adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs, are
increasingly popular, rising from 9 percent of the
mortgage market in the fourth quarter of 2010 to
12 percent in the first quarter of this year. This
might seem crazy to some, but in financially
aggressive crowds, the lure of low, 3 percent(ish)
interest rates on ARMs is enough to overcome any
qualms. As well, today's ARMs tend to have lower
lifetime interest rate caps and require payment of
principal, so they don't adjust as violently as the
subprime interest-only and option ARMs that
contributed to the foreclosure crisis.
2. Put and keep a home warranty in place. One
of the most frightening things about going from
renter to homeowner is the prospect of being
solely responsible for the care and feeding of
your home and all its systems and appliances.
Responsibility for both the costs and the actual
logistics of repairing things like a leaky roof, a
broken hot water heater or a haywire electrical
fixture looms large in the minds of first-time
buyers, in particular.
3.Get repair bids and estimates, not just
inspections. After you find the home of your
dreams (or the home of your budget!) and get into
contract, you'll have a contingency or objection
period ranging from 7 to 17 days during which you
can obtain all the inspections you want. Most
buyers start out with a general property inspection,
a pest inspection and a roof inspection, then get
more specialized inspections if the property calls
from it. Pest and roof inspectors will generally
provide an inspection report AND a repair bid for
any work they find needs to be done.
4. Buy on the 10-year plan. Warren Buffett
once famously advised stock investors to "only
buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to
hold if the market shut down for 10 years." The
same advice is good for buying a home in
today's real estate market. Take on a mortgage
you know you can sustain, buy at a price you can
comfortably afford and avoid having to sell
because you need to move for some urgent
reason, or because the home no longer meets
your needs.
Randy Bett
Investment Realtor/Author/Investor
Real Estate Professionals Inc.
Better Group Real Estate
202-5403 Crowchild Trail NW
Calgary, AB T3B 4Z1
Phone:403-774-7464 Ext:1
Fax:403-208-0082
Toll Free fax:888-711-6801
Randy Bett
www.BetterGroupRealEstate.ca

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4 steps to minimize the risk of owning

  • 1. 4 Steps to Minimize the Risk of Owning a Home
  • 2. 1.Stick with a fixed-rate mortgage. Recent data shows that adjustable rate mortgages, or ARMs, are increasingly popular, rising from 9 percent of the mortgage market in the fourth quarter of 2010 to 12 percent in the first quarter of this year. This might seem crazy to some, but in financially aggressive crowds, the lure of low, 3 percent(ish) interest rates on ARMs is enough to overcome any qualms. As well, today's ARMs tend to have lower lifetime interest rate caps and require payment of principal, so they don't adjust as violently as the subprime interest-only and option ARMs that contributed to the foreclosure crisis.
  • 3. 2. Put and keep a home warranty in place. One of the most frightening things about going from renter to homeowner is the prospect of being solely responsible for the care and feeding of your home and all its systems and appliances. Responsibility for both the costs and the actual logistics of repairing things like a leaky roof, a broken hot water heater or a haywire electrical fixture looms large in the minds of first-time buyers, in particular.
  • 4. 3.Get repair bids and estimates, not just inspections. After you find the home of your dreams (or the home of your budget!) and get into contract, you'll have a contingency or objection period ranging from 7 to 17 days during which you can obtain all the inspections you want. Most buyers start out with a general property inspection, a pest inspection and a roof inspection, then get more specialized inspections if the property calls from it. Pest and roof inspectors will generally provide an inspection report AND a repair bid for any work they find needs to be done.
  • 5. 4. Buy on the 10-year plan. Warren Buffett once famously advised stock investors to "only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years." The same advice is good for buying a home in today's real estate market. Take on a mortgage you know you can sustain, buy at a price you can comfortably afford and avoid having to sell because you need to move for some urgent reason, or because the home no longer meets your needs.
  • 6. Randy Bett Investment Realtor/Author/Investor Real Estate Professionals Inc. Better Group Real Estate 202-5403 Crowchild Trail NW Calgary, AB T3B 4Z1 Phone:403-774-7464 Ext:1 Fax:403-208-0082 Toll Free fax:888-711-6801