Ahmad Taha

  • Money Saving Strategies for Prospective Home Buyers

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    Saving enough money for a down payment on a home is one of the biggest hurdles keeping prospective home buyers from actually buying. In the last few years, this has been truer than ever with record high inflation and interest rate increases. In general, where I live in the northeast, it’s safe to say most…

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  • 5 Things to do before selling your house

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    Selling your home can be a daunting tasking, especially because of the laundry list of to-dos you must manage. This being said, if you’re working with a skilled real estate agent, these tasks can be made much simpler and the process much less stressful for sellers. Nonetheless, here are some things to consider doing before…

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  • Why Multi-Family homes can open more doors

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    There is no denying that with today’s economic status, inflation, and interest rates, some new home buyers are having a hard time qualifying for a home. There is one tactic worth looking into that may help with this, and that is buying multi-family. You see the thing is, when you qualify for a single family…

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  • 5 things you must do before buying a home

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    With competitive markets across the country along with uncertain financial times and elevated inflation, it can be easy to be overwhelmed over the prospect of buying a home. That being said, if’s simpler than you think. I’ve broken it down into 5 items that once you’ve completed, you should be in a great spot to…

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  • When should you use your equity?

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    There is no denying, the cost of debt has risen over the last several years. This raises questions around buying, selling, and refinancing. This is especially true for those with a lot of equity in their home. This is a difficult question to answer, and though we can’t give investment advice, it’s also important to…

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  • Equity vs. Cashflow : What’s more important?

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    In the real estate world, the words “cash flow” and “appreciation” get thrown around a lot. What are they and how do they affect our real estate purchases? I will explain in detail below.  Cash flow is the difference between the rent you collect on a property and your monthly expenses (things like your mortgage,…

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  • Opening doors with Seller Financing

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    Seller Financing Explained  In an era of unprecedented interest rate hikes and inflation, these variables have forced many home buyers to improvise and get creative with how they acquire homes. Though you may think this was the inception of seller financing, the fact of the matter is seller financing has been around long before these…

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  • Using Seller Credits to Your Advantage

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    As a buyer in a competitive market, it is difficult to make your offer standout, particularly if you need the seller to bend on things they might be asking for. Remember the days of waiving all contingencies on an offer to compete with other buyers? Unfortuantely, we are not out of the woods yet and…

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  • Low-Cost, High Impact Projects that drastically change a room

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    In this article I’m going to talk about some relatively affordable solutions for many modern-day eye sores in our home, or simply outdated features/fixtures. To be clear, when I say high impact, I don’t mean things that will necessarily increase value, I am talking about things that make a significant visual change or alter the…

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  • First Time Home-Buyer nervousness and ways to combat it. 

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    As a first time home buyer, it sets in rather quickly that you are making one of the most expensive (potentially THE most expensive) purchases of your life. Even if you luck out with a low money down mortgage program, you are still typically putting down thousands of dollars, which can be unnerving for anybody.…

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