{"id":2006,"date":"2012-09-12T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T21:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/?p=2006"},"modified":"2013-12-05T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T19:42:39","slug":"things-to-consider-when-buying-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/2012\/09\/12\/things-to-consider-when-buying-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Consider When Buying a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/2012\/09\/12\/things-to-consider-when-buying-a-home\/things-to-consider\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2007\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2007\" title=\"Things to consider\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Things-to-consider-276x300.png\" width=\"151\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Things_To_Consider_When_Buying_a_Home\" target=\"_blank\">Things to Consider When Buying a Home<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Are you, a friend or family member in the market for a new home? Especially for first-time home-buyers, the process of deciding how much home you can afford and obtaining a mortgage can be a bit daunting. Read on for detailed information and important tips about the home-buying process, finding the best mortgage for you, the tax benefits of home ownership, and tips on homeowner\u2019s insurance. Not buying a home right now? Forward <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Things_To_Consider_When_Buying_a_Home\" target=\"_blank\">this article<\/a> to a friend or family member who is!\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Things_To_Consider_When_Buying_a_Home\" target=\"_blank\">(Read Here)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>.<br \/>\nTo learn about retirement savings, download my free eBook, \u201c<a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/..\/10-tips-you-need-to-know-about-your-ira-rollover\/\" target=\"_blank\">10 Tips You Need to Know About Your IRA Rollover<\/a>.\u201d This short book is packed with critical information that will help you make the right decisions about your retirement savings.<br \/>\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6RwE-Gw_E-s?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things to Consider When Buying a Home Are you, a friend or family member in the market for a new home? Especially for first-time home-buyers, the process of deciding how much home you can afford and obtaining a mortgage can be a bit daunting. Read on for detailed information and important tips about the home-buying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[74],"tags":[598,595,154,398],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2p1nA-wm","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/blog.bradpine.com\/2010\/05\/28\/coming-up-short-on-mortgages\/","url_meta":{"origin":2006,"position":0},"title":"Coming Up Short on Mortgages","author":"Bradford Pine","date":"May 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Real estate short sales involve the sale of a property for less than the amount owed on the mortgage. 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