This is the one I most want you to read, because on paper it's the least dramatic of the three. MM was buying her first home in Mesa, conventional financing. The property had only been on the market for 24 days. It appraised at $396,000 against a $395,000 purchase price. A thousand dollars over. Bar

Brokered by W & Partners, Elevated Home Real Estate Most people think of buying a home as a monthly bill. It’s easier to understand as a savings account you happen to live in. Here’s what that looked like for one of my clients over the last five-plus years. In September 2020, they bought their first

When my clients bought their first home in 2020, the math wasn’t comfortable. Their mortgage came in about $200 a month over what they were paying in rent, and that kind of leap can feel scary, especially the first time. They made the brave decision anyway. A little over five years later, it’s one o