Mortgages.....

[BrianinMD]

Getting a mortgage is a painful ordeal, every time I turn around they need more paperwork. Will be glad when this is all done. It will be all worth it but the process is crazy.

[whitwolf]

That It Is. I have bought several homes In my lifetime and can safely say It's always a pain in the butt. As you said though It Is worth it. Congratulations Brian!

[Redlinerobert]

Congratulations Brian!  

[BrianinMD]

Thanks, I have not bought a house since 1999 and things have changed a lot.

Will be going from a small townhouse in the middle of way to many people, to a custom cape cod on 6 acres with a 3 stall horse barn with very few people around. Cannot wait to sit on the porch in the morning with a cup of coffee and listen to nothing....

[Senko lover]

Nice place man!!

[Jtrout]

Congratulations! Yeah its a pain with all the paper work. Where in md are you moving to?

[BrianinMD]

Moving out of Germantown to just outside Frederick.

[Nice_Bass]

being in the industry now 10 years a quick bit of advice...

get the lo everything you can as quick as you can.  Most of the things we ask for we also disagree with, however we no longer get to win many arguments with regulation or underwriters.

Its quite an overly complicated process and nothing like buying a car, etc. which some folks always think it should be easy as (not relating this to you). 

[fishinfiend]

very nice!

[BrianinMD]

Nice_Bass, we actually just got the "conditional approval" from the underwriter. They are only asking for 4 more things, all pretty easy. Hopefully this will be it, and we do not close until the 29th so should be in pretty good shape.

Our closing was pushed out because the sellers asked for extra time to get the house/barn packed up and the horses moved. It helped us too so we agreed.

[Gundog]

I feel your pain Brian. I had to postpone my closing so I could get even more info and a inspection for the bank. The hole process took way too long and cost way too much. I'm still not sure what all the fees I had to pay to the bank were for but in the end I got my house. And I learned a lot about the mortgage process than anybody ever told me. So if I ever go to buy a new home I will know not to. Cause it just aint worth the hassle.