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Mortgage basics, plainly explained.

One concept per page, written the way a person would explain it across a kitchen table. No rates quoted, nothing to sign, just the parts of a mortgage people usually pretend to understand. 401 guides, in five topics.

Sixty seconds on why nobody explains a mortgage properly, and what this page does about it.

VA Loans 98 guides

Purchase, IRRRL and cash-out refinance guides for Arizona veterans, plus entitlement, the funding fee and the VA appraisal.

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Refinance 110 guides

Cash-out, rate-and-term, FHA streamline and HELOC comparisons, and how to tell whether a refinance is worth doing.

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