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Tom Kelly
Tom Kelly
The Real Estate Adviser
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July 10, 2003

Know a good loan rep? It's worth a few calls

By TOM KELLY
The Real Estate Advisor

The warning light flashed in my head the other day when the second person in a week said they "were just going to contact the lender suggested by my real estate agent."

The tender thread in the second case was the age of the buyer -- a 79-year-old widow. The woman simply wanted the entire home-and-loan package completed as soon as possible and was more concerned about the speed of the closing than the terms of the mortgage.


 
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