Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers: An Industry Insider Explains How to Save Thousands on Your Mortgage or Re-Finance - Softcover

Warren, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470097833 ISBN 13: 9780470097830

Publisher: Wiley, 2007

Synopsis

Mortgage Rip-offs and Money Savers reveals how the mortgage industry cheats borrowers out of billions in extra costs every year. Mortgage industry insider Carolyn Warren taps her decade of experience with lenders to expose the tricks, lies, and dirty little secrets they don't want you to know. With her expert guidance, borrowers will save tens of thousands when they avoid the traps so many consumers fall into. Having this inside information is the only way borrowers can truly get the best possible deal. This book presents that knowledge in an interesting and easy format that anyone can understand. Readers won't be victims of the mortgage industry with this invaluable resource in hand. Instead, they'll get the best possible rates, avoid bogus fees, and get the great deal they deserve.

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About the Author

Carolyn Warren was a mortgage industry insider for ten years, and worked in retail and wholesale lending for some of the nation's largest lenders, including Full Spectrum Lending/Countrywide Home Loans, Long Beach Mortgage/Ameriquest, First Franklin, and Green Tree Financial/Conseco.

From the Back Cover

Praise for Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers

"Carolyn Warren better get a bodyguard. Her new tell-all on the mortgage industry exposes so many of the lending industry's favorite frauds, every loan officer from Seattle to Miami is going to be gunning for her! Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers is like a map that guides you around the carefully camouflaged landmines laid by lenders. And it gives you simple, step-by-step directions for saving tens of thousands of dollars. If you're looking for ways to save a king's ransom on your mortgage and monthly payments, you simply must read this book."
Clayton Makepeace, founder and President, The Profit Center

"Finally someone from inside the mortgage industry has come in from the cold and laid out the 'dirty little secrets' of the home loan business. Read this book and you will be less likely to get fleeced on your next mortgage application."
Kenneth Harney, Washington Post nationally syndicated real estate columnist

"I wish I had read this book before I started investing in real estate. Carolyn Warren has identified all the major dangers amateur real estate investors need to be aware of and provided many useful tips for getting the right price and the best financing."
Michael Masterson, New York Times bestselling author of Automatic Wealth

"Ever wonder if you're paying too much for a home loan? Carolyn Warren spills the beans and shows how lenders make excess profits, how consumer costs are hidden, and what you can do about it. This is a guide well worth reading before searching for a home loan."
Peter G. Miller, nationally syndicated real estate columnist

"Wow! Educational and fun to read! Getting a mortgage without first reading Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers is like going into the forest on a dark night without a flashlight. Carolyn shines the spotlight right on every trouble spot. I'm putting it on our 'must-read' list."
Dan Barnett, CFO, enSphere, LLC

From the Inside Flap

Praise for Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers

"Carolyn Warren better get a bodyguard. Her new tell-all on the mortgage industry exposes so many of the lending industry's favorite frauds, every loan officer from Seattle to Miami is going to be gunning for her! Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers is like a map that guides you around the carefully camouflaged landmines laid by lenders. And it gives you simple, step-by-step directions for saving tens of thousands of dollars. If you're looking for ways to save a king's ransom on your mortgage and monthly payments, you simply must read this book."
—Clayton Makepeace, founder and President, The Profit Center

"Finally someone from inside the mortgage industry has come in from the cold and laid out the 'dirty little secrets' of the home loan business. Read this book and you will be less likely to get fleeced on your next mortgage application."
—Kenneth Harney, Washington Post nationally syndicated real estate columnist

"I wish I had read this book before I started investing in real estate. Carolyn Warren has identified all the major dangers amateur real estate investors need to be aware of and provided many useful tips for getting the right price and the best financing."
—Michael Masterson, New York Times bestselling author of Automatic Wealth

"Ever wonder if you're paying too much for a home loan? Carolyn Warren spills the beans and shows how lenders make excess profits, how consumer costs are hidden, and what you can do about it. This is a guide well worth reading before searching for a home loan."
—Peter G. Miller, nationally syndicated real estate columnist

"Wow! Educational and fun to read! Getting a mortgage without first reading Mortgage Rip-Offs and Money Savers is like going into the forest on a dark night without a flashlight. Carolyn shines the spotlight right on every trouble spot. I'm putting it on our 'must-read' list."
—Dan Barnett, CFO, enSphere, LLC

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470097833
• ISBN 13: 9780470097830
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 252