Owner financing is an arrangement in which an owner or seller, rather than a bank or mortgage lender, extends financing to a buyer. This can be a viable option for buyers who don’t qualify for a ...

Q: Marsha, I’ve been renting my home for 10 years. The owner has decided to sell. I love it here. He said he’d sell the home to me for a reasonable price. If I put money into the transaction, a down ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

There are at least two good reasons a potential home buyer may turn to owner financing. Perhaps their credit score is not high enough to qualify for a traditional mortgage, or they're hoping to buy ...

Many years ago, a friend of mine came to me with an intriguing business problem. He had long wanted to start his own business. He had decided that he wanted to buy either an existing business or a ...

Seller financing is not common in the Washington area real estate market but crops up often enough that there are professionals available locally to advise buyers and homeowners who choose it over a ...

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Reina Marszalek has more than 10 years of experience in personal finance and is a former senior mortgage editor at Credible. Fox Money is a personal finance hub featuring content generated by Credible ...