My Mortgage Insurance was financed with the home and does not appear on 1098, can I still deduct it? and if I can how?
The amount is over 2K and it is listed on my Settelment Statement. Mortgage is though Bank of America. I was planning to call IRS and my bank but they are closed on the weekends.

I am planning to buy a house in the state of washington in year 2010. Since I don’t have mortgage, I take the standard deduction now and I am wondering if I can keep doing it next year and still deduct my mortgage interest payments.

I am planning on selling my home. I have a 2nd mortgage through the same bank that holds my original mortgage. Would the bank consider converting the 2nd mortgage to a regular loan? My 2nd mortgage is only 13,000 but it does make a difference with the slow housing market.

Hey,

I’d like to buy a house one day, and I am a full time waitress. I love my job, but trying to get a loan, let alone a mortgage seems nearly impossible. The bank looks at my pay stub, and sees that I make minimum wage. I am wondering if anyone has any advice, or knows how to go about preparing to get a mortgage when it looks like (on paper) I make very little money?
Tips are not recorded on the pay stub, and I claim tips as extra income on my taxes.

I’ve accepted a positon as a mortgage loan officer and it’s been several years since I’ve worked in this industry. I don’t want to walk in cluesless but I know things have changed such as required documents to receive a Good Faith Estimate. Thanks for your help and any tips on being successful are welcomed.