Invest in a home without losing your caboose.

Mark can engineer it.

After years of riding the crazy train, the Austin housing market is finally getting back on track. Slowly but surely prices are going in the right direction for buyers. Mark and his team have the expertise, the right loan strategy, and the long-range vision to keep your home buying and wealth building plans chugging along.

The gravy train has left the station.

Let’s be frank: the insane price increases of the past few years have left home buyers (and mortgage lenders!) feeling railroaded. What was a gravy train for sellers was a train wreck for buyers. But the market is course correcting: there are more homes available and they are staying on the market longer. This means the prices are coming down (or at least stabilizing and remaining flat), and competition is less heated. All of this makes it a good time to buy. Bonus: if you work with Mark, his no-lender fee auto-refi policy lets you easily jump on board future lower interest rates. Double bonus: your home’s value will almost always appreciate over time, making you the conductor of your own gravy train.

I think I can, I think I can…

Don’t think it. KNOW it! Always get pre-approved if you’re serious about buying. Like an engineer looking out for a cow on the tracks ahead, you can never identify a problem too soon. Surprises, like livestock, are best seen early. And pre-approval is good forever as long as nothing changes with your income and credit. Keep your documents updated to show your income and debt level are still the same. Don’t think about major job changes or big purchases (or even getting that Old Navy credit card they always try to sell you) until after closing. The Little Engine that could… because it had a steady job and good credit.