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Why Work with James?
James and his team will educate you on all of your financial options and help you make the right decisions
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Sign all paperwork with your phone. Use our mobile app to create custom on-demand pre-approval letters!
How Does the mortgage process work?
Want to know what happens behind the scenes when you get a mortgage from a lender? Learn the language of real estate financing and what to expect with this helpful infographic.
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Our Borrow Smart Philosophy
Mortgages are so much more than simple rates and fees. With the borrowSMART process, we account for the rate, the fees, the tax benefits, the principal reductions, the leveraged real estate asset value over time, and the opportunity cost of the money used. Find out if you could be SAVING today!
4 Blind Spots to Financial Security
Our roots are in personal finance coaching. Through thousands of hours of observation, we have identified common financial problems that everyone seems to have. The 4 blind spots is an easy way to categorize and work towards SOLVING these problems for families.-
Lack of a Plan
Less than a third of us have ever made any kind of meaningful financial plan.
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Storing Money in Inefficient Places
As money flows into the household, families face difficult decisions on how to prioritize where their hard earned money should go.
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Lack of Fiscal Literacy
Many consumers don’t learn the importance of saving, investing and budgeting while they’re growing up.
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Lack of a Wealth Team
Many consumers don’t have support in making money decisions throughout the year.
Mortgage Rate Calculator
Mortgage calculators are horrible! You can hurt yourself if you don’t use it correctly.
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Featured Posts from James Adair's Mortgage Blog
7 Critical Things to Avoid During the Loan Process
Our new credit environment is fast becoming one of extremely rigid guidelines. Your ability to obtain a mortgage is dependent on the financial scenario presented in the loan application. Think of this application as a snapshot of your existing circumstance. If there are any material changes to this picture, it can mean the difference between having a loan approved, and having it declined.
Is this the top of the Portland Real Estate Market?
***SPOILER ALERT*** I'm not an economist, or statistician. I'm a Portland area mortgage lender, and Portland area home owner, as well as a Portland area landlord. So I feel I'm writing this as an interested bystander with a ring side view of the action. My team and I participate in anywhere from 5-15 purchase transactions per month as of late, so I certainly have some high level anecdotal information to bring to bear here.
Is it Possible to Buy Real Estate with Less Than 20% Down?
A realtor colleague of mine was recently relating his shock to me about how often he is talking to renters who aren't considering buying real estate because they are under the impression that a purchase requires a 20% down payment. This idea couldn't be further from the truth, and this message is sadly often relayed on TV from uninformed talking heads and people who are obviously not real estate professionals. I'm here to tell you the truth, dear blog reader! Isn't that why you read blogs?!