Home Buyers—Review and analyze your finances, calculate your costs, learn how to avoid costly mistakes, search or browse the Realtor.com (MLS) listings for San Antonio, Texas, (and elsewhere), check the current mortgage loan rates and trends, find a lender, learn what you need to know about buyer agency and what representation by a buyer agent means to you, and keep up with news about the real estate, mortgage and financial markets.
Home Sellers—Learn how to avoid costly mistakes and maximize your returns, calculate costs, learn what you need to know about real estate agency, and keep up with news about the real estate and mortgage markets.
Home Owners—Still paying PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance)? Thinking about refinancing?—Learn how to stop paying PMI sooner than expected, and get the low-down on your refinance options.
For Sale By Owners—Find a number of useful tools and sources of information—including insights to the FSBO dot coms that they would rather you did not know.
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About My San Antonio Associate—Information about MySanAntonioAssociate.com, my services, Century 21 Smith & Associates and an overview of the site content.
About Real Estate Agency—The most important information you will find on MySanAntonioAssociate.com! Find out why a buyer agency agreement is absolutely necessary to assure that you are represented when you buy a home.
Buyer Info—The information in this section includes: A baker's dozen of the worst mistakes home buyers make • Home Buyer FAQ • Buyer's Closing Costs • calculators & more.
Seller Info—Order a free analysis of your home's value • A baker's dozen of the worst mistakes home sellers make • Seller's Net Proceeds • calculators & more.
FSBO Info—Advice and information that every FSBO should consider before putting a sign in their front yard, and the tools needed to take care of the buyer's needs and close the transaction.
Newcomer Info—Welcome to San Antonio! Learn a little about your new home and orient yourself to the sources of information that will help your transition.
Homeowner Info—Home owner finances and refinancing info • If you bought your home as little as five years ago with less than 20% down, you may be able to retire your Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) payments much earlier than you expected. Learn about this and the various ways to refinance and/or use the equity in your home.
Current Mortgage Loan Rates—See a table of current mortgage financing rates offered by America's leading lenders, view trend graphs for several popular loan types and find a lender with the Bankrate.com mortgage loan search engine.
Find a Lender—Find a lender with the Bankrate.com and Interest.com mortgage loan search engines, see a table of the current mortgage financing rates offered by America's leading lenders and view trend graphs for several popular loan types.
Mortgage Loan Calculators—A whole range of mortgage and financial calculators!—Pre-qualify for a loan (see how much you can borrow) with the loan qualification calculator, use the monthly payments calculator and amortization schedule, compare interest rates to decide if mortgage refinancing is for you on the loan comparison calculator and several other useful calculators that answer the questions like, "How much will my tax deduction be?"—Plus debt management calculators that will help you work out a debt reduction strategy to keep more of your income for the things that matter most to you.
Area Info—Link categories to area Arts & Theater, Attractions, Child-care Information, County & Municipal Governments (in and around San Antonio), Law Enforcement, Fire & EMS Services, Employment resources, Hospitals and Medical Facilities, Places of Worship, Area Builders, Financial Institutions, Schools, Utilities, Shopping, Sports, Universities and Colleges.
Oak Ridge Village & Hunter's Mill—The neighborhood where I live. Find information about the nighborhood home owners associations, school district and schools serving the neighborhood, and news that affects the area.
Helpful Links—A potpourri of links of interest for home owners, sellers and buyers, including pre-configured SuperPages Directory searches for the services you will need when buying or selling a home.
Local Weather—Will you need an umbrella and galoshes or a parasol, or a jacket or heavy coat while you are out of doors today or tomorrow?
Relocation Services—Put the World's largest real estate professional referral network to work for you.
Learn About Your Right To Equal Housing Opportunity—An outline of your rights, sources of more information and contact information for the legal and professional authorities tasked with enforcement of Equal Housing Opportunity.
Link Partners—Find real estate professionals and related businesses from around Texas, the US and the World who are committed to serving your needs.
San Antonio MLS Listings— This is the REALTOR.com database, a searchable abstract of the San Antonio, Texas, area Multiple Listing Service (MLS). It contains the full content of the San Antonio MLS listings of homes for sale in San Antonio—and, unlike other agency IDX applications, it can be used to search other areas in the United States and Cananda served by the MLS.
Featured Listings—The newest listings from Century 21 Smith & Associates.
Real Estate Glossary—Definitions and explanation of terms commonly encountered in the real estate business.
BLOG—Personal and business related posts—Learn a little more about me, and read what I have to say about timely issues related to the real estate business and market.
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