204 - STEP THREE - Credit Score
How to Buy a Home: The #1 First Time Home Buyer Podcast
David Sidoni
4.8 • 891 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
David is onto step THREE in his series that shows you how to buy a home. Credit scores can feel overwhelming and David gets it: yes, they can be hard to navigate. Thankfully, David is going to tell-all in this latest episode where he talks ALL things credit so you are armed and dangerous when it comes to prepping to buy your first home.
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| 0:00.0 | Credit scores. They're seen as a necessary evil to a stable financial future, and there is a ton of |
| 0:09.8 | information out there and misinformation. A lot of times they're talking about that four-letter word, |
| 0:16.2 | FICO. With so many varying tips and tricks being given you by so many different people, |
| 0:21.8 | how do you know what are the best personal steps for you? |
| 0:25.5 | When do you do them and how? |
| 0:27.7 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm over here. What is happening? |
| 0:44.8 | My How to Buy a Homies. |
| 0:46.2 | I'm David Sidoni, and welcome back to episode four of this step-by-step, |
| 0:50.3 | How to Buy a Home Educational Series. |
| 0:52.6 | Time to talk about everybody's favorite credit scores. |
| 0:56.2 | Now, in the podcast library from season one, I have six, count them six entire episodes dedicated |
| 1:02.8 | to this one topic, credit scores. So you guys know this is important. The better your score, |
| 1:09.1 | the more options you're going to have to get a better |
| 1:11.0 | mortgage interest rate on your loan, not to mention a better selection of loan products. Both of |
| 1:16.8 | those things can save you lots of money at the beginning and over the 30 years of your loan. |
| 1:21.5 | Or they might even help you just to qualify for the loan in the first place. Now, there are |
| 1:26.4 | three hours of content already recorded. |
| 1:30.3 | There's individual episodes on credit. |
| 1:32.5 | There are interviews and tips all throughout the old back catalog and library. |
| 1:37.9 | All that's in season one. |
| 1:39.5 | If you're looking for the specifics, it's episode 3, 8, 56, 61, 64, and 90. Got that good, I'm moving on. |
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