How to Get a Great Mortgage
Motley Fool Answers
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🗓️ 7 August 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Ascent’s Austin Smith is back to share advice on how to get the best mortgage for you. We’ll also cover the growing menace of robocalls and Bro introduces us to another Philanthropist Next Door.
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| 0:43.4 | promo code fool during checkout. This is Motleyful Answers. I'm Alison Southwick and I'm joined |
| 0:51.2 | as always by Robert Brokamp, personal finance expert here at the Molly Fool. |
| 0:55.5 | Hey, Allison. |
| 0:56.2 | In today's episode, we're joined once again by The Assents, Austin Smith. |
| 0:59.5 | He's got advice about how to get a great mortgage. |
| 1:02.3 | Also, I'm going to get snappy about something that's been bugging me. |
| 1:05.8 | And Bro is going to introduce us to another philanthropist next door. |
| 1:09.7 | All that and more on this week's episode of Molecful Answers. |
| 1:13.6 | So, Alison, what's up? |
| 1:15.5 | Oh, I'll tell you what's up, Brosef. |
| 1:17.5 | Every day, I get at least two robocalls, and I am sick of it. |
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