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Bankruptcy Dismissal Versus Bankruptcy Discharge
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Bankruptcy Dismissal Versus Discharge Mortgage Guidelines

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024June 27, 2025

In this blog, we will cover and discuss the difference when qualifying for a mortgage after bankruptcy dismissal versus bankruptcy…

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How Solid Is Your Pre-Approval For Home Purchase Mortgage
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How Solid Is Your Pre-Approval For Home Purchase Mortgage

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024July 29, 2025

This guide covers how solid is your pre-approval for a home purchase mortgage. A mortgage pre-approval letter means that a…

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Mortgage Refinance Costs Can Be Paid With Lender Credit
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Mortgage Refinance Costs Can Be Paid With Lender Credit

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024October 8, 2024

Lenders can cover borrowers’ mortgage refinance costs with a lender, credit in lieu of a higher mortgage rate to the…

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Interest Rate Buydowns
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Interest Rate Buydowns With Seller Concessions on Purchase

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024February 22, 2024

This guide covers interest rate buydowns with seller concessions on purchases. Interest Rate Buydowns are when borrowers pay DISCOUNT POINTSto…

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Advice Selling Home Fast By Real Estate Professionals
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Advice Selling Home Fast By Real Estate Professionals

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024January 12, 2024

This guide covers tips and advice selling home fast by real estate professionals. Many homebuyers have an existing home and…

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Chapter 13 Versus Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
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Chapter 13 Versus Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Mortgage Guidelines

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 11, 2024October 9, 2024

In this blog, we will cover and discuss the mortgage guidelines Chapter 13 versus Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Homebuyers qualifying for…

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FHA Bankruptcy Waiting Periods After Chapters 7 And 13
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FHA Bankruptcy Waiting Periods After Chapters 7 And 13

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 10, 2024January 11, 2024

This article is about FHA Bankruptcy waiting periods after Chapters 7 and 13. FHA Bankruptcy wqiting period requirements were release…

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How Credit Card Balance Affect Debt-To-Income Ratio
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How Credit Card Balance Affect Debt-To-Income Ratio

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 9, 2024January 9, 2024

This guide covers how credit card balance affect debt-to-income ratio for mortgage borrowers. We will discuss the negative impact how…

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What Do Lenders Look in Bank Statements
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What Do Lenders Look in Bank Statements in Mortgage Process

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 9, 2024May 17, 2024

This guide covers what do lenders look in bank statements during the mortgage process. Every mortgage lenders require borrowers to…

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Letter of Explanations
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How To Write Letter of Explanations To Mortgage Underwriters

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 9, 2024July 29, 2025

In this blog, we will cover how to write a letter of explanation to mortgage underwriters. Borrowers planning on applying…

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Manual Underwriting Versus Automated Approval
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Manual Underwriting Versus Automated Approval

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 8, 2024March 26, 2024

This guide covers manual underwriting versus automated approval. There are two types of Automated Underwriting Systems (AUS): Fannie Mae’s Automated…

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Mortgage Process Leading To Closing
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Mortgage Process Leading To Closing For Borrowers

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 7, 2024August 12, 2025

This guide covers the mortgage process leading to closing for borrowers. The home buying and mortgage process leading to closing…

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Fannie Mae Waiting Period After Deed-in-Lieu
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Fannie Mae Waiting Period After Deed-in-Lieu and Short Sale

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 7, 2024June 28, 2024

This guide covers Fannie Mae waiting period after deed-in-lieu and short sale on conventional loans. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae…

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Freddie Mac Foreclosure Guidelines on Conventional Loans
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Freddie Mac Foreclosure Guidelines on Conventional Loans

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 7, 2024February 27, 2024

This article covers Freddie Mac foreclosure guidelines on Conventional loans. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is the nations largest buyers…

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Doctor and Medical Professional Mortgage Loans
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Doctor and Medical Professional Mortgage Loans

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 6, 2024July 29, 2025

Unlock Your Dream Home with Doctor and Medical Professional Mortgage Loans Are you a medical professional dreaming of buying your…

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Compensating Factors on Manual Underwriting
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Compensating Factors on Manual Underwriting

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 6, 2024October 8, 2024

Mortgage Underwriters will require one or more compensating factors for borrowers with higher debt to income ratio on manual underwrites to offset the risk of the higher DTI.

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Freddie Mac Student Loan Guidelines
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Getting a Mortgage With Student Loans

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 6, 2024July 29, 2025

This guide covers getting a mortgage with student loans with high debt-to-income ratio. Getting a mortgage with student loans can…

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Refer-Eligible per Automated Underwriting System
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Refer-Eligible Per Automated Underwriting System Findings

ByGustan Cho Posted onJanuary 2, 2024May 2, 2025

This article will cover and discuss refer-eligible per automated underwriting system findings. All mortgage loan applicants need to go through…

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VA Late Payment After Bankruptcy
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VA Late Payment After Bankruptcy Guidelines on VA Loans

ByGustan Cho Posted onDecember 31, 2023July 26, 2024

This guide covers VA late payment after bankruptcy mortgage guidelines on VA loans. VA loans were created and implemented to…

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Mortgage Rates After Bankruptcy On Government And Conventional Loans
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Mortgage Rates After Bankruptcy

ByGustan Cho Posted onDecember 30, 2023July 26, 2024

This guide covers mortgage rates after bankruptcy on government and conventional loans. There are loan level pricing adjustments (LLPA) charged…

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How Long is a Pre-Approval Valid
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How Long is a Pre-Approval Valid When Shopping For a Home

ByGustan Cho Posted onDecember 28, 2023July 26, 2024

This guide cover how long is a pre-approval valid when shopping for a home. A pre-approval letter is a ticket…

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How Credit Scores Affect Conventional Loans Mortgage Rates
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How Credit Scores Affect Conventional Loans

ByGustan Cho Posted onDecember 27, 2023July 26, 2024

This  guide covers how credit scores affect conventional loans. Two of the most popular mortgage loan programs today are FHA…

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Gustan Cho Associates are Mortgage Advisor licensed in 48 states including Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S Virgin Islands (Not licensed in NY and MA). The team at Gustan Cho Associates has a national reputation of being able to do mortgage loans other mortgage companies cannot do. Gustan Cho Associates dba of NEXA Mortgage has a lending partnerships with over 190 wholesale mortgage lenders with dozens of no overlay lending partners on government and conventional loans and countless non-QM and alternative lending partners. Over 80% of our clients are borrowers who could not qualify at other mortgage companies either due to a last-minute mortgage loan denial due to lender overlays or because the lender did not have the mortgage loan program suited for the borrower. At Gustan Cho Associates, we only market mortgage loan products that exists and are possible.

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      • Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Cash-Out-Buyout
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      • Refinancing NON-QM Loans Into Conventional Mortgages
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    • FHA Home Loans
      • FHA Manual Underwriting
      • FHA Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Guidelines
      • FHA Loans For Bad Credit
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      • FHA Collections
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      • FHA Loan With Judgment
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      • Asset-Depletion
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