Tag: NMLS 1110647

A practical guide to bankruptcy after refinance possibility.

A practical guide to divorce need to remove spouse from mortgage.

Mortgage rate locking can protect your refinance payment. See lock timing, costs, extensions, and break-even math before you commit to a rate for your home.

A practical guide to streamline refinance explained.

A practical guide to credit card debt overwhelming homeowner.

Duane Buziak, NMLS #1110647, compares six options for a secure document upload mortgage application, covering portals, apps and account linking, how much sensitive data each requests, and what to verify with your lender. A refinance example shows why protecting your pay stubs, bank statements and tax returns matters as much as the rate.

Self employed mortgage refinance options come down to matching your documentation path to how your income shows up on paper. This playbook from Duane Buziak walks through seven routes, from full tax returns and bank statements to streamline loans and cash-out debt consolidation, with a worked break-even example so you can see when refinancing pays off.

No law sets a universal waiting period, but lender seasoning rules by loan type typically put the answer to “soon after buying a house can I refinance” between about 6 months and a year. This 2026 guide covers those rules, the break-even math (a $6,000 cost on a 7.0% to 6.0% refinance pays back around month 23), and the costs and equity limits that catch recent buyers.

A Rocket Mortgage comparison for refinance shoppers: costs, service, VA IRRRL options, and soft-pull quotes in VA, FL, TN, and GA. Compare with a broker.

A bank statement loan refinance lets self-employed homeowners prove income with 12 or 24 months of business deposits instead of tax returns. Duane Buziak walks through a worked break-even example, who qualifies, what it costs compared with a conventional refinance, and the steps to close.