Author: Sammy Lyon

Real Estate for Social Good

How to Improve Your Credit to Buy a Home

How to Improve Your Credit to Buy a Home: First-Time Homebuyer Q&A Free Video Replay If you’re looking to buy a house and want to get your credit in the best shape possible, you’ll want to see these 5 tips on how to boost your credit score quickly and efficiently. Shiva Bhaskar from Tier One…
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How to Improve Your Credit to Buy a Home

I came to real estate through education. So for me, helping people buy and sell homes is only part of the work I do. Providing financial literacy education along with my real estate services is also how I support folks on the path to homeownership and financial freedom. (And the good thing is… I really…
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21+ Questions to Ask a Property Manager For Your Rental

Renting out your house or investment property can be an excellent source of passive income. Once you start earning income is when your home finally becomes an asset! However, you want to make sure your investment is well-protected, and that you’re not fixing toilets all the time. One way to do this is to work…
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How do you pre-qualify for a loan?

Docs your lender will ask for Okay, you are ready to buy a house! The one! With the yard! But…if you’re like most people, first you have to talk to a lender, get your finances in order and apply for a mortgage. Yikes! Where to start? Here is a typical list of documents your lender…
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You have a new review from Jason

Thank you Jason! Love working with you. “Have greatly enjoyed working with Sammy over the past year on real estate projects. Attention to detail, great communication, and expertise– exactly what I’m looking for in partners/realtors. Highly recommend!”

Down Payment Assistance for Educators and Healthcare Workers

Down Payment Assistance for Educators and Healthcare Workers: First-Time Homebuyer Q&A Free Video Replay Did you know there are down payment assistance programs for teachers, school support staff & administrators, medical staff, EMT’s, nurses, firefighters and first responders? Fiona Bryan from Academy Mortgage and Sammy Lyon from Dow Capital answer questions on this live Zoom…
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Down Payment Assistance for Educators & First Responders

I was in education for 11 years before I got into real estate. One of the things I wanted most was to buy a house. Not because I was trying to keep up with the Joneses. Or because it was what I was “supposed” to do.  But because I dreamed of a beautiful homestead with wood floors,…
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From Teacher to Real Estate Investor

Over the past couple years I became interested in housing, and how to re-think the traditional “get a J.O.B., buy a house, work til you die to pay off the mortgage” narrative for my life. Maybe many of us are questioning that too, given the current state of the world? As an educator, I also…
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How I Invested in Real Estate with Only $10K

Tony J. Robinson, real estate investor himself and host of the Your First Real Estate Investment podcast, is now co-host of the Bigger Pockets Real Estate Rookie podcast! Before he got famous, I got a chance to talk with him about what it was like doing my first real estate investment. Starting with $10K down,…
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You have a new review from Joe

“I have done several transactions with Sammy so far. I can’t think of a better person to deal with. Sammy is a true professional and such a joy to work with. I highly recommend!” Thank you Joe! You do great work.