Blog & The Lodge Letter
Clear answers for every step of home financing.
Market notes, checklists and loan programs explained in plain English, for first-time buyers, homeowners and investors.
- Waiting for rates to drop? Read this firstWaiting for mortgage rates to drop can cost you. Three ways waiting backfires, plus a fall checklist and a loan program worth knowing about.
- The investor’s financing playbook: 4 tools, 4 different jobsDSCR, hard money, HELOC and conventional investment loans: which financing tool fits which real estate deal.
- Let the rent qualify you: DSCR loans for rent-to-own investorsHow DSCR loans let investors qualify on a property’s rental income instead of tax returns, with a worked example and how rent-to-own deals fit.



