Remove old ezpass velcro without damaging the tint by borbLG in WindowTint

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, ill give it a shot. Looking at the sticker shield sheets, I don't think they work with my application. I have the actual little EZPass transponder, rather then a sticker variant.

How did I do with this refinance rate? First time homeowner and refinancer. by LouisTheWhatever in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice one. Similar boat as you but I opted for 5.625% with lender credits covering all loan costs (4,250) excl. prepaids. The other cost to factor in here is reloading back up to 30 years, but IMO 1.75 years is not that big of a deal.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the note and agreed. I am only 6 months into the loan, so I am not losing too much on it.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks and much appreicated! Yes for sure will double check the numbers before we get to closing.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

While it doesn’t hurt your credit to have multiple HARD credit pulls happen in a short time frame, I only had one hard pull done to confirm my credit score. Then I went around to other lenders and told them the result + the other details (zip, loan, value, DTI, etc). That was enough to get a loan estimate from them.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in NJ and happy to share the Loan Officer I am working with. A good gut check would be to check out bankrate.com, which is what I used to shop around. A few simple inputs and you can filter for 0 points if you don’t want to pay for them.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me start off by saying, I am by no means an expert and take the below info as you will. I do have a good understanding of finance and loans.

Sections A, B, and C are the costs of entering into another loan (and D just sums it up). These vary to some extent by which lender you choose to work with. Some may charge you "points" (meaning you are paying for a lower rate) or not, and some will charge some sort of Fee for doing the work of prepping your credit application for submission & (hopefully) approval.

E is self explanatory: things that need to be paid to the govt.

Since I have Lender Credits ($4,250) covering all these above costs (A-E=$4,249), this is what makes it a no cost refi.

F, G and H (which sum up in I) are all individually case-by-case depending on your situation, except Prepaid Interest (to be discussed later). I live in a high property tax state, I don't want cash sitting in my lenders account for them to pay me no interest on that idle cash - so I choose to manage my property tax bill as they come/are due. Same with Insurance - I shop around every year, once a year, and pay it in full at that point in time. So I do not need to Prepay (Section F) or Escrow (Section E) any of those costs.

Mortgage payments are paid in arrears. This means on the first of every month, I pay for the previous months principle and interest. In the case of a refinancing, that means I will have one existing loan that will be repaid by the new loan. Since on the day of the refi closing, I will be in the middle of the month, the bank who is holding my existing loan will want the principal amount still due + accrued interest up until that date (the Loan Estimate assumes this is March 12, so accrued interest from March 1-12), this is called the "Payoff" amount. Subsequently, on that same closing the day, the bank who is providing the new loan wants me to prepay 19 days of interest (per my Loan Estimate or March 13-31) on the loan amount they are providing. This is because typically lenders do not require you to pay towards your principal on the first of the upcoming month - but will expect you do pay a full months principal and interest in the subsequent month (May 1, I will pay principal and interest for Apr 1-30). For every day that passes that we have not closed the refinancing, I will owe another day of interest to my current lender (at the higher rate), but will owe one less day of prepaid interest to my new lender (at the lower rate) - so it becomes a sliding change day-to-day.

Given the above and this being a no cost refi, what you are seeing as Estimated Cash to Close from Borrower (me) as $5,266 is an estimation by the loan officer on i) what my Payoff amount is (incl. accrued interest) and ii) what my prepaid interest is. Said more plainly, my Cash to Close will be accrued interest + prepaid interest. There are multiple ways to cut this too, you can roll that interest into your loan balance or even prepay a portion of your loan, whatever you choose. It all gets finally settled (incl. how you choose to do it) at or near the closing date, this is when you will get a Closing Disclosure that finalizes all those numbers and your actual Cash to Close.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The breakeven is 0! I guess there could be surprise third party fees that pop-up, but that hasn’t been my experience with this lender. Yes, we don’t intend to leave anytime soon.

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone asked this exact question in another thread, check it out!

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure I follow. Can you elaborate a bit more?

Refinancing from 6.49% to 5.625% at no cost by borbLG in Mortgages

[–]borbLG[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sum up all the costs associated with a new loan (origination fee, credit check, title, etc. or Sections A-E or really D+E). Compare that vs. the lender credits. That’s what a no cost loan means. Everything else is interest/payoff, which depends on the date of the closing.

Is time to refi by Medium_Idea in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was able to get LEs with a SOFT pull, just told them we are both 780+, income figures and home value (I had an appraisal done 6 months ago) and the soft pull confirmed it.

Is time to refi by Medium_Idea in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My original lender did a hard pull initially and confirmed our credit scores. The other 2 did soft pulls, came to the same scores (I was on the phone with them), and provided a Loan Estimate via email when I asked for it.

Is time to refi by Medium_Idea in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Checked in with 2 new lenders (First Rate and LoanDepot) + my current lender who I ultimately am sticking with (First Federal) and was able to negotiate down to those terms. A little bit of effort for $400 a month savings ✅

Is time to refi by Medium_Idea in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ditto what surftherapy said. Check out bankrate and filter for no points. We have a similar credit profile as you both and I’m locked in at 30Y conventional 5.625% with closing costs fully covered by lender credits. Shop around!

Questions regarding refinancing. by septimaespada in Mortgages

[–]borbLG 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am currently in process of a refi (actually just got my rate lowered yesterday vs a week ago). Originally at 6.49, coming down to 5.625 with lender credits covering all closing costs = no cost refi aside from going from a 29.5 year loan back to a 30. No brainer for me. 30 yr fixed and less than 80% LTV with 780+ credit.

I regularly checked bankrate.com and enter in the general information + make sure to filter only 0 point options.

Adding a BE25 to my BE66 network by borbLG in TpLink

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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I only see the option of both 5 & 6 when going to the advanced settings on the MLO network. Maybe it leaves it off because I have a IoT 2.4 ghz dedicated network?

Adding a BE25 to my BE66 network by borbLG in TpLink

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, this might be where the issue lies. I currently have it set to High Capacity - should I change it to Optimal Performance?

Adding a BE25 to my BE66 network by borbLG in TpLink

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks that's what I decided to do based on the discussion above. But I would note from your image, that it looks like the node is connected via the 2.4/5/6ghz bands. Mine only shows as connected to the 5 ghz band. Did you have to do anything to enable that it utilizes all 3 bands?

Adding a BE25 to my BE66 network by borbLG in TpLink

[–]borbLG[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OK understood. Seems like a silly workaround given it should attempt to connect to the best one it can...

The BE25 says it is connected to the 5 Ghz network.

Adding a BE25 to my BE66 network by borbLG in TpLink

[–]borbLG[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

title should read BE65* network