It would be unrealistic to expect that such a huge industry with so much money flowing through “its’ veins” would fail to attract scam artists and predatory lenders.
First of all, let’s define predatory lender. Simply stated, it’s an individual or an institution that seeks out people who are either desperate, naive, or both. Then they capitalize on your urgency, promising a great deal, painting this splendid picture of how this deal will evolve, and then later when you realize that they have misled or lied to you, their defense is that “you didn’t read the fine print”.
It is therefore useful to remember at every step of your journey in identifying and securing the right type of mortgage for you, that there are more than enough bad lenders in this market and even the genuine ones do not always have your best interests at heart. This is one of the reasons why it is a huge mistake to trust somebody else, least off all a lender, to keep your best interests at heart when doing a mortgage finance deal. Just remember that the only person who can look out for your interests in the deal is you.
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