Leaving Your Home

Whether your spouse will keep the home or you will sell it, when it’s all said and done, where will you live? Should you rent for a year to let things settle down? Do you qualify to buy a new home on your own? John can help you determine if you qualify to buy a new,...

Keeping Your Home

There are five key considerations if you plan to keep your home after the divorce is final. One of the biggest issues is your ex is likely going to be advised that you must refinance the home to remove their name from the existing mortgage. You need to know whether...

Valuation and Refinancing of the Marital Residence

Over the years, I have seen several approaches used by divorcing couples to value the marital residence for their settlement. Listed in order of precision and reliability: Arbitrary agreement Zillow/Trulia estimates County tax assessor’s value Realtor Comparative...