Keep your friends close and your shaver closer. That’s the motto of Battle Brothers Shaving Co., the 100 percent veteran-owned online razer subscription service based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. While living at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, UH-60 Blackhawk crew chief Andrew Weiss found joy in the simple things among the chaos of deployment life. Shaving was one of them. What was a simple requirement for all the soldiers living there soon turned into a mission to find the perfect … [Read more...]
VA home loans repair requirements
While VA home loans are great for veterans looking to buy a home, there are some additional hurdles. For example, a VA mortgage lender may require repairs be done to a home before you can buy it. These additional VA home loan repair requirements are not intended to make the process more difficult. Instead, the goal is to protect the buyer. Similar to other government-backed home loan programs, such as FHA, VA home loans come with some tricky rules, including the requirement that the home is … [Read more...]
Feds crack down on fraudulent veteran charities
The United States Federal Trade Commission announced that it was launching a federal-state education and enforcement initiative designed to crack down on fraudulent and deceptive charities that claim to provide support for veterans and their families. Dubbed Operation Donate with Honor, the initiative will be enforced in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and American Samoa and will include an educational component, which will help consumers recognize the warning signs … [Read more...]
Beware of VA Mortgage Scams
Have you ever come across a deal that seems, well, too good to be true? We have. And so have millions of other consumers. These fraudulent offers are all too common in our society, and mortgages, especially government back mortgages like VA loans, seem to be a prime target. Many of these too-good-to-be-true offers promise the following: Zero cost loans Skipping mortgage payments Extremely low interest rates Large sums of cash back Immediate funding promises Unsolicited … [Read more...]
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