Who I help

Your mortgage question should decide where you start.

A first-time buyer, a business owner, and someone selling a current home do not need the same checklist. Pick the path that sounds most like your situation.

Choose the closest match

Start with your situation. Then look at the loan.

These are starting points, not promises of eligibility or approval. The answer depends on your documents, credit, property, timing, and current guidelines.

Buying your first home

You need a payment plan, not just an approval number.

Your first mortgage brings a lot of new numbers at once. Keith helps you separate the lender limit from the payment and cash plan that still leaves room for the rest of your life.

Questions Keith reviews

  • What monthly payment can you live with after taxes, insurance, and other debts?
  • How much cash do you need for the down payment, closing, and reserves?
  • What should you know before you start writing offers?

Low score or a previous decline

A no is not a plan. Find out what the file is actually saying.

Keith starts with the credit report, the mortgage scores in use, your debts, and the reason the earlier file stopped. Then you can decide whether to apply now or work a specific step first.

Questions Keith reviews

  • Which report item or monthly debt is changing the result?
  • Did a student loan, collection, or late payment return to the report?
  • Would waiting, paying something down, or correcting an error change the next review?

Selling and buying again

Your current home and your next home have to work together.

The key questions are usually timing, sale proceeds, the current mortgage, the next payment, and the cash you want to keep after closing.

Questions Keith reviews

  • Do you need to sell before you buy, or can the timing overlap?
  • How much of the sale proceeds should go into the next purchase?
  • What happens to the payment if the price, rate, or timing changes?

Self-employed income

Business income needs a file review before you trust a calculator.

Tax returns, business structure, deposits, recurring obligations, and the property plan can all change how a lender reviews income. Keith helps you identify which documents and questions matter for your file.

Questions Keith reviews

  • How is your business set up, and which income documents are available?
  • Which deposits or expenses need an explanation?
  • How much cash should stay in the business after closing?

Veterans and service members

Start with eligibility, payment, cash, and the property together.

A VA loan is not just a down-payment headline. Keith reviews the available eligibility record, income, debts, cash, occupancy, property, and timing before you rely on a plan.

Questions Keith reviews

  • What does your current Certificate of Eligibility show?
  • What payment and cash plan works beyond the loan minimums?
  • Are there property or timing questions to solve before an offer?

Moving into Middle Tennessee

Build the financing plan before the move puts you on a clock.

A relocation can involve a current home, a job change, sale proceeds, temporary housing, and an unfamiliar market. Keith helps you put the mortgage questions in the right order.

Questions Keith reviews

  • Will the current home be sold, kept, or rented?
  • Does a new job, start date, or income change need documentation?
  • How much time and cash do you need between the move and closing?

Why this page is different

The method stays the same. The questions change with your file.

Keith does not start by forcing every buyer into the same program. He starts with the facts that control the payment, cash, documentation, and timing. Then he explains the tradeoffs.

Verify who you are working with

Keith Goeringer is a Loan Originator at Barrett Financial Group, NMLS #488023. The official profile lists licenses in Maryland and Tennessee.

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The soft-check application gives Keith a starting point. It is not an approval or a commitment to lend.

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