Loan companies today will ask more documentation from you to get just the loan approval, stated mortgage loans are almost non-existing anymore. So now you need to make sure that you will have a good income and enough money in your bank account to make payments for few months so the dti(debt to income)ratio will stay low.

Lenders loans have higher requirements these days. Today you must do two things before you will get a loan from a lender:

1. Make sure your mortgage broker or the loan company you are dealing with know the lenders guidelines for your specific loan scenario.

2. If you dont know a mortgage broker or any loan companies, educate yourself before approaching a broker or any lender out there to help you.

How do you know who is the right mortgage broker for you? First of all, now adays we have google or other search engines that can provide you information about any mortgage company in the world.

The information you can find may include: how the mortgage brokers started their business, who owns the company, what is their proven record of success, etc. Also you can find a lot of information on websites like the better business bureau or your local chamber of commerce, you will know so much by talking to these companies.

Second of all you need to ask your friends and family to recommend you a mortgage broker or a loan company they have worked with in the past. You will be surprised about how much people around you know about mortgage broker and loan companies. You must also know that every lender can provide you with different types of loans.

For example: you will not find a construction loan in a bank that is lending loans for businesses only. You dont go to a residential mortgage bank to ask for a commercial mortgage loan.

Knowledge is power. With knowledge, you will save time and money and you will protect your self as well as protect your familys biggest assets- your home.

Think about the past 4 years and today. Lots of people got into bad loans, lots of people just didnt know that theyre getting screwed by the loan officer theyve always trust.

So after theyve signed their loan documents and got their first payment they were wondering who is responsible for this to happen. Its all your fault. If you had the knowledge to understand what you were signing and if you had the knowledge about the person you were dealing with all this would not happen.

So the only thing we have to do today is to learn from the past and correct the mistakes weve done. A lot of people waste to much time thinking about why they made their mistakes instead of thinking of how not to do them again.

I strongly recommend using the services of a mortgage broker that is knowledgeable with different lenders,loans and programs that are available out there. But dont forget to know who is the broker youre working with.