Real Estate Finance

Qualifications and Recommendations when Working with
Clients
Introduction: As a real estate agent you are usually operating
as an independent contractor. This means that you run your
own business and are the business owner, even though you
work for a broker. As a business owner you will quickly find that
“time is money” and will not want to waste your time or your
clients time, by showing them property that they are not
qualified to buy.
The following Course Outcome is assessed in this Assignment:
MT431-3: Determine the most financially viable product for a
real estate client.
Introduction:
A real estate professional must understand the client’s
personal as well as financing options to be able to service all of
the client’s needs. You will examine a client scenario to
practice these skills.
Scenario: Henri’s older sister Suzanna age 52, has been
referred to you so you can help her with her search for a new
home near Henri and Lila (about one half hour outside of
Philadelphia). Although she has not quite decided as yet, she
is hoping to retire in 15 years and would like a house in which
she can grow old.
She is interested in the following homes: Home #1: $200,000
for a 1400 square foot home; Home #2: $250,000 for a 1600
square foot home. Currently fixed rate loans are running about
4%. Up until now she has been renting in Louisiana and doing
part-time consulting work which brings in an average monthly
income of $3,000 a month. She has been consulting for about
20 years and has hopes that the company she has worked for
all this time is going to hire her on as a full-time salaried
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employee soon at a steady $4,000 per month. She has a
FICO® score of 720 and she pays $300 a month towards her
car loan. She recently inherited $15,000 from a favorite aunt
which is what she wants to put down on a home and pay for
closing costs of about $5,000. Currently banks in the area
require a payment ratio of 33% and a debt ratio of 45%.
Part 1:
Determine Suzanna’s qualifications as a buyer.
Explain how you would determine the real estate value.
Examine the parameters that must be considered, and explain
what you would advise her.
Explain how your assessment would affect how you would
work with this client.
Part 2:
Based on Suzanna’s finances as stated above, determine
which property and mortgage would be most suitable for her.
Explain your choice.
Access the Unit 7 Assignment grading rubric.
Submit your minimum 600-word document in APA format and
citation style to the Unit 7 Assignment Dropbox.