Nothing but ugly houses on the market? That’s what you want to buy at a lower prices and then fix them up.

Meredith walks through a hardware chain store to show how inexpensive and easy it is to fix up your home. She also reviews the renovations that are best left for construction pros.

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When you purchase or refinance a home loan, you can buy down (actually pre-pay) the interest rate using 'discount points'. The lower the interest rate, the lower the monthly payment.

Every loan has an option for discount points, but you need to do the math to determine whether buying down the interest rate with discount points is worth the lower payment.

If you're military, you can turn a PCS into an investment opportunity!

If you're an active duty military family or veteran, you can buy a home for $0 down payment and even remodel or build a rental unit on the property for adding income.