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Straight answers on buying, qualifying and choosing a loan in San Diego County.
Divorced and self-employed: what a lender reads before you buy
One San Diego file from decree to underwriting: what the lender read first, when support counted as income, and what self-employed buyers should ask.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan Officer
San Diego's 2026 conforming limit: size the loan, not the house
In California, San Diego County's 2026 one-unit conforming limit is $1,104,000. How that loan-size line sorts conforming, jumbo, government-backed and bank-statement options for self-employed buyers.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan OfficerSelf-employed in San Diego: what to line up for a spring purchase
A San Diego broker on what self-employed buyers can prepare before spring: 2026 loan limits, a March prep timeline, and when waiting is the better call.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan OfficerBuying a house after a short sale: a San Diego comeback
How long you wait after a short sale for FHA, VA and Fannie Mae loans, and how one San Diego couple timed their purchase to buy again.
Sophia WarnerSenior Loan Officer