Yes. The line is paid off from your sale proceeds, and in North Carolina it must also be formally terminated before the lien is released.

Renting out works if your mortgage predates the rate run-up. The median three-bedroom rent in New Hanover County is $1,875 a month.

It can, on the wind side of the policy. In North Carolina the bigger money is usually the grant toward the roof, not the annual credit.

In a 61-day market, take a strong FHA offer seriously. What changes is the appraisal and a 6 percent cap on seller contributions.

You keep the earnest money and the due diligence fee, and that is all. The standard NC contract has no loan contingency in it.

Price to closings from the last 60 days, not to the asking prices around you. Two in five active New Hanover listings have already cut.

Open the estate with the Clerk of Superior Court first, then sell. NC law voids a sale by heirs made before the notice to creditors is published.

NC law requires one HOA document: a statement of unpaid assessments within 10 business days, for up to $200. Everything else is contract.

In North Carolina the buyer's home sale statement is not a contingency at all. What to check before you accept, and the back-up contract most sellers miss.

As is can be the right call, but it does not end repair requests or remove your disclosure duty in North Carolina. It is a pricing decision.