Resources

Real Estate:

Litchfield County Board of Realtors
www.litchfieldboard.com

Google Maps presents a bird’s eye view of your neighborhood with satellite images
http://maps.google.com

Background and Credit Checks on Tenants
www.tenantverification.com

Useful collection of calculators including extra payment amortization, consequences of refinancing extra debt, comparison of taking on a loan with private mortgage insurance (PMI) versus a second loan with a higher interest rate (piggybacking), and when you may be able to terminate PMI.
www.mtgprofessor.com/calculatorsOriginalMenu.htm

This calculator allows you to estimate what may happen to your monthly payments when they adjust based on several different indexes.
www.bankrate.com

Each year you can get a free credit report from each of the three credit reporting agencies. We recommend requesting a free report from one firm every 4 months to make sure your credit is accurate.
www.annualcreditreport.com

Land Use:

Connecticut Chapter of the American Planning Association
www.ccapa.org

Shows Land Development in Connecticut on a state wide basis, beginning with the extensions of the New Plymouth Colony in 1643.
www.myconnecticutgenealogy.com/ct_maps/ct_cf.htm