Buying a home is a major financial decision and one of the most important ones most people will make. Finding a home to purchase is really only the beginning. Unless the buyer has a lot of cash on hand or a lot of liquid assets, they will have to take out a loan and find a mortgage to buy the house and there are many fees and expenses when it comes to buying a home. However, one such expense that not many potential home buyers are completely educated about is something called PMI. PMI stands for private mortgage insurance. Keep this added cost in mind when