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Steve Nicastro

Steve Nicastro

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Steve Nicastro is a managing editor and mortgage and housing finance specialist at Best Interest Financial, where he helps home buyers, homeowners, and real estate investors make sense of mortgages and financing decisions.

Before joining Best Interest Financial, Steve worked as a licensed real estate agent and investor, closing more than $6 million in transactions and personally buying and selling over 30 homes. That hands-on experience shapes his coverage of mortgages, refinancing, DSCR loans, buyer incentives, and financing strategies.

Steve spent more than six years as a personal finance writer at NerdWallet. His work has also appeared in USA Today, U.S. News, Yahoo Finance, Associated Press, and The New York Times.

Expertise: Mortgages and refinancing, homebuyer financing strategies, real estate investing loans, housing affordability
Education: Quinnipiac University
Background: Former licensed real estate agent and active real estate investor

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