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09-17-2021, 02:37 AM
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A mortgage is just like a really large loan, is the way to look at that. I’m order to qualify for a big one, one needs to have decent-good credit. The way to get good credit is to borrow money via loans or credit cards and be Johnny-on-the-spot with making payments, or else the serious people just put a large sum on a card and then immediately pay it off You normally need to put down 20% of the home price as a down payment, which is out of reach of juuuust about everyone. Luckily the government offers a one time First Home Buyer (FHA) loan where you only have to put down 3.5% of the price. These are basically the only way most people could ever get their first house But it’ll cost you in the long run, it’s not free money. If you put down less than 20% down payment, you will have to pay an additional interest payment each month until you get to above 20% down (technically you need to still re-finance which is essentially selling the mortgage to a different lender at a lower insurance rate and payment, ignore this though if this is sounding too complicated) You need to get a real estate agent to make an offer on a home, and if it’s accepted, it goes to an inspection period where an appraiser makes sure it’s actually close to the value of its price. You and your real estate agent get the inspection report, and decide based on it if you still want to buy, and what repairs you want to see done before you buy. The repairs don’t have to be actually done, if not, then the cost of the repair would be taken out of the price. If you accept then it goes to a closing date where the title is transferred via a title company The handy thing is, things like home insurance and property taxes are bundled right into the mortgage. So it’s just one thing you have to pay each month The TLDR: Do an FHA loan to only have to put 3.5% down, then re-finance once you get to having paid 20% down (will take a number of years unless you come into extra money), to get the monthly payment hundreds of dollars lower (usually) | |||
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#492
09-17-2021, 08:21 AM
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A home is an investment. It’s not a purchase like a car.
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09-17-2021, 08:29 AM
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How did Phil Collins know the Son of Man would learn to not care anymore.
I dont care which way the wind blows. If its a still blue sky or an F5 tornado. I don't care. If it's an F5 i'll chase it and send the video to every major outlet for cash. More destruction the better. Father Time - Destroyer of All | ||
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09-17-2021, 09:38 AM
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09-17-2021, 11:08 AM
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Most Americans are only going to be able to do the FHA 3.5% down. For me to have put 20% down that means for my home I would have needed to have $70,000 in savings. Not gonna happen I did an FHA with $1.2k/mo mortgage which initially I had a co-worker as roommate to help with affording the mortgage (charged him only $500/mo rent). After the roommate moved in with his gf after they bought a home, I had my cousin, his gf, and their 3yr old daughter move in and changed them $700-mo. Then after I had paid 20% of the value I re-financed to 900/mo payments and now live alone because I can afford to This is a fairly typical expectation for a middle class home buyer experience. It really helps to have a roommate (or 2) already lined up to help with the payments before getting saddled with a mortgage, especially when needing to pay mortgage insurance initially | |||
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09-17-2021, 11:12 AM
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Most people I know who have purchased recently have only done 5% down payments, not 20%.
We saved for ~4-5 years to make our 5% down payment in a very HCOL area. It's a standard mortgage, not FHA, but yes we do pay ~$55 a month in PMI (mortgage insurance) until we reach the 20% loan-to-value threshold.
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09-17-2021, 11:34 AM
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Also, when it comes to roommate selection before buying a home, it’s best to look to either co-workers, friends, or family that you already know and trust to be reliable, rather than randoms from the internet
My friend/co-worker only had randoms from the internet as roommates in his condo. Multiple ones started to be late with payments, then miss payments “sorry man it’s been a hard month, can I just pay you next month?”, and then that same excuse came next month. So he had to evict them because you can’t just legally say get the F out Then he described what he thought was the dream scenario, finding an attractive (his standards are pretty low tho) single girl his age who moved in. They eventually started hooking up. Shortly thereafter she said to him “ok since we’re a couple now I don’t think I should have to keep paying full rent, or any rent really”. To which he replied “we’re not a couple and I need the money or can’t pay the mortgage”. So she replied “oh ok we’re not a couple”, then stopped hooking up with him and started (loudly) hooking up with other guys in his condo when he was there So based on his horror stories, I only went after co-workers, friends, or family for roommates with all good experiences [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | ||
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