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healthwealthhappiness
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| First Time Home Buyer Age 23 |
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Hi everyone. I'm new to the forum and unfortunately rather new to the whole area of loans and credit. I'm just looking for some advice/input/feedback on my situation and what I'm trying to achieve. My goal is to buy a condo in orange/L.A. County , CA for around 250K-300K . I'm currently 23 and have never had a credit card account in my life except for and Express for Men store credit card. I have been self-employed, running my own import/online sales business since I was 20. I currently have roughly 71K in my savings account after just spending 17K on inventory that will last close to a year and yield around 66K back to me. Being that I haven't the greatest credit, due to no significant activity.... along with the info above..... I understand I most likely will need a co-signer (dad/mom) for a home loan..... With the info above could anyone give me any advice on what i would be looking at, or what is the smart thing to do regarding down payment, monthly mortgage rate, etc..... I would greatly appreciate it.
Best Regards,
Grant
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twv706
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| Advice For First Time Home Buyers |
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I recently came across a site at http://www.mortgageawareness.com that has a lot of good information for people looking to buy there first home and how they can get that first home loan.
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bfanalej
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| right on man! |
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at age 23 buying a house and getting a business started at age 20!
i would go open a card with your bank TODAY if you haven't already to start building your credit. as for having 70K+ in liquidity, the banks shouldn't have a problem handing you a loan for a mortgage. if you only pay 30-40K, your monthly payments will probably be around 1200-1500???
awesome seeing young entrepreneurs moving forward.
brian
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No-Brainer
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| No problem |
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My son is 24 and just bought a condo a few months ago. He didn't just have no credit, he had BAD credit. He got hurt rock climbing and was out of work a month and got into trouble a couple of years ago.
Bottom line is he is on track now and has a good paying job, but he was still new at it so it didn't count for much. They still made him a loan, they just charged him 11% for it. He can afford it so he signed up, now he plans to pay on it a couple more years and refinance.
I know some will say that's crazy, but I encouraged him to do it and still would. It's better to do something (even if it's wrong) than to stand around with your face hanging out. That's the way to learn and if he didn't do that, his money might as well be flushed down the toilet paying rent.
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:07 pm |
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bfanalej
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| agree totally |
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i like that idea and if anything, he has gone through the process of purchasing his first home.
most likely if he stays for a few years the value will go up and he'll have some equity too when he goes to put it on the market.
wise choice,
b
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Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:18 pm |
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kevin
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First of all he's self employed, so not consistant income. Second of all, he only has 70K saved up which would kill him if used it entirely as a downpayment. I would highly suggest getting 100% financing or putting 5-10% down instead because you need to keep your cash flow, especially if you are self employed. This way you will always have reserves to make the payments just in case your business is flopping that month.
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Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:07 pm |
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Offshore-Wealth.com
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Interesting,
With all the subprime mortgage lenders going belly up, the markets are going to change quickly and high risk loans will become more difficult to secure, as in self employed, limited to no credit, or low down payment scenarios.
Good luck to all, Mike
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