No down payment too piddly, sara. There's always something to be done.
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Natter 31 But Looks 29
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Jan 08, 2005 4:38:16 pm PST #4187 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
sarameg - Jan 08, 2005 4:45:21 pm PST #4188 of 10002
I probably have enough for 10%, maybe even 15% depending on what my parents want to do. It makes me nervous to have no emergency cushion, and I'll be liquidating that.
Theodosia - Jan 08, 2005 5:13:57 pm PST #4189 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Cass -- sorry, it's a bit of a one-off, though work has had two other sales conferences in the SD area that I know of over the years, so the likelihood is that they'll do it again sometime....
Cashmere - Jan 08, 2005 5:20:44 pm PST #4190 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
No down payment too piddly, sara. There's always something to be done.
This is true. First time home buyers can qualify with very little down. I was shocked how little actual cash we had to cough up to buy. It took a while to dump the PMI payments, but it was worth it. It would have taken us several more years to come up with the full 10% down.
Fred Pete - Jan 08, 2005 5:37:25 pm PST #4191 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I probably have enough for 10%, maybe even 15% depending on what my parents want to do.
sarameg, you should be fine. We got in with 5%, though we had to put up with PMI (mortgage insurance) payments for a few years.
And when calculating whether you can afford the mortgage payment, keep in mind that your paycheck will likely go up because less is withheld for taxes. (Thanks to interest, real estate taxes, and during the first year, any points you've paid.)
sarameg - Jan 08, 2005 5:39:17 pm PST #4192 of 10002
Despite having Homebuying for Dummies I'm remarkably clueless about...well, all of it. My mind sort of overloads on details.
Cass - Jan 08, 2005 6:17:58 pm PST #4193 of 10002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
sorry, it's a bit of a one-offBother. Sorry we couldn't find time to catch up.
I keep getting spam telling me how I "can refinance my home, for up to $350K"... The wee little place next door to my house sold for just under $700K. Spam is woefully underestimating the market here. And explains why I rent.
quester - Jan 08, 2005 6:28:36 pm PST #4194 of 10002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Anybody watch MI-5? Anybody who watched Spooks and can tell me what they cut?
billytea - Jan 08, 2005 6:49:55 pm PST #4195 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Congrats to 'Ouise and -t! The actuaries seem to be multiplying.
We prefer the term 'compounding'.
aurelia - Jan 08, 2005 7:19:09 pm PST #4196 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
bt! Good to see you.
I just saw a fascinating play. I Am My Own Wife is about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transvestite who survived the Nazis and Communist East Germany while keeping a furniture museum and a gay nightclub in her house. I love it when I know absolutely nothing about a show before I see it.