Comments on: Financial Lessons: Home Buying http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/financial-lessons-home-buying/ Thoughts on Money, Investing and Life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Roger http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/financial-lessons-home-buying/#comment-1536 Roger Sun, 16 May 2010 02:30:51 +0000 http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/?p=896#comment-1536 @James: A very good point; if you budget for your mortgage payment (and make allowances for potential decreases in income or other emergencies) you'll be in much better shape. @James: A very good point; if you budget for your mortgage payment (and make allowances for potential decreases in income or other emergencies) you’ll be in much better shape.

]]> By: James Mucci http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/financial-lessons-home-buying/#comment-1306 James Mucci Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:25:20 +0000 http://www.theamateurfinancier.com/blog/?p=896#comment-1306 Very detailed post with some good pointers. I have to say that I personally feel that one of the most important aspects is to create a budget of what you can afford in a payment and stick too it while you are shopping for your home. It is too easy to increase your payment to get that larger more expensive house but before you do it, take a look at the long term costs. James Mucci - <a href="http://michiganmortgageadvisor.com/michigan-refinancing-stages-of-the-loan-process/" rel="nofollow">MI Refinance</a> Tips .-= James Mucci´s last blog ..<a href="http://michiganmortgageadvisor.com/wondering-why-its-so-hard-to-get-a-heloc/" rel="nofollow">Wondering Why it’s So Hard to Get a HELOC?</a> =-. Very detailed post with some good pointers. I have to say that I personally feel that one of the most important aspects is to create a budget of what you can afford in a payment and stick too it while you are shopping for your home.

It is too easy to increase your payment to get that larger more expensive house but before you do it, take a look at the long term costs.

James Mucci – MI Refinance Tips
.-= James Mucci´s last blog ..Wondering Why it’s So Hard to Get a HELOC? =-.

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