I agree with this, but maybe 150/300K deposit if possible. The game is all in the potential interest they will milk out of you.You would have a fairly hard time to find one that is being auctioned off or was foreclosed on. If you did it would probably be a tear down. Would you live there, are you looking to rent it out, apartments?
Well one thing you'll need to do is get your credit as high as possible.
100/200k deposit is ideal to keep your payment low and to ensure a loan.
I would get in touch with a mortgage broker so you can get more specifics.
NYC real estate going to keep getting expensive or there will be another bust down the line again (more than likely imo).
It's a great source of income and asset from where I stand.
You're going to need to have great credit with a history of payments with money going out for a few years, assets, and a nice income to be able to get a mortgage on a property like that.
I don't want to discourage anyone but it isn't easy. I had been in the market the last year and half and finally had to say I'm going to move on to other projects for a few years.
If you can't get a nice down payment at the very least pay bi-weekly on that mortgage and assuming that most on here are getting paid bi-weekly that leaves two 3 check months...dump BOTH of them to kill that mortgage even faster.
What is your income? And I don't think getting into CD's is a good option anymore as the returns are absolute shyt, but its better than your money sitting idle. Apply that philosophy my friend, even one of those interest checking accounts will bring you some return than just leaving it in a regular old bank account. Apply for Ally Bank...I think they check your credit score. I have one and love it
Multiple sources of income is the answer to me
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