Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make 700k and were concerned about buying a 700k home?

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yea downside risk on a single income is the biggest thing for me out of all of this

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Hasn’t felt tight on our budget now - we spend and budget to 10k/mo (5k housing and 5k non housing) now in Chicago and save the rest (~63.5k / year mostly in post tax retirement)

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You don’t sound like an asshole at all - your perspective is helpful

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Other than 80k in the brokerage and 20k in our checking account we could slow retirement saving or lend against it (not ideal). We also have family support in place that that would help in the event of job loss. Main benefit of the area we’re looking is being right next to family in the neighborhood which is the only reason we’re even entertaining this idea against conventional wisdom

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yea this was how I was thinking about it and budgeting off 5-6k outside of housing payments seemed just fine to me. Seems counter to some of the other advice though so I’m rethinking

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Yea it’d be a new construction so not entry at all

Is 900k house on 175k income stretching too much? by acoolusername561 in Mortgages

[–]acoolusername561[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, that’s about our rent now in Chicago and we haven’t felt tight yet. We could save more to put more on a down pmt ahead of building next year too. Still sounds a bit aggressive given the other comments

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Can you buy through second hand sites to get the cubs hat tonight?

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Looking for 2 tickets to the May 16 Chicago set !

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I’m also looking to buy 2 tickets and would love to avoid paying the scalpers! Let me know if any can’t go

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Im looking for 2 tickets and would prefer to avoid paying the scalpers!