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69% of wachovia's option arms are in california. Anyone expect that? All the california sellers sold there to people outside of their means, and moved to Oregon, and Washington and paid cash and drove up our market prices.
 
Glad im in Canada..... im in an apartment anyway.
 
so, who wants to find a nice big piece of land far far away from anything and start a colony with me when we go completely under, bc im sure as hell not staying anywhere near a city when the shit hits the fan.
 
15 years fixed. 20% down. House payment no more than 25% of your household's takehome pay.

no stress, no worries, no bullshit.
 
unfortunately, the masses arent that smart.
stupid people do stupid things and greedy fucks looking to make a quick buck are eager to help them do that stupid shit.
 
15 years fixed. 20% down. House payment no more than 25% of your household's takehome pay.

no stress, no worries, no bullshit.

i'm at roughly 52% of my take home.

somehow, i'm able to afford an m3 on top of that.... and a truck....

no stress, no worries, no bullshit, no kids.
 
You bought too much house for your income. This is where I argue that the 27% overhead on your house payment could be going toward your retirement every month, but with the stock market going down faster than an aircraft missing a wing and on fire, its a shit arguement. Then again, I believe now is a good time to buy. Wallstreet is having a yard sale right now, pick some stuff up retardedly cheap.

I'm talking in circles. Need coffee.
 
15 years fixed. 20% down. House payment no more than 25% of your household's takehome pay.

no stress, no worries, no bullshit.
that's right about where I'm at except it's 30yr fixed. Had I known that a bail out was comming I woulda bought a 250k home instead of 70k. Only in america do we reward the stupid.
 
The bailout isn't putting any money or opportunity in the pocket of homeowners. I have a $240k house, and I'm not helped at all.
 
I plan to be in my own home in 2-2.5 years. However, I don't get this, can one of you homeowners explain?
 
arm loans are similar to interest-only.
they are designed for short-term owners.

live there for 3-5 years, just pay interest, and expect your sale price to cover 100% of the principle left over.

well, prices fell.

now, people owe 120% +/- of the value on these loans.

When their intro 5 year period is up... BAM, 60% + change in monthly payments.

figure an average mortgage is 1500 bucks. add 60% to that, and you're hitting 2200 ish a month for your payment now.
most people can't afford an extra 700 a month, so round 2 of defaulting and bad loans looms.
 
because america is stupid :) we've been through this.

They don't care that they can't afford it. they WANT it.
 
I'm 22 and realize a 3-5 year plan would be a bad idea. I also wouldn't just pay interest. I realize debt is inevitable when buying a home, but they don't penalize you for paying off a 30 year mortgage in >25. Pay more here and there, you pay less interest overall, get out of debt earlier, more capital in my pocket. I realize I'm making it more simple than it is, but its a very understandable concept.
 
you're not an idiot. That's why you get it.


Look at all the crap on tv. How many people have bought dick pills? or some ab machine? or some diet pill?

THESE are the people that also buy these stupid loans.
 
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