Buying A Home
MommyLiberty5013
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
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Different sources give different recommendations. I like NET income better than GROSS since you cannot spend gross - only what you take home.
High cost of living areas are generally rated a bit higher 30-35% of net income.
Total debt (mortgage, car, SL, cc ) not to excees 45%. Best interest rates with low DTI ratio and CC less than 20% of allowable limit.
Much depends on the individual and their priorities and lifestyle. Some are willing to give up eating out and travel or other non essentials in order to have more house- others consider those things as part of their necessary activities.