Re: Looking for some general advice about buying my first house.
shop for the best mortgage before you shop for the house, find one with out pre payment penalties try to avoid high points and fees and so on so u dont fall in love with a place then have to go beg to get approved and have them give you [censored] rates
its good to know the price you can afford and not the payments bc they can always give you lower payment (then u end up paying 10's of thousands more in interest)
know that at closing itll be more then just the 10% down there will be a lot of closing costs there will be a lot of other exp. pmi, title insurance,points, fees, moving exp, etc.
just research research research make sure its a house thats a good deal and not just one you like, houses are usually the biggest investment in life so treat it as that, i think thats pretty much the basics, somewhat common sense but good to keep in mind
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