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Hi All,
Please guide do Joining Cognizant on Contractual role is worthy or not?
Current Situation - due to bgv not completing as one of my company as per CTS is black listed so they changed my hiring from permanent to contractual role.
Please guide as I have no knowledge of contractual roles. 🙏
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3 ideas:
- sell first. Move stuff into storage, stay with family or at a hotel / Airbnb for a few weeks. This gives you all the money in your account.
- buy first. Buy with low money down, then recast the loan or refinance once you get the big payout from selling.
- buy and sell at the same time - you may be able to negotiate a leaseback on the property you are selling for 15 to 60 days, which allows you to fund the new property. You basically have to get your selling contract started first, and get the terms agreed to prior to getting your buying contract underway. It can be very tricky to get the dates to line up right, and if your selling contract falls out while under your buying contract, it can be very messy (and expensive).
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It really depends. Before the housing market got insane. It wasn’t uncommon to have a contingency that you would close on your new house after selling your old house.
If your credit score is good enough, some banks will allow you to exceed their normal debt to income to buy a new house but, need appropriate downpayment (normally less) then drop the proceeds from the sale into your new house and reduce the loan.
You are considered a first time home buyer 3 years after buying your last home (varies by state tho). So you don't necessarily need to scrounge up another huge down-payment for another house at that point. You can move sooner than that, but you don't want to sell unless you've lived there 2 years to avoid capital gains.
Depending on your market and home payment, you can find renters for the place and it basically treats your mortgage as a wash and you buy another house without contingencies.
There are also some companies like Orchard that basically let you buy your next home, you move out, they prep and sell your old home for you so you don't have to stress about contingencies.
Lots of options!
Most common right now is keeping the first property as an investment property. Buyers often do this by: 1. Using a HELOC on the first property for the down payment on the next purchase and 2. Getting a signed lease (dated to begin within 60 days of the purchase closing date) to offset the monthly payment on the first property. Happy to answer questions!