Hi all, I am currently making $160k/year and am looking at buying a $750k house 6 acres. I would put down about $300k and be able to get a mortgage at 5.5%. The property taxes and mortgage/HOA/insurance would come to about 4k/month. My paycheck deposited into the bank is ~3800 bi weekly (after health insurance/401k etc. is this wild or is this reasonable? Or somewhere in between?

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$3800 * 26 pay periods / 12 months gives you roughly 8200/mo.. so it’s really a matter of if you can comfortably live on the remaining $4200/mo. Will you have other savings for incidentals? I’m assuming yes given how much you have to put down on a new house. I think generally speaking, 1/3 of your income (28%) is what financial advisors would suggest.. but only you know your situation best.

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Back when house prices costed the same as a box of Kraft dinner

What do you do making $160K a year is what I wanna know. And can I learn to do it too?

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I’m a senior software engineer lol

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Do you have another source of income ? Significant other ? Surprised you got approved but makes sense with what you put down.

I think 50% DTI on just your house expense ( assuming no other income source) is not healthy. Leaves you little to no wiggle room after you factor in grocery/ and other discretionary spending

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Regardless of calculation, you’re losing 50% of your take home pay to living expenses. Food/utilities/ gas etc could easily amount to another 30%. Leaving you living check to check.

I would downsize to something 500K ish and live comfortably if i were you

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Are your parents wealthy? If so, go for it, otherwise if you’re thinking of it as an investment, real estate might be cooling down a bit

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I mean I absolutely would not. My partner and I make close to $250k and wouldn’t buy a house for that much. Do you have debt on your current home? Is all of that $300k going towards a down payment or is there a mortgage to pay off?

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My household take home pay is around $19k/month and we bought a house at the end of 2020 for $425k (current Zillow est is 580k).. so our mortgage pymt is $2.2k on the $340k loan. When we bought the house our take home was probably closer to $13k/month and we were hoping to be closer to $400k on a house.. to me your numbers sound tight. I wouldn’t personally feel comfortable with a house payment eating up that kind of cash each month, with only $20k in emergency fund.

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😂 thanks for the offer - we have a nanny to keep our house functioning! My husband and I are both fully remote and in director roles so life gets crazy.

$160k isn’t a lot of money for you and your wife, kids and a $4k/month mortgage. Also don’t waste your $300k on a down payment especially looking at the RE market right now

I should clarify the 300k down is what I currently have in my current house

I don’t think it’s insane in general, but it dies not make sense to buy a property in this market.

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