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Hello ,
I am currently working as an consultant for kyndryl as cloud sme with 7b band on lower level 13.5 lakhs. My contract is coming to an end so I contacted my manager was offered an job at same 7b level at 17 lakhs . Should I take the offer , will I have growth in the Company? I have an another offer from hcl 18 lakhs . Kyndryl Inc.
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This is very solid. You should go ahead with buying the home.
Chief
You’re not overleveraged.
You’re in great shape there.
Pro
Context matters whether or not it's a good idea, but you can definitely afford it. I budget based on a 180k salary and I pay $3,900 a month on my mortgage ($2,900 base + $1,000 extra) and it hasn't consciously affected my budget at all.
Congrats!
Thanks! Appreciate it. Understand context is always a factor, but from the consensus of this discussion it looks like a manageable payment that should fit my means.
(Cont.) and am worried if I have over-leveraged myself. My alternative option is to rent, which at minimum will cost me around 25k a year. If there is a crash and my home value depreciates, my thought process is that the money I would have otherwise put towards rent would somewhat offset the dip in value.
Chief
Nope. I also invest 2800 a month between my retirement and personal investing portfolio. Combined with the mortgage it’s roughly half of my take home monthly pay. FYI I live in an income tax free state
I understand being nervous about it, being your first home and all, but this is a quite reasonable mortgage with your salary.
Have you not been making this salary for very long?
You are also paying the mortgage interest rate on any money that hasn't been paid towards the loan, which is likely more than what you're getting from the HYS.
Your piti is fine for your income. It takes a bit to adjust to that new monthly number if you’ve been living very conservatively to this point. With the assumption you have a good amount down, you’ll be in a great spot to refinance when the rates come back down.
I plan to put 10% down (and buyout my Mortgage Insurance upfront for 2700). Any argument towards putting 20% instead?
OP.. what was your down payment?
I plan to put 10% down (and also selected the option to buyout the mortgage insurance upfront for $2700). My total closing costs are 60k.
The reasoning is since the market is so unstable, I prefer to have that additional ~50k safety net. I am still in position to change my planned 10% down to 20%.
Pro
I think you’re in excellent shape. Look at your monthly cash flows.
Buy it!
Also, this post is evidence that we’re not in a recession
One person's experience is most certainly not a sufficient indicator of the economy overall.