re: Going against the grain: purchasing a reasonable home versus the OT special

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It is mind boggling to me what people will do to keep up with the Joneses. I can't imagine what goes through those people's heads at night when they lay their heads on the pillow and think about the hole they have dug for themselves. 

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It really is. I was chatting the the sales guy for the neighborhood and my wife and I were a rarity. He said he commonly has people paying $300 in PMI a month. He has seen it in all communities he's working in. High end and low.

I don't pay any of that so it's nice. I was paying like forty a month at the old house.