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re: Salary to mortgage ratio?

Posted on 2/7/19 at 1:59 pm to
Posted by lsunurse
Member since Dec 2005
129146 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 1:59 pm to
WTF?


Who upvoted this shite?
Posted by birdieman
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2012
1647 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:03 pm to
In my wife's hometown it's a million bucks to get a starter type home. Yeah, you make more but you damn sure spend large % of your salary on the mortgage... her parent can't understand why we want to live in philly instead their rich town on long island.... we cant, that's why.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72779 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:08 pm to
Factoring in our effective (Federal + State + Local) Tax rate of ~ 29%, the percentage of mortgage’s annual amount to our actual post-tax annual income was around 8.5%.
Posted by Prominentwon
LSU, McNeese St. Fan
Member since Jan 2005
94777 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:16 pm to
My mortgage vs gross income is 18.7%
Posted by cuyahoga tiger
NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
6105 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:19 pm to
18% of take home pay (salary minus taxes, health ins and retirement funding)












Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30027 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:35 pm to
Zero point zero percent, but there is still insurance and taxes counting those it is roughly 3.5% of our post take income. We have a very small mortgage on our vacation house, instead of paying it off we paid it way down but keep a mortgage just for credit purposes, it along with those taxes and insurance is about 2.5% so a total of ~6% post tax.
Posted by brian_wilson
Member since Oct 2016
3581 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 2:38 pm to
We pay 9% of gross for housing.
Posted by redbean5
Member since Jan 2008
2354 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:46 pm to
So you spent about 250K on a house assuming you have a 30 year mortgage. That puts you payin g around 600 to 700 a month in interest up front for the first half of the loan. Should have bought less house and paid off sooner. Turn it to rental and let someone else pay you dream mortgage. That would have raised your income to about 200K a year.
Posted by CharlesLSU
Member since Jan 2007
33245 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:49 pm to
I make more than you. Ha.
Posted by GeauxGutsy
Member since Jul 2017
5862 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 9:55 pm to
My property tax runs about $900/month. I pull in around $40k/yr. - you should be good.
Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
18785 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 10:14 pm to
Jesus Christ. How do you people make so damn much? It’s a struggle just to find a company willing to give cost of living raises these days
Posted by MrDrysdale
Member since Jun 2017
73 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 10:21 pm to
Mines at 16% of gross and I feel like that’s high. I couldnt imagine being 25%+
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11865 posts
Posted on 2/7/19 at 11:04 pm to
I agree. No raise in two years. Down market.
Posted by bayoumuscle21
St. George
Member since Jan 2012
5006 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 1:15 am to
quote:

I believe the rule of thumb is like 28% of your gross income



That seems really high to me.



It's really not. People get into trouble with money with expensive vehicles or credit cards. Or eat out every night and live way outside their means. A 30% or lower ratio should be fine. My wife and I are around the 10% mark, but our next home could be closer to 20%.

A house could potentially be a great investment if it's going to be in St. George baw.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31315 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 4:09 am to
On a good year, I make about $3.6 million.

My mortgage is $1236. Because why splurge?

Truck note is $735. Nuts were included.
Posted by msudawg1200
Central Mississippi
Member since Jun 2014
10673 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 6:14 am to
quote:

How do you people make so much?

Dude. It’s the OT. You know damn well most are lying out their asses. Most probably make under 50,000.
This post was edited on 2/8/19 at 6:15 am
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
17322 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 6:18 am to
quote:

Post you annual salary


quote:

mortgage payment?


Nice try Mr. IRS agent looking to score a bonus after being out of work for the government shutdown....
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
71008 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 6:28 am to
quote:

28%


I'm at 16% with what I pay monthly, which is a good bit over minimum

Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
67795 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 5:55 pm to
quote:

Yeah, with these numbers I'd feel impending doom every day.


Posted by hashtag
Comfy, AF
Member since Aug 2005
32685 posts
Posted on 2/8/19 at 6:47 pm to
0% of my salary goes to my mortgage. And it's glorious.
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