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Old 08-12-2018, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Northern California
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Combined household From our gross income, our mortgage payment is about 16%.

From our Net Income (after tax & deduction) our mortgage payment is about 40%.
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Old 08-13-2018, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Houston
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I rent. About 7% of gross
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Old 08-13-2018, 10:37 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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50% 0f net
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Old 08-16-2018, 03:48 AM
 
Location: Twin Cities
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Rent; 31% of my gross.

Last edited by Marv95; 08-16-2018 at 04:00 AM..
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Old 08-16-2018, 04:15 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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My math is not the best. How do you figure this out?
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Old 08-16-2018, 07:38 PM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, formerly NoVA and Phila
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My math is not the best. How do you figure this out?
cost of rent or monthly mortgage payment divided by your monthly take-home pay
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Old 08-16-2018, 07:45 PM
 
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none. I rent out rooms in my house. So the house is my income, and my housing and utility expenses come out of the general maintenance of the building.
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Old 08-17-2018, 06:18 AM
 
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Zero, we own our home, not the bank.
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Old 08-17-2018, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Ours is 39.5% and we rent.

Want to see if that's high or low.
About 14%.
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Old 08-17-2018, 01:06 PM
 
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Zero, we own our home, not the bank.
I'll let the bank own mine at 3.375%. I want as little of my networth as possible tied up in a non-liquid asset.
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