Comments on: How One Family Escaped This Housing Crisis http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing/ ...we did it before, we can do it again Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:49:12 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Miss Thrifty http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Miss Thrifty Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:46:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing-crisis/#comment-506 I like the rural areas around Phoenix much better than the smoggy old city itself. So you made a doubly smart move, in my humble opinion! I like the rural areas around Phoenix much better than the smoggy old city itself. So you made a doubly smart move, in my humble opinion!

]]> By: Funny about Money http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Funny about Money Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:49:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing-crisis/#comment-482 Good for you! And how smart not to have been high-pressured into a situation you couldn't afford. <br/><br/>My mother-in-sin lived in a Cavco...it was nicer than my house. I've often thought I'd like to get one of the beautiful new manufactured homes and put it on 40 acres out in the country somewhere. Now that's livin'! Good for you! And how smart not to have been high-pressured into a situation you couldn’t afford.

My mother-in-sin lived in a Cavco…it was nicer than my house. I’ve often thought I’d like to get one of the beautiful new manufactured homes and put it on 40 acres out in the country somewhere. Now that’s livin’!

]]> By: Teena in Toronto http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Teena in Toronto Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:24:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing-crisis/#comment-469 Good info!<br/><br/>Happy blogoversary! Good info!

Happy blogoversary!

]]> By: Chief Family Officer http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Chief Family Officer Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:02:00 +0000 http://www.outofdebtagain.com/2008/09/how-one-family-escaped-this-housing-crisis/#comment-455 I love this post. It's a great example of the *right* way to buy a house - in a nutshell, buy only what you can afford. My husband and I did the same thing, setting quite a conservative max for ourselves at a time when we probably could have qualified for double the mortgage. But we didn't want to struggle or stress about being able to make mortgage payments every month. It's just a little hard for me to be overly sympathetic toward the people who bought houses they had absolutely no business buying - of course the lenders are equally at fault, but to say borrowers had no responsibility is absolutely wrong. I love this post. It’s a great example of the *right* way to buy a house – in a nutshell, buy only what you can afford. My husband and I did the same thing, setting quite a conservative max for ourselves at a time when we probably could have qualified for double the mortgage. But we didn’t want to struggle or stress about being able to make mortgage payments every month. It’s just a little hard for me to be overly sympathetic toward the people who bought houses they had absolutely no business buying – of course the lenders are equally at fault, but to say borrowers had no responsibility is absolutely wrong.

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