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Stated Income Home Loan

Posted By: PinkLady on 2007-04-12
In Reply to: Self-employed/IC and buying a house? - sm

I am a self-employed IC and have purchased 4 homes in 4 different states as a single person.  I was able to obtain a Stated Income Mortgage based on my credit, rather than my W2.  No tax info was used, needed or requested.  I guess, if your income is needed along with your husband's to qualify for a loan, then you would need the W2 info.  But as a single person you can obtain a home loan based on your credit and not your tax info.  Also, if you don't have enough for a down payment, you can take out a "second" against the house you are purchasing to finance your downpayment.  You will have a short-term payment for the downpayment and your 30 yr note on the home.  I was also able to obtain very low interest rates based on my credit rating.


Good luck, I did have to provide extra documents when I purchased one home with my exhusband.




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If your loan is an FHA-backed loan, you can contact the
to help you. Each state has one assigned to it by the FHA. I'm talking the FHA loans that are 5% down, sometimes bond money is available, etc. Not the one where payments are based on your income, etc.

Whatever you do, contact your mortgagor TODAY. Do NOT delay. Be realistic about what you can do financially to recover -- do not agree to terms you cannot realistically carry out.

You should have several options available to you before foreclosure is started. You might even try to do a quick sale of your home. You have until the very moment they auction that title off.

Try looking for information here:

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomeFinancing/FacingForeclosure9Options.aspx


http://www.hud.gov/foreclosure/index.cfm

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/nsc/reliefop.cfm


Why can't you take the loan for the 50% they -
offered and then payback immediately what you don't need? As long as there is no payback early penalty that is how I would get around that problem, that is if I am reading and understanding this right.
we just had to ask our in-laws for $500 loan
they're like a bank to us ;)
we just had to ask our in-laws for $500 loan
they're like a bank to us ;)
we just had to ask our in-laws for $500 loan
they're like a bank to us ;)
No, they wont LOAN us the 50% (sm)

Not a single bank wanted to loan us the money unless we paid all kinds of points and had a ridiculous interest rate - and only 1 out of 10 said they would do that.  The others turned us down flat. 


I guarantee if I had half a dozen kids and was on some kind of government assistance we would qualify. 


We will keep on keeping on, and hopefully something will change for the better. 


thanks everyone for your responses.


FHA loan might work for you
Your credit score can be lower than for a conventional loan and you can get into the house with a down payment of only 3.5%. But I don't believe you can have BAD credit--more like fair. If you have anything unpaid (old bad debt, etc.), then they'll make you take care of those before they give you a loan.

Telling you the appraisal from 3 years ago isn't right, and he knows it. Valuations are down practically everywhere and, depending on your region, could be down substantially. And this business of getting his friend to appraise the house is shady, too. You sure this guy is a good guy?

Lots of people got into big trouble by buying a house before they were ready financially to do so. Tread carefully.

Has anyone had experience with a consolidation loan?
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Providing references when getting auto loan
I have to buy a car and the finance company (Capital One) requires 10 references. I don't know this many people. Has anyone been in a similar situation...what did you do?

I have family, but do not want them to know that I am buying a car. Any advice?
I could loan you my husband for a week. I'm not frugal,
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single wide are only kind to depreciate; hard to get loan
nm
Guess he can take out a loan for future schooling! Son found a phone
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As long as you have an income
As long as you have an income you file.  Over 70 is for social security where you can earn as much as you want and still collect your full SS.  Boy is that was true all of the rich would be lying about their ages so that they did not have to pay taxes.
Too much house for you on your income...
especially with a new baby and all that requires...take into consideration if you have car payments, credit card payments, student loans, plus utilities, etc. Talk to a mortgage lender, what is your mortgage rate going to be, how much can you put down on the house, see what the lender says. Don't get in over your head...some people want it all right away, instant gratification. Take your time. Good luck
probably since any income is taxable
income for the year it is received.  That is why you get a statement of earnings for it.
It is possible to increase your income
Pay off the house! Congratulations!:-)
Is it possible to increase you income temporarily to put towards the cc debt? Can your dh work side jobs or a second job?
After you pay off the house, I would start pay off the cc from the smallest balance first.
200
2K
4K
10K
I would not withdraw from retirement but stop paying it right now. After you pay off the house, put all your money into paying off the cc debt.
For the 4K and 10K I would write them a letter and try to get a lower APR.

If your income has been cut in half (sm)

I have to ask - what are you spending the money on?  Rent is the first thing you should pay, then food, and then transportation.  If you are worried about paying credit cards first, or some other debt, you are cutting your own throat. 


I would advise you to do some looking at Dave Ramsey.  He has several excellent books, available usually from the local library. 


Also, as for the husband, sit down with him and talk to him - I don't know if you have done this or not, but his playing the video games may be a way for him to escape.  If he has always been responsible in the past, then his irresponsibility now is probably a defense mechanism. 


You both need to step back and take the emotion out of it.  If you are not able to do that, the situation is not going to improve.  You both have to show commitment to making the relationship work, even on so little money. 


If you have a pastor or some sort of mentor/advisor, that might be a good place to start, once you have talked to your husband.  A neutral party who can look at the situation from all sides can help. 


Good luck, from someone in similar shoes.


HC


if we get to their 75,000 annual income qualification
then they can qualify us for that. 
How do you manage at income tax time?
Do you file separate returns?
Would you also want your income taxed at the 40% rate?
At one time England did that.  The friends we had in Cananda said they were taxed to death on their income, but they were pretty pleased with their healthcare.  There is no easy solution.
That puts me in the low income bracket. . . SM
Wonder why I don't quality for any help if that is the case. I have no medical insurance and was just at the ER and it cost me $1800 (so far as lab work not returned yet) to wait for 5 1/2 hours altogether and get a port and three meds administered with a CT scan of head. They charged me $396.00 for the attending on duty to talk to me 15 seconds after the resident saw me.  A nurse told me in the ER that they would trim some of the cost for me, but when I called the hospital they said I did not quality.  A working person falls between the cracks. Makes me angry they could not help me at all. 
If he's elderly and low income, he needs to check sm
with senior services to see if he qualifies for some type of medical assistance aid.
Amen! We are just at a six-figure income..

but you would never know it by our lifestyle. We don't need to impress anyone or put ourselves in debt for material things that depreciate the minute you walk out of store with it or drive it off the lot. Americans need to SAVE money, a concept that has been long lost through the generations.


PS! One more - check to see if you qualify for low-income

It depends on your income range sm
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While on the phone with the tax accountant, I asked if withholding had changed. He said yes for most segments of the so-called middle class. He said that while I lived well and had the biggest ever year as an MT, my income is considered the low end of the middle class, so I get a break. I have noticed about a $100 INCREASE in my paychecks from lower withholding.

This is going to depend on your income range to some extent and also how you have your W-4 set. Mine is single with no exemptions, the highest amount you can have withheld automatically (unless you ask for an additional amount).

The projected tax burden for lower income Americans has decreased and so some of us will see a difference. I have, but it was to my benefit.
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Very, very well stated. nm
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You show proof of past income if you need to (sm)
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I also have to consider my income - not just whether I enjoy the job; that is my main concern. nm
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Ideas to earn extra income
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eBay is great for extra income...
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That part did not need to be stated at all--sm
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As I stated before, if you knew what
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If things were as she stated then yes ...sm
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No, I think I stated that wrong
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Sorry - for your sake I hope the reason was too much annual income. (nm)

that's nonsense! I make a six-figure income all my myself being an MT. Hubby has no need to wor
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Agreed to let hubby have all the refund on the income tax and drat!
See, it is like this. I told hubby to take his check book today because it costs quite a bit to get our taxes filed at H&R and I basically did not care about paying for it this time (between paydays really). I said if you will pay the charges to file, then they will have your check and anything we get back you can have and if we have to pay a really big amount, I will go and take that out of a bigger account in my name and I will pay, so it will be win, win situation for you. Drat! Can I take that back now? He has paid most all the income tax this year, as an independent I did not pay my fair share but yet, now he is getting close to 5,000. Can I renegiogate? Anyone else do this sort of crazy thing and then wish they could take it back?  Darn, drat, dagnab it!!!!
She already stated that the garage was full
and that they said they would take them instead. Sometimes you do things like that for family, ya know?

Also, she would most definitely say, "why did you store them near the street where you had other things stolen before and stored yours in a safe place?" That is negligence!

Since their quads were not stolen, only the ones right by the street, it is obvious they acted negligently. She stated that the only things stolen on the property were right near the street before. Why would someone put something that they are storing for someone in the same place? That is negligence.

I have no doubt she would probably tell the OP that they should have cleaned the garage and took care of their own quads, but legally, her sister is at fault.
Stepped on a lot of toes when I stated
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I guess I could have stated my comments
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