What White Coat Investors Should Know About Mortgages and Home Buying
We get plenty of questions about housing, home buying, and mortgages around here. Let's go through some of the common ones.
We get plenty of questions about housing, home buying, and mortgages around here. Let's go through some of the common ones.
Should medical residents be buying a house that they'll probably only live in for 3-5 years? I don't think it's a great idea.
Yes, it's possible to take out mortgages that are 40 or even 50 years long. But is that the right move for you to make?
We bought a home about four years ago, but we couldn't move in because squatters occupied it. Here's the conclusion of our long, long story.
An emailer asked about the best way to buy a $3 million home without selling their current home. Here are seven options to think about.
Let's focus some of our attention on when interest rates matter most and when they can be reasonably ignored.
Answering reader questions about whether you should pay off your mortgage, if nursing home insurance is a good idea, and when to let your disability policy lapse. Plus, we talk about the state of governmental student loan repayment programs.
Don't get trapped into thinking your money is "tied up" if you own a home and are paying a mortgage. There are plenty of benefits to doing so.
A vacation home can be a fantastic lifestyle purchase but consider the pros and cons, including the costs and time investment required.
Answering reader questions about mortgages, whether an annuity is the right decision for you (and whether you should keep the financial advisor who wants to sell it to you), and whether it makes sense for this particular doctor to continue forward with his universal life insurance policy.
Answering reader questions about recasting a mortgage and if it is something you should consider, about potentially violating non-compete contracts, and about how to get rid of a timeshare that was gifted to you.
The conversations I’ve had with friends about our student loans sound very similar to the chats my parents' friends had about their mortgages.
How should you approach home buying in 2024, especially when mortgage rates and housing prices are high? Here's what you need to know.
We thoroughly debunk a clickbaity article about why having a Roth IRA is supposedly a bad idea while also answering reader questions about buying houses now that interest rates are going up and how much you need to donate to justify a DAF.
WCI columnist and pediatrician Dr. Margaret Curtis and Dr. Jim Dahle answer questions about paying down debt vs. investing, if it's better to rent or buy in this market, and how you know if you are getting good advice at a fair price.