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Originally Posted by noppenbd
I have to speak up here about the DR advice. I think there have been some errors of omission here. DR says you should buy a house where the payment is no more than 25% of your take home pay AND it is a 15-year mortgage
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I completely disagree on DR on this comment. We bought our house about 5 years ago with debt/income ratio 43%. Today, our debt/income ratio stands at 21%. DR doesn't take any account that income generally go up over time. That's my problem with DR's advice. However, it might be true for people that never see their income grow then it might make sense to stick to the 25% rule. But we all know as we grow in our careers we tend to make more.