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Old 06-14-2009, 07:12 PM
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Not enough info. What is your total debt, listed by type, amount and rate? You say you pay $550/month on credit cards but then also mention student loans and home equity loans, so we need to know the whole story.

Making 80K/year, you should have no trouble affording the house and CC payments. When we bought our house, we made about 85K, the mortgage was 113K and I owed 102K in student loans and my wife had a few thousand on a car loan. We managed just fine with about 230K in debt on that 85K income. Tell us the full story and we'll be able to help answer your question.
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