Buying a home can be hard.
Putting enough money aside for a down payment can be near impossible.
Well, it is the Christmas season.
Step one is to take the money you were going to spend on each other and put it into the down payment kitty.
Ask family who normally trade gifts to give cash that can be put towards a down payment.
Think hard on this. Yes, you give up gifts for the time being, but you get closer to that home you want.
Sometimes it is the small home that gets you started
Great advice, there are studies made how much an average person spends on gifts for Christmas.... hope you have a large family:)Endre
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Good morning, William Feela small homes are in big demand and builders are building smaller homes because of density concepts with subdivision approvals.......
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
Good morning William. I think this is a smart and great idea. I love the picture.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
This may not give the entire down payment, but nnot looking for that, just a bit of help. YOu can buy trinkets next year.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
People do this now with an account rather than a wedding present...good idea !
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
This is good advice to share with prospective first time home buyers.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Hello William, good suggestion for first time buyers. Last year our present to each other was to update 3 bathrooms, this year will be new carpet.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
This is an excellent idea, William. I hope that many will take this tip to begin their journey to homeownership.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Hi William Feela - Where there is a will there is a way. This is certainly a way to get you to that home you desire.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
That is a very refreshing idea for someone who is very hard to shop for William Feela
Patricia Feager, MBA, ...
Flower Mound, TX
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
I am hearing that more and more families are not exchanging gifts since everyone seems to have everything they want when they want it. Saving for a home or a second home is a great idea.
Lou Ludwig
Boca Raton, FL
Owning a home is a balance of sacrifice that leads to the ultimate reward -
I am going to reblog this because its such a worthy cause, never even crossed my mind. I can actually in my mind, hear the kitty purring, lol.
Great post! People don't know, what they don't know... and so the tradition of exchanging unwanted gifts continues. And the tradition of recycling unwanted gifts in years to follow doesn't end either.
People need two basic things: 1) Food; 2) Shelter.
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