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Eric Petersen
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5% down or wait for close to 20% down on first property

Eric Petersen
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Lehi, UT
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Hey all your smart people you.

Question on best ideas for my down payment on a mortgage. I am researching to get my first property. I qualify for 5% down and I almost have enough money to do that. Here is the dilemma. I understand if I wait until I have 20% down for a property I will avoid PMI, lower my mortgage payments, etc. I also understand if I get a property at 5% down I can lower my living expenses (no more rent since I'll move into the property and I will have renters in rooms to spread out the cost of the mortgage), get into a property that much faster, and get started on my dream of getting into buy and hold properties.

My question is, what in your experience would be the more beneficial idea: buy my property really soon at 5% or wait until I can pretty much pay the 20% down?

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Elizabeth Colegrove
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Elizabeth Colegrove
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This is one of those highly debatable questions. I personally like to put as little down as possible. Than my tenants are paying off my mortgage and I am not having to do a refinance. 

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