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When Buying A Home, Get Out Of Your Head And Do The Math On Paper

When Buying A Home, Get Out Of Your Head And Do The Math On Paper

In the heat of house-hunting, it can be easy to keep all the numbers in your head. You debate back and forth over which properties to target and for how much and under what conditions. But as the Trulia blog notes, if you mostly just do this mental math without putting it down on paper it can be easy to talk yourself into less-advantageous deals when the numbers in your head collide with the emotions in your heart. [More]