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Buying a Home as a Savings Plan

By Vivian Abraham of Police Mortgage





















































































































Can buying a home be a savings plan?  Absolutely, it depends on the person. Are they disciplined enough? Savers need to have the money ready for the down payment. Then they also need the discipline to build the equity in the property without tapping into it for non-emergencies.

Potentially drawing on the equity in your home to help pay for college or to get your ducks in a row for retirement could make sense. There are different ways that equity can be used to assist you as a savings plan that make prudent sense, but the person needs to remain disciplined as a saver.

Can you remain disciplined with your police home loan by making the monthly payments on time? Can you remain disciplined in only using that equity when it is truly needed? 

Looking at the equity in your home as a savings plan requires that you only tap into it when it will truly benefit you. For example, taking equity out of the property to make improvements to the house may make perfect sense. Taking equity out to pay for that cruise probably wouldn’t be that disciplined or that prudent.

Putting more money into your monthly payment to build more equity may be a wise savings plan, especially depending upon the rate on your law enforcement house loan. The biggest takeaway is that you must be disciplined.

Police Mortgage specializes in conventional mortgages, purchase money transactions, FHA loans, and VA loans. Led by founder and CEO John Aretos, Police Mortgage is known and respected for providing clients with exceptional service, customized terms, quick and easy closings, and low money down options. To learn more about Police Mortgage, go to www.policemortgage.com  or call 312-499-8878.

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