Comments on: Another Housing Article http://livingoffdividends.com/2006/09/06/another-housing-article/ Join me on my journey to achieve financial independence through dividends, passive income and investments Sat, 15 May 2010 01:48:25 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: finance girl http://livingoffdividends.com/2006/09/06/another-housing-article/comment-page-1/#comment-315 finance girl Thu, 07 Sep 2006 01:12:00 +0000 http://www.livingoffdividends.com/2006/09/06/another-housing-article/#comment-315 My theory is that most people look only at a monthly view. "Can I afford a $20 payment for this? Can I afford an $80 for that? Oh look! This nice mort company says they can lower our monthly mortgage payment by $300 a month! Oh look, that car dealership says that new SUV is only $700 a month!!"<br/><br/>They don't look at the picture bigger than month to month. <br/><br/>They don't look at total cost. My theory is that most people look only at a monthly view. “Can I afford a $20 payment for this? Can I afford an $80 for that? Oh look! This nice mort company says they can lower our monthly mortgage payment by $300 a month! Oh look, that car dealership says that new SUV is only $700 a month!!”

They don’t look at the picture bigger than month to month.

They don’t look at total cost.

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