Abby Badach Doyle
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246 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2025
last heard 13 Aug
Abby Badach Doyle’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I really believe that if homeownership is your dream, you can make it happen.
Just focus on the factors that you can control.
This is one of those things like doom scrolling does not help you.
Making a budget does, right?
So a good place to start is to know what price range is even realistic for you.
And NerdWallet has a great calculator to help you get started there, our How Much House Can You Afford calculator.
And that's a really great first step.
Plug in your income, your monthly debt payments, about how much you expect to pay for a down payment.
And that calculator can help you see...
real price ranges that are affordable, that are a little bit of a stretch, or might be out of your budget entirely.
And it also factors in today's interest rates in real time.
Next, if you're planning on buying a house this year, make a list of your must-haves and then know where you're
If you're willing to compromise on some things, like that's where you can save money.
And home buying gets more affordable if you have wiggle room on things like location or the size of a house, or maybe you're willing to look at townhomes or condos.
All of these things are variables that can help bring down the price tag and get your foot in the door.
Definitely look into down payment and closing cost assistance programs.
Most of those programs are geared toward low or middle income folks, and some of them do have location restrictions.
But some programs, surprisingly, accept higher incomes too and have fewer restrictions.
And there really is free money out there if you know where to look.
Totally.
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