Absolutely it was bigger. I just simplified it in my post. The stupid thing was after the crash, my husband and I went to purchase a 2nd home. We could have paid cash but went the financing route. It took 3 months! If only they had been that careful with as Covefefe_Commando posted, they had done this with the NINJA loans.
So yours and covefefe's post struck a cord. I was always embarrassed as a single mom in 1990s I had to resort to Fannie Mae loan but knew literally nothing about the horrors then. I was working a crap job in the travel industry and see now, I never should have been approved for the loan. I ended up nearly losing it 4 years letter but a friend helped and I refinanced.
Ffwd to 2008-2009 I remarried in 06 and went to nursing school. I quit my job to focus on being able to go full time. Towards the end of graduation we nearly lost our home (husband relocated and moved in with me same 1990s home) refinancing saved it so we thought.
Originally loan was Countrywide. They sold it to BoA and now it's with some other no name. The thing that floors us is how much we still owe on this home after paying on it since 1995! Not am expensive home either I'm talking around bought around 100K no idea 9f worth now. Live in an expensive area bc I was duped about good school district.
It's barely a dent and admittedly we've been taken advantage of. We have been for the last couple years finally able to make headway with some of our debt but the mortgage doesn't seem right.
Would our accountant be able to make heads or tails of this? I consider us to try to be good people that help others when we can but all of this subprime info makes total sense. I just feel incredibly duped.
Try to get it refinanced if you can. It isn't unusual to go for years without making a dent in the principal because almost all of the money goes to interest for many years of your loan.
Kinda nervous to try to refi but I think interest is much lower now. Thank you! So hard to get good advice as it seems many want to take advantage. It just seems that close to 30 years of paying on it should have had it nearly paid off.
Absolutely it was bigger. I just simplified it in my post. The stupid thing was after the crash, my husband and I went to purchase a 2nd home. We could have paid cash but went the financing route. It took 3 months! If only they had been that careful with as Covefefe_Commando posted, they had done this with the NINJA loans.
So yours and covefefe's post struck a cord. I was always embarrassed as a single mom in 1990s I had to resort to Fannie Mae loan but knew literally nothing about the horrors then. I was working a crap job in the travel industry and see now, I never should have been approved for the loan. I ended up nearly losing it 4 years letter but a friend helped and I refinanced.
Ffwd to 2008-2009 I remarried in 06 and went to nursing school. I quit my job to focus on being able to go full time. Towards the end of graduation we nearly lost our home (husband relocated and moved in with me same 1990s home) refinancing saved it so we thought.
Originally loan was Countrywide. They sold it to BoA and now it's with some other no name. The thing that floors us is how much we still owe on this home after paying on it since 1995! Not am expensive home either I'm talking around bought around 100K no idea 9f worth now. Live in an expensive area bc I was duped about good school district.
It's barely a dent and admittedly we've been taken advantage of. We have been for the last couple years finally able to make headway with some of our debt but the mortgage doesn't seem right.
Would our accountant be able to make heads or tails of this? I consider us to try to be good people that help others when we can but all of this subprime info makes total sense. I just feel incredibly duped.
Dave Ramsey has a good program for folks to pay off debt, including mortgage debt. Check him out online: Daveramsey.com
Appreciate this! Will do.
Try to get it refinanced if you can. It isn't unusual to go for years without making a dent in the principal because almost all of the money goes to interest for many years of your loan.
Kinda nervous to try to refi but I think interest is much lower now. Thank you! So hard to get good advice as it seems many want to take advantage. It just seems that close to 30 years of paying on it should have had it nearly paid off.
Good luck to y'all!