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But nice places can come with high buy-in costs.
So, it takes some planning and saving for most to afford.
Alas, we are not in a perfect world.
For a $400,000 home, 2.3% is $9,200.
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Now comes the math.
That includes money for closing costs and reserves.
Assuming you began saving January first, that works out to $8,183 per month saved.
Still quite a bit.
Luckily, time has a funny way of making things much more manageable.
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