She is really, really excited. I’m a little skeptical, though. But it isn’t a government entity, is it. That’s good.
Back in the late 90’s the government came up with this brainstorm to help poor people buy a house. It was a disaster from the beginning and I’ll bet there were very, very few of us who didn’t end up wiping out. What it as was that the government paid a portion of your mortgage, for the first 15 years. The payments were ~$800 and I paid $450 of that. After a couple of years something didn’t seem right…..I did some research, and only about $1.00 of that $450 went to the principal! I called, and the rep I spoke to said, “Well, that’s the name of the game!”
The other really stupid thing was that they prequalified me for a $90,000 home!! No way in hell would my income allow me to pay mortgage on a $90,000 home! I knew $50,000 was my limit, but greed got ahold of me and I ended up buying a $70,000 home.