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To: BP2
In Michigan, owner financing is called a land contract. Perfectly legal and often the only way to sell “fixer-uppers”.

Limited to 20 years and 8% APR interest.

I bought my first home on a land contract when I was 16 yrs old. Try getting a bank loan at 16, or even 18, with no credit history or cosigner!

Closing costs? About $50 plus whatever they want as a down-payment.

This is a very dumb bill that will truly screw over young first-time home buyers.

18 posted on 06/14/2009 12:31:23 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Beagle8U
This is a very dumb bill that will truly screw over young first-time home buyers.

No, it'll screw a lot of people, in every socio-economic-generational group. As banks keep on hoarding money and not lending any, and as interest rates rise back to early 80's levels (15%+ is coming), owner financing will become the most probable way two people, a seller and a buyer, can transact business.

24 posted on 06/14/2009 12:38:07 PM PDT by adm5 (YOU CANNOT FIX CAPITALISM WITH SOCIALISM! -Glenn Beck)
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To: Beagle8U

“This is a very dumb bill that will truly screw over young first-time home buyers. “

its more than that, its a bill that seeks to define the terms under which a person can sell their private property. Further erosion on the value of contracts.


29 posted on 06/14/2009 12:47:08 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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