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by cobookman 3160 days ago
You are forgetting interest deduction & property tax deduction.

so 900k mortgage at 4.1% interest is ~3k of interest and 1.2k of principal for first month.

Now you have 1k/month of property tax, 0 HOA (i was not talking about a condo), and 180$/month of insurance. I've been quoted 80-10-10 which have 0 PMI fees.

Let's be safe and assume that you're taxed at 30% at your highest level. Its likely you're being taxed at 40% though.

Now doing some math....

3k*0.7 + 1.2k + 1k+0.7+.180k = 4180$/month. Obviously there's maintenance and other costs but that's how much its actually costing you.

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Ah, fair enough. I appreciate the breakdown.