Down Payments: How to Use Gifts, 401(k)s & More to Buy a Home
- Episode
- 151
- Published
- Duration
- 13 min
- Host
- Christian Nossum
- Topics
- Market Updates
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This week join our hosts Christian Nossum, Joanna Beecher, and Varun Jain of the Awesome Nossum Group at Wilson Realty Inc as we explain why buying a home doesn’t require 20% down and we will explain all the different ways you can get your downpayment amount together. We dig into gift funds, 401k loans, HELOCs, and other smart strategies to pull together a down payment, along with how to move your money early so closing is smooth.If you like listening to the Awesome In Seattle Podcast, leave us a review. We would love to hear from you!
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