I have been racking my brain over ways to furnish my house but NOT bankrupt myself in the process. I created a shopping list/budget for things I will need to purchase for my first house. Even after using sale prices for pieces at modest furniture and home decor stores, my total was inching a little over $7500. This includes all appliances, living room furniture, formal area, two bedrooms, dining, office, rugs, decor, and lighting. My facial expression ----> (Translation: "Good lawd dats a lot of money!!") So I started searching through sales papers, visited some furniture stores, and found different areas to cut back on. After recalculating the shopping list, my new budget is around $6500. My current facial expression ----> (Translation: "Uhhhhh....") Now I had only been looking at brand new furniture. I came across a website, Apartment Therapy , that I found very resourceful and pretty neat. I was inspired and started searching Craigs List
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i've been reading your blog for a little while now and know that you've worked really, really hard for the successes you have. congrats on racking up another one!
Good for you. I know that feels good!
Girl its been a long time coming. Thanks! I cant to future ones to come.
@ closedblueeyes
Thank ya!
@ Sistah Ant
Girl it does feel good.
@ Single Ma
Thanks! 703 and 690 on the others. Equifax low as usual. 707 is my Experian score and everyone (financial wise) seems to prefer using them.
Hmmmm....I'll check again but the 707 was my highest score. And thats the one they are using to qualify me for an FHA loan. Unless mortgage lenders see different scores that consumers do.
To answer your question, yes, there are mortgage-adjusted FICO scores that may be slightly different than the FICO scores purchased by consumers. When I was mortgage shopping, mine were +/- 5 points on each.