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You typically need PMI then? That's money down the drain.
You typically need PMI then? That's money down the drain.
You can pay off enough to not need PMI, and in many areas the house value increasing will help you.
So's renting. I took an FHA loan and paid it down to the "cancel my PMI" level as quickly as possible, and I'm fairly sure it was the right decision in my case.