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I sometimes do medium to large transactions in cash so I don't have to pay things like credit card fees. $600 set of tires? Why should visa get $18 (3%)? I don'

I sometimes do medium to large transactions in cash so I don't have to pay things like credit card fees. $600 set of tires? Why should visa get $18 (3%)? I don't mind stopping by the ATM to save that. Also, maybe I just don't want everyone knowing everywhere I spend my money. I tried to get a mortgage a bit over a year ago and they wanted to see statements from all my accounts for the last 6 months. It's none of their damn business if I spend 500 a month on champagne or 500 on church donations.

QuotedForTruth 7y ago
Them looking at your accounts is more about income than expenses. They want to see how much money you're making and that it is recurring. They don't want to give you a loan based on you having $x and then find out the only reason you have that is because your friend gave you a loan for it. That would make you less likely to pay the mortgage back because you have other liabilities. So if you have a cash deposit they will want an explanation.
- CalRobert 7y ago
  In your perfectly dispassionate banking office this is true, but in reality, people will judge, even subconsciously (though the subconscious bit is giving too much credit). To give a true, recent, example, I might not like having the loan officer know about my donations to the Green Party - they could be right wing, after all! Also, some places are just small and people gossip.
  - Faark 7y ago
    For the last tax filing that needed a voucher for income, I blacked out pretty much everything except the amounts received / sent. Is this not allowed in such a case for you in the US?
    - vonmoltke 7y ago
      Tax statements are sufficient for proving income. Banks also need verification of the origin of funds for the down payment and closing costs, which is where the other statements come in.
    - CalRobert 7y ago
      I don't know. I don't live in the US anymore.
- jlokier 7y ago
  You may be able to open two accounts, at two banks. Put your reliable income into one, and transfer it monthly to the other, which you use for irregular personal spending. Give the loan company the statements for the first account.
  - CalRobert 7y ago
    It's a requirement to do so for ALL your accounts. Same for naturalisation applications, which I'm also doing.
    - jlokier 7y ago
      Last time I applied for a loan, they followed up asking for bank statements for the account I had given on the application form to receive the funds. I agree with you, and that doesn't seem right, but it is what the request asked for.
- turk73 7y ago
  It won't be long before they pass judgement. "Oh, I see you bought some rifle ammo last month, sorry we can't do business with people like you." Money lately is not about empowering individuals but dis-empowering them. We live in a clown world.

QuotedForTruth 7y ago

Them looking at your accounts is more about income than expenses. They want to see how much money you're making and that it is recurring. They don't want to give you a loan based on you having $x and then find out the only reason you have that is because your friend gave you a loan for it. That would make you less likely to pay the mortgage back because you have other liabilities. So if you have a cash deposit they will want an explanation.

CalRobert 7y ago
In your perfectly dispassionate banking office this is true, but in reality, people will judge, even subconsciously (though the subconscious bit is giving too much credit). To give a true, recent, example, I might not like having the loan officer know about my donations to the Green Party - they could be right wing, after all! Also, some places are just small and people gossip.
- Faark 7y ago
  For the last tax filing that needed a voucher for income, I blacked out pretty much everything except the amounts received / sent. Is this not allowed in such a case for you in the US?
  - vonmoltke 7y ago
    Tax statements are sufficient for proving income. Banks also need verification of the origin of funds for the down payment and closing costs, which is where the other statements come in.
  - CalRobert 7y ago
    I don't know. I don't live in the US anymore.
jlokier 7y ago
You may be able to open two accounts, at two banks. Put your reliable income into one, and transfer it monthly to the other, which you use for irregular personal spending. Give the loan company the statements for the first account.
- CalRobert 7y ago
  It's a requirement to do so for ALL your accounts. Same for naturalisation applications, which I'm also doing.
  - jlokier 7y ago
    Last time I applied for a loan, they followed up asking for bank statements for the account I had given on the application form to receive the funds. I agree with you, and that doesn't seem right, but it is what the request asked for.
turk73 7y ago
It won't be long before they pass judgement. "Oh, I see you bought some rifle ammo last month, sorry we can't do business with people like you." Money lately is not about empowering individuals but dis-empowering them. We live in a clown world.