Not an easy thing, but saving 20% or more on the cost of a new home seems well worth the time and effort if you ask me.

The most information in this thread is not accurate.

I would recommend you and your husband get on the same page about future investing goals.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

Most investors on this forum are obtuse to the complicated nature of macroeconomics, cause and effect.

Quote from @Paul Lucenti: @Shawn Ackerman thanks Shawn - I'll add that into my numbers thanks for the tip.

It had better be a great deal to be worth dealing with all this headache and taking on this risk. 

In my opinion it would be cleaner to split partnership based on monetary contribution and then remunerate each active party for their work if the active work is more on one partner than the other.

Based on this strategy, it would only take about 2.5 years to pay off the $160K.

In our market, we are seeing more MTR providers.