As rents go higher than $500, the percentage needed goes down; and the counterpart to that is also true - as rents go down from that $500 number, then you need a higher percentage.So, since your rents are above $500, you should not allow yourself to be misled by trying to hit the 2% rule; stick by the 50% rule for these properties.

This could be true to the extent the counterpart claimed that either 1) she did not actually sign the contract or 2) she was unaware of what she was signing.  

Homes that don't qualify for FHA tend to sell for 20-40% less than their counter parts.

I guess it probably would be different for me, since I would bet that my major counterparts would probably be general public represented by Realtors.Roger that on the fees.

They found that during a speed dating event, if a person had low standards and was open to dating basically anyone, even if that was not verbally communicated, their counterparts could sense this and rated them lower on the attractiveness scale.

Were the advantages to outweigh their counterpart, would that create too much irrational exuberance?

Lesser terms and some ARM products will carry lower rates than their fixed rate 30 year counterparts.

Maybe there is someone from Allentown here.Otherwise I know a good resource to get an counterpart in this area.

Don't forget the area in which you're buying...If its a hot area, like the bay area, the cash would need to be close to the non-cash counterpart.

These and the Ceramic counterpart looks very nice.