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June 26, 2008
The Real Estate Adviser: Flexible loans good option if you understand them
By Tom Kelly
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
The memory of a no-nonsense conversation, held more than a decade ago, hit home then and is vivid today.
“This probably would not be the loan for a person who planned on making just the minimum payment every month,'' said the Washington Mutual senior loan consultant. “It's a great program for borrowers who really might use the flexible payments, but if you stay with the minimum, you are absolutely going to owe more than you borrow.”
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