(I occassionally agree to host guest posts from other bloggers and entrepreneurs in the personal finance space. I met Josh Mettle from my student loan business and discovered his awesome podcast Physician Financial Success. Josh recently interviewed me for the show and I got to speak about early retirement, taking risks, student loan strategies, and more. Josh’s firm helps doctors qualify for alternative mortgage products to buy a house. Remember I recommend no more than two times your combined income for a home purchase or 2.5 times if one spouse is the sole breadwinner. After that, there are plenty of ways to buy a home and I learned something reading this. If you’re a physician listen closely, if not I found it interesting a doctor mortgage even existed. Josh and I have no financial relationship)
In the simplest terms, a physician home loan has more liberal underwriting guidelines, whereas conventional and FHA loans are underwritten to more rigid and inflexible underwriting guidelines. Conventional and FHA loans are rarely the best solution for a young physician in training. Continue reading “Physician Financial Success Guest Post: Why Physician Home Loans Fail”
