Yes, you can make that down payment for a home
College is over, but you still have to do the kind of math that matters. Like: How am supposed to save $50,000 for a down payment on a house? If this question sends you into a shame spiral, making you second-guess your career, the city you live in and the jacket you bought yesterday, stop right there. You don't need to save 20 percent of a home's value for a down payment.
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