Mortgage with SFL income

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Find a minimum wage 1 hour a month job.

Monthly salary - £10.42
Other monthly income - £10,000


Sorted. :cry:

When I was working 16 hours a week in the slot machine shop early last year, YBS gave me a DIP based on my income from that and wouldn't take my guaranteed £123K a year annuity into consideration. :cry:
 

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Filled in the mortgage form on L&C and the computer came back with an automated no. I assume this is because I am technically unemployed even though I have a £123K income a year from my SFL winnings.

One thing i've allways been curious about the set for life game, because you've won an income i presume your taxed on it or is it some how tax free?.
 
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One thing i've allways been curious about the set for life game, because you've won an income i presume your taxed on it or is it some how tax free?.
It's a monthly annuity payment so the bulk of the money is already classed as mine. The annuity provider make profit on the money I assume because £14K of it a year is taxed as income but I still get my full £10K each month. In fact I get £10,320.14p a month.
 
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I have been reading this and really think now you have £10k a month you need a full life replan as in why would you buy a house where they have slot machine shops and only certain bits of town are nice....why not move somewhere actually nice....just think you need to think bigger....

You have the world at your feet.... don't waste the opportunity mate....
 
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I have been reading this and really think now you have £10k a month you need a full life replan as in why would you buy a house where they have slot machine shops and only certain bits of town are nice....why not move somewhere actually nice....just think you need to think bigger....

You have the world at your feet.... don't waste the opportunity mate....

Maybe he is happy where he is
 
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Or just pay yourself a 'wage' from the 10k a month, say 2k to live on, 1k to put into savings /pension/investment portfolio. ..

Then in 3 years time you'll have built up a 'spare' 250k (more if your investing the 7k every month even if it's just low risk stuff) and just buy a place outright?

Sounds like you need a proper financial adviser/planner rather than simply getting a mortgage.

Of course you'll easily be able to get a mortgage if you go through a broker rather than an automated application as mentioned above, but it's not nessesarily the most efficient way of going about things.
A good adviser will be able to look at your bigger picture and long term goals.

For example... Even if you get a mortgage at 5k a month you'll be paying say 4% interest and might not be able to over pay much if you want to...
Whack that money into fixed 2 year savings or whatever and you'll be making 4%+ rather than paying 4%!

EDIT, what I'm trying to say is you have a LOT of options with that sort of income, and taking on debt doesn't really sound the most efficient way of doing things.
 
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I have been reading this and really think now you have £10k a month you need a full life replan as in why would you buy a house where they have slot machine shops and only certain bits of town are nice....why not move somewhere actually nice....just think you need to think bigger....

You have the world at your feet.... don't waste the opportunity mate....
That type of thinking often leads to Lifestyle creep and trying to keep up with the Jones. Which could ironically lead to him being in a worst financial situation. See all the past lottery winners who are now bankrupt.
 
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That type of thinking often leads to Lifestyle creep and trying to keep up with the Jones. Which could ironically lead to him being in a worst financial situation. See all the past lottery winners who are now bankrupt.
Hmmm might also be that type of thinking keeps people down....

Much rather be in smallest house on a lovely road in a lovely town then the biggest house in a hole....
 
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That type of thinking often leads to Lifestyle creep and trying to keep up with the Jones. Which could ironically lead to him being in a worst financial situation. See all the past lottery winners who are now bankrupt.
Just avoid these mistakes
 
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Or just pay yourself a 'wage' from the 10k a month, say 2k to live on, 1k to put into savings /pension/investment portfolio. ..

Then in 3 years time you'll have built up a 'spare' 250k (more if your investing the 7k every month even if it's just low risk stuff) and just buy a place outright?

Sounds like you need a proper financial adviser/planner rather than simply getting a mortgage.

Of course you'll easily be able to get a mortgage if you go through a broker rather than an automated application as mentioned above, but it's not nessesarily the most efficient way of going about things.
A good adviser will be able to look at your bigger picture and long term goals.

For example... Even if you get a mortgage at 5k a month you'll be paying say 4% interest and might not be able to over pay much if you want to...
Whack that money into fixed 2 year savings or whatever and you'll be making 4%+ rather than paying 4%!

EDIT, what I'm trying to say is you have a LOT of options with that sort of income, and taking on debt doesn't really sound the most efficient way of doing things.
Debt is not bad unless it's spent on depreciating assets....

You have to consider that house prices can go up a lot over 3 years so you need to time these things quite well to really be better off with the cash interest build up option....
 
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Debt is not bad unless it's spent on depreciating assets....

You have to consider that house prices can go up a lot over 3 years so you need to time these things quite well to really be better off with the cash interest build up option....

Very unlikely in the current climate! And why pay interest on a huge debt when you can be earning a guarenteed interest rate & supercharging your retirement fund at he same time?

All whilst paying himself monthly pocket money to live on..2k a month should be loads if he owns his current house outright.

But anyway, that's why the OP really needs to speak to a proper advisor/planner.
 
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Very unlikely in the current climate! And why pay interest on a huge debt when you can be earning a guarenteed interest rate & supercharging your retirement fund at he same time?

But anyway, that's why the OP really needs to speak to a proper advisor/planner.

Agree he needs some proper advice.... depression on that £10k a month will be pretty significant...in 20 years that won't sound like much a month....
 
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