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You can expect to spend anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a year to keep the house in good working order. If you can, consider adding a few hundred dollars to rent payments each month to cover these unexpected expenses. It's more likely you'll be able to do this if you have low mortgage payments.
Aim to keep your mortgage payment at or below 28 percent of your pretax monthly income. Aim to keep your total debt payments at or below 40 percent of your pretax monthly income. Note that 40 percent should be a maximum. We recommend an even better goal is to keep total debt to a third, or 33 percent.