How to use buy downs to lower monthly payments
Example: Purchase price of 1.5M with 20% down and use 34K to a) reduce price vs b) buy down the interest rate
a) Use 34K to reduce the purchase price: loan of 1,172,00 at 6.25% equals $7216 month pmt
b) Use 34K to buy down the interest rate: loan of 1,500,000 at 5.25% equals $6626 month pmt