[nfb-talk] question regarding mortgage loan

[Karen Rose]

Do you need to use the social security part of your income in order to qualify. If not then why not just use your business income and then they will need no info whatsoever about whether or not you even have a disability. Karen

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On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:10 PM, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because we've met in person. well, the person handling my loan process and I
> are acquainted. and the underwriter, the one asking for the disability
> verification, knows that part of my income is SDI.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> Congratulations on buying your first house. Why on earth would they even
> know if you have a disability or not. Karen
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Aug 7, 2013, at 11:44 AM, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> hi all,
>> 
>> I'm in the process of trying to buy my own very first owned home. I'm 55,
>> and I've rented all my adult life. The person who has been working with me
>> on getting my loan processed emailed me today to say that the loan
>> underwriter wants a document from a doctor verifying that I will still
> have
>> my disabilities for the next three years. I work--am self-employed--and I
>> get some SSDI. this requirement does not seem fair to me. after all, they
>> can't ask a person without a disability to get their employer to verify
> that
>> they will be employed for the next three years. and in my case, they
> aren't
>> even asking me to get the company for which I contract to verify I'll
> still
>> have my contract in three years. Are they allowed to ask for such
>> verification? When I keep questioning this, they tell me they can'[t
> refuse
>> the loan on the basis of my disabilities, but that they can ask for this
>> verification from my doctor. It doesn't seem right. 
>> 
>> Sherry
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> So hold this moment fast,
>> And live and love as hard as you know how,
>> And make this moment last,
>> Because the best of times is now.
>> --La cage aux Folles
>> 
>> 
>> 
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