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The Down Payment Playbook and a savings sheet to color in

Cut what you don’t need, find a payment that feels comfortable, and shop your loan with confidence. Read it here, print it, or have me email both to you so you can get saving.

The Down Payment Playbook, a first-time buyer guide, cover
What is inside

A three-step plan, eleven pages

Step oneCut what you don’t need

25 ideas for trimming monthly costs, each with a blank to write in what it saves you, and a tracker for the year.

Step twoFind your comfortable payment

A worksheet that starts with your take-home pay and the life you want to keep, so the number is yours.

Step threeShop your loan

What to compare on a Loan Estimate, the questions to ask every lender, and a chart for lining three of them up.

Brick by Brick savings sheet: a house made of 100 bricks to color in as you save
Brick by Brick

One page for the fridge. 100 bricks to color in.

Write your goal at the top and divide it by 100. That is what each brick is worth. Every time you save that amount, color one in, and watch the house fill up.

It pairs with the playbook: the cuts you choose there are what fill the bricks here.

When you want company on it

Send me your number and I will help you plan

You don’t need to be ready to buy. Tell me your goal and your timeline, and I will show you what a down payment looks like for the homes you have in mind, and which assistance programs are worth asking about.

The savings tracker page from the Down Payment Playbook
The booklet

The Down Payment Playbook, page by page

Download the PDF

Tap any page to open it full size. The worksheets are easier on paper, so print the PDF or ask me to email it.

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For general education. Not a commitment to lend. Talk with a licensed lender about your situation.

Next step

Want to see it in person?

Tell me what you are looking for and I will line up homes, run the payment on each one and answer the questions a listing can’t.