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May 3, 2009 at 4:43 PM #392994May 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM #392334daveljParticipant
[quote=4plexowner]all about risk / reward – already rich – don’t need to take stupid risks
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May 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM #392598daveljParticipant[quote=4plexowner]all about risk / reward – already rich – don’t need to take stupid risks
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May 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM #392809daveljParticipant[quote=4plexowner]all about risk / reward – already rich – don’t need to take stupid risks
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May 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM #392861daveljParticipant[quote=4plexowner]all about risk / reward – already rich – don’t need to take stupid risks
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May 3, 2009 at 4:46 PM #393004daveljParticipant[quote=4plexowner]all about risk / reward – already rich – don’t need to take stupid risks
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May 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM #392354patientrenterParticipant[quote=peterb]In an inflationary environment, I would agree completely. But in a deflationary environment, the risk of losing the downpayment is fairly great. Assuming 5% to 20% plus closing costs, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather keep for myself. But, if you could get a zero down loan, that would be worthwhile, IMO.
In delfation, keeping the cash turns out to often be the best “investment” of all.[/quote]
peterb, isn’t 3% down the most common payment on new purchases now? I am excluding people who are buying with prior home gains. For those folks, they are just “playing with their winnings”. Not rational, but that’s how they think.
May 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM #392618patientrenterParticipant[quote=peterb]In an inflationary environment, I would agree completely. But in a deflationary environment, the risk of losing the downpayment is fairly great. Assuming 5% to 20% plus closing costs, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather keep for myself. But, if you could get a zero down loan, that would be worthwhile, IMO.
In delfation, keeping the cash turns out to often be the best “investment” of all.[/quote]
peterb, isn’t 3% down the most common payment on new purchases now? I am excluding people who are buying with prior home gains. For those folks, they are just “playing with their winnings”. Not rational, but that’s how they think.
May 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM #392829patientrenterParticipant[quote=peterb]In an inflationary environment, I would agree completely. But in a deflationary environment, the risk of losing the downpayment is fairly great. Assuming 5% to 20% plus closing costs, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather keep for myself. But, if you could get a zero down loan, that would be worthwhile, IMO.
In delfation, keeping the cash turns out to often be the best “investment” of all.[/quote]
peterb, isn’t 3% down the most common payment on new purchases now? I am excluding people who are buying with prior home gains. For those folks, they are just “playing with their winnings”. Not rational, but that’s how they think.
May 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM #392881patientrenterParticipant[quote=peterb]In an inflationary environment, I would agree completely. But in a deflationary environment, the risk of losing the downpayment is fairly great. Assuming 5% to 20% plus closing costs, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather keep for myself. But, if you could get a zero down loan, that would be worthwhile, IMO.
In delfation, keeping the cash turns out to often be the best “investment” of all.[/quote]
peterb, isn’t 3% down the most common payment on new purchases now? I am excluding people who are buying with prior home gains. For those folks, they are just “playing with their winnings”. Not rational, but that’s how they think.
May 3, 2009 at 4:52 PM #393024patientrenterParticipant[quote=peterb]In an inflationary environment, I would agree completely. But in a deflationary environment, the risk of losing the downpayment is fairly great. Assuming 5% to 20% plus closing costs, that’s a chunk of change I’d rather keep for myself. But, if you could get a zero down loan, that would be worthwhile, IMO.
In delfation, keeping the cash turns out to often be the best “investment” of all.[/quote]
peterb, isn’t 3% down the most common payment on new purchases now? I am excluding people who are buying with prior home gains. For those folks, they are just “playing with their winnings”. Not rational, but that’s how they think.
May 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM #392364daveljParticipantjustlurking,
I found this snippet on the breakdown of interchange fees and who gets what (in case you’re interested):
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“Here is an example of the fees associated with a typical Visa Retail transaction a merchant may process and how these fees are distributed to the various parties involved:* If we assume a Discount Rate for a Merchant of 1.65% + $0.15 Transaction Fee, then for a $100 Visa charge the amount the Merchant would pay their Merchant Services Provider will be $1.80.
* This is divided up as follows:
o Visa and Issuing Bank split the Interchange Rate of 1.25% + $0.10, or $1.35
o Merchant Services Provider and Processor split the .40% + $0.05 mark-up, or $0.45”***************************
So, it looks like in a typical Visa transaction, 62.5 bps goes to the card issuer, 62.5 basis points goes to Visa (that looks high relative to your numbers, but I don’t know), and 45 bps goes to the merchant services provider and processor (I don’t know what the difference is between the two, frankly). That seems more in line with how I originally thought things broke out. But, again, I don’t know – I just found these numbers after a quick search. They could be wrong.
May 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM #392628daveljParticipantjustlurking,
I found this snippet on the breakdown of interchange fees and who gets what (in case you’re interested):
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“Here is an example of the fees associated with a typical Visa Retail transaction a merchant may process and how these fees are distributed to the various parties involved:* If we assume a Discount Rate for a Merchant of 1.65% + $0.15 Transaction Fee, then for a $100 Visa charge the amount the Merchant would pay their Merchant Services Provider will be $1.80.
* This is divided up as follows:
o Visa and Issuing Bank split the Interchange Rate of 1.25% + $0.10, or $1.35
o Merchant Services Provider and Processor split the .40% + $0.05 mark-up, or $0.45”***************************
So, it looks like in a typical Visa transaction, 62.5 bps goes to the card issuer, 62.5 basis points goes to Visa (that looks high relative to your numbers, but I don’t know), and 45 bps goes to the merchant services provider and processor (I don’t know what the difference is between the two, frankly). That seems more in line with how I originally thought things broke out. But, again, I don’t know – I just found these numbers after a quick search. They could be wrong.
May 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM #392838daveljParticipantjustlurking,
I found this snippet on the breakdown of interchange fees and who gets what (in case you’re interested):
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“Here is an example of the fees associated with a typical Visa Retail transaction a merchant may process and how these fees are distributed to the various parties involved:* If we assume a Discount Rate for a Merchant of 1.65% + $0.15 Transaction Fee, then for a $100 Visa charge the amount the Merchant would pay their Merchant Services Provider will be $1.80.
* This is divided up as follows:
o Visa and Issuing Bank split the Interchange Rate of 1.25% + $0.10, or $1.35
o Merchant Services Provider and Processor split the .40% + $0.05 mark-up, or $0.45”***************************
So, it looks like in a typical Visa transaction, 62.5 bps goes to the card issuer, 62.5 basis points goes to Visa (that looks high relative to your numbers, but I don’t know), and 45 bps goes to the merchant services provider and processor (I don’t know what the difference is between the two, frankly). That seems more in line with how I originally thought things broke out. But, again, I don’t know – I just found these numbers after a quick search. They could be wrong.
May 3, 2009 at 5:09 PM #392891daveljParticipantjustlurking,
I found this snippet on the breakdown of interchange fees and who gets what (in case you’re interested):
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“Here is an example of the fees associated with a typical Visa Retail transaction a merchant may process and how these fees are distributed to the various parties involved:* If we assume a Discount Rate for a Merchant of 1.65% + $0.15 Transaction Fee, then for a $100 Visa charge the amount the Merchant would pay their Merchant Services Provider will be $1.80.
* This is divided up as follows:
o Visa and Issuing Bank split the Interchange Rate of 1.25% + $0.10, or $1.35
o Merchant Services Provider and Processor split the .40% + $0.05 mark-up, or $0.45”***************************
So, it looks like in a typical Visa transaction, 62.5 bps goes to the card issuer, 62.5 basis points goes to Visa (that looks high relative to your numbers, but I don’t know), and 45 bps goes to the merchant services provider and processor (I don’t know what the difference is between the two, frankly). That seems more in line with how I originally thought things broke out. But, again, I don’t know – I just found these numbers after a quick search. They could be wrong.
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