Cheletto t1_j6nnb9v wrote on January 31, 2023 at 4:48 PM Reply to I'm 25 in New Jersey and I'm thinking about buying a home instead of renting with my Girlfriend by ZachBurner Make sure to buy the house 100% in your name only. Deed, mortgage, insurance, all the utilities - your name only. Anyone else living in the house should have a regular lease. They're a tenant. No ownership at all. If you get married sometime in the future, everything changes and you'll own it 50/50. Permalink 5
Cheletto t1_j6nnb9v wrote
Reply to I'm 25 in New Jersey and I'm thinking about buying a home instead of renting with my Girlfriend by ZachBurner
Make sure to buy the house 100% in your name only. Deed, mortgage, insurance, all the utilities - your name only.
Anyone else living in the house should have a regular lease. They're a tenant. No ownership at all.
If you get married sometime in the future, everything changes and you'll own it 50/50.