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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: accountclosed who wrote (35236)	11/4/1998 3:54:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 132070

Hi Antoine, >>>>>I'm a spreadsheet guy.<<<<< I got chewed out Monday for wasting thread space talking about buying a house, but, I'll try to be brief, the calculations involved are pretty complex, e.g., pay cash, take out a mortgage, 15 years vs. 20, vs. 30, how much for downpayment, what if I leave the money invested, what about taxes, and so on. I have never used a spreadsheet, would it be worthwhile to set it up, or am I just wasting time? I use Vorton Financial Tools, it calculates amortization, interest and principal, etc. I wish I could use a program that just prompted me to enter numbers and crunched them for me. CobaltBlue