[SAMWolf]

I took advantage of the GI Bill to get my college education. No way I could have afforded it otherwise.

For once the paperwork was not overly complicated or excessive. I never used the home loan because it was just way to much of a hassel for the slight difference in rates at the time.

[MistyCA]

I agree about the Home loan. The only person I have ever known to use one was my brother on his third home. He found the experience to be complicated and not worth it, and sometimes the rates are not any better then commercial rates, or not enough to matter.

[larryjohnson]

The VA loan I almost forgot. In 1971,returning to CA from VietNam. I bought my first house. Nothing down on a $30K house. That nothing plus a lot of interest and taxes and principle, I kept rolling over and moving up until they finally passed a law not to tax cpital gains. You can figure out what...