You need to be disciplined. But, if you have a good credit history, you get credit card offers each week, and can easily open a home equity line of credit to access your home’s available equity. Any of these offer you the same ability to get into financial trouble. We don’t expect our customers to change their good financial habits just because they take out the HOA.
The loan is ideal for people whose income might vary. During the first 10 years, you only owe interest, which is automatically added to your principal balance monthly, so there’s really no “payment” to make as long as your principal balance stays below your credit line amount. The only payment you need to make is to stay below your credit line amount.