I'm an Investment Adviser: Here's Why You Should Resist a Zero-Down Mortgage

The words "no money down" written in white on a black note in the center of wooden cutouts of houses.

For those of us who lived through the 2007 to 2008 global financial crisis, the lessons are indelibly imprinted in our minds.

But it's been more than a decade, and many of those who could best make use of those lessons weren't in kindergarten yet. That's why the resurgence of the "zero-down mortgage" is concerning.