Homebuyer Readiness Evaluation

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  Homebuyer Readiness Evaluation

Inspiration

Computer science projects frequently demand a substantial degree of creativity, granting the programmer the liberty to conceptualize, construct, and pioneer. The satisfaction that arises from turning a collective blend of creative ideas into a reality inspired us to do something out of our comfort zone.

What it does

Homebuyer Readiness Evaluation is an app that addresses the complexity of home buying by providing a list of potential homebuyers and their relevant data. The goal is to assess their readiness to purchase a home and offer valuable suggestions for improvement if they are not yet prepared.

How we built it

We added the Winform extension on Visual studio code. We then created an empty c++ Winform project where we were able to create the UI. We added input text boxes for each of the approval factors in the data set (ex: credit score, car payment, credit card payments). We also created a button variable that the user is able to press in order to change the text variable that outputs. In the button object, we converted the user inputs which were strings into doubles (numbers). We then performed the calculation for DTI by adding ( ccPayment + car payment + slPayment ) and dividing by GMI. We then placed a series of nested if statements to determine if the homebuyer is eligible or not. If the home buyer was eligible we adjusted the text variable output to state so. Lastly, we ran trial runs with the provided data set, debugged any errors in the code, and ran more trial runs to ensure that our code works.

Challenges we ran into

Some of the challenges that we ran into primarily related to project initiation, we couldn't decide where to begin. Furthermore, the lack of experience made it challenging to brainstorm our ideas. However, we overcome these challenges and have been continuously engaged in our work ever since.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

By far the biggest accomplishments we as a team have accomplished is our determination to complete the project without ever giving up.

What we learned

We learned, as a team, how to implement GUI with C++, as well as learning the basics of GitHub and Devpost.

What's next for Homebuyer Readiness Evaluation

Homebuyer Readiness Evaluation is still in it's development stage. Our team plans to implement improvements that provide more features to the app.

Built With

• c++
• github
• gui
• visual-studio
• winforms