In order to keep us motivated and excited
about paying off the mortgage, we constantly remind ourselves why we're doing this.
Taxes would definately be an important consideration while deciding
about paying off a Mortgage.
Although the post's author doesn't come right out and say it, I have to assume that they are talking
about paying off a mortgage as quickly as possible.
Because we've been diligent
about paying off our mortgage, with bi-weekly payments and annual pre-payments, we've had very little cash left over for saving and investing.
This may seem anti-climactic or disappointing since you are reading an article
about paying off a mortgage early, but it's the best way to maintain a stable lifestyle and keep your sanity during this loooooong race.
Who doesn't dream
about paying off the mortgage and freeing up all that monthly cash?
Not exact matches
«For people who have the risk tolerance, investing that money rather than
paying off the
mortgage is fine, but think
about what would happen if the investments don't pan out and you still have to
pay your
mortgage,» says Craig Brimhall, vice president of Wealth Strategies at Ameriprise Financial.
But yes, I'd like to be reading
about you finally
paying off that last bit of
mortgage debt while I'm sitting on the beach sipping lemonade later this year.
Rent a suite in the basement to
pay the
mortgage, keep working up the ladder every 10 years as your equity increases, don't worry too much
about paying the
mortgage off, and never be out of the market.
When applying for a traditional
mortgage loan, lenders usually prefer for your debt - to - income ratio (the money you use to
pay off debts each month divided by your monthly income) to be below
about 36 %.
On another end of the spectrum, a good discussion would be
about if you should make the minimums on your
mortgage, or
pay it
off ASAP.
I just had a question
about how
paying off debt other than your
mortgage factored into your plan over the past 15 years.
The blue sky column is achievable if it's a bull market and all my rental property
mortgages are
paid off in
about 5 years.
Today we're diving into those thoughts and feelings, and — because we got so many questions
about it — diving into why we did
pay off the
mortgage on our house but why we're not
paying off the
mortgage on our rental anytime soon.
Paying off our
mortgage last week has gotten us thinking a lot
about debt, and how differently we all think
about it — but also how we * feel *
about it.
U.S. households use
about 8 % of their income to either
pay off debt, or increase savings — or sometimes both at the same time, as in the typical case of a
mortgage payment.
A report by Bristol University and the International Longevity Centre (ILC - UK) found that
about two - fifths (40 %) of people aged 75 and over and who still have a
mortgage to
pay off have an interest only
mortgage with no linked investment with which to
pay their loan back.
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One would hardly realize that the problem facing U.S. industrial employment is that wage earners must earn enough to
pay for the most expensive housing in the world (the FDIC is trying to limit
mortgages to absorb just 32 per cent of the borrower's budget), the most expensive medical care and Social Security in the world (12.4 per cent FICA withholding), high personal debt levels owed to banks and rapacious credit - card companies (
about 15 per cent) and a tax shift
off property and the higher wealth brackets onto labor income and consumer goods (another 15 per cent or so).
And at the same time I can either keep renting the property until the
mortgage is
paid off in
about 6 years or so, and can own the property at 26!
All too often, he said, everyday people still face corrosive uncertainty: Go to any bar or restaurant, and you'll find parents who are no longer sure they'll be able to
pay off their
mortgages, parents fearful
about whether their retirement savings will be enough, parents worried their kids will be eternally buried underneath student loans.
It's partly
about exposure; but if it doesn't work, I still have a # 1 bestselling book, I've still
paid off the
mortgage — I have nothing to lose.
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Now that I have some land I'm trying to learn to grow some of my own food, and I already round up the
mortgage payment every month even though money is super tight, but if I get $ 100k extra in writing income over the next however many years, I could
pay off the
mortgage, get proper insulation for this drafty old place, and put solar panels on the roof, at which point I could live comfortably on
about $ 1000 a month (except for the unexpected stuff), so that is my current dream.
Croft told The Bookseller that while he couldn't go into details
about the terms Amazon deal, it has «
paid my
mortgage off at the age of 29... that should give you an idea of scale».
If a borrower is concerned
about their ability to make these higher payments, he or she may want to consider a 15 or 20 year
mortgage and make extra principal reduction payments to
pay off their loan faster.
About 64 % of Americans own the home they live in, although the majority are still
paying off a
mortgage.
The great part
about the $ 60,000 I make every year is it will last as long as I own my rental properties, in fact it will increase over time as I
pay off mortgages and inflation causes rents to increase.
But if you're
paying rent, and worried
about being able to
pay rent when you retire, the obvious choice is to buy a flat now on a thirty - year
mortgage so that you can stop
paying rent and the
mortgage will be
paid off by the time you retire.
Chilton talks to a lot of people
about their finances, and he says that while many Canadians are good at
paying off their
mortgages, he finds a large proportion don't subsequently save enough when the
mortgage is gone.
You also have
about $ 500,000 left on a
mortgage you expect to
pay off in 20 years.
Pay off your
mortgage faster: Refinancing might mean making higher payments with a 15 year
mortgage, but the benefit of
paying it
off sooner is a great plus if you're concerned
about retirement assets and rising expenses.
The good thing
about keeping your
mortgage terms rather than
paying them
off is that
mortgage interest rates for long term plans tend to stay pretty low.
Undertaking a few simple steps towards credit repair will go a long way into showing them that you are serious
about this goal and that you have the willingness to
pay off your
mortgage in the future.
So literally, your
mortgage payment is going down every month at an accelerating rate as you
pay your
mortgage off and depending on how the numbers work out, you literally can
pay your
mortgage off in
about five to seven years.
Watch this video by Johnny FD to learn more
about buying a house with cash vs
paying off a monthly
mortgage:
All you need to know
about 50 - year
Mortgage Home Loans When the time comes to purchase a home, you probably are not thinking
about paying it
off for the next 50 years of your life, but this is exactly what some...
Biweekly
mortgage loan payments can allow you to
pay off a 30 - year
mortgage about six years ahead of schedule.
Be sure to think
about how much income your family will need to carry on, including daily cost of living,
paying off a
mortgage or debt, and college tuition.
This week we have questions
about buying a home in the down economy, and whether to
pay off student loan debt or
pay down your
mortgage.
A person we knew was trying to convince us that it was better to
pay off the
mortgage, even though our investments have averaged
about 10 % / year for a long time (they're a combination of stocks and some partnerships we're in).
Learn
about the debt snowball, snowflaking, and various strategies for
paying off your
mortgage early.
As for those who say people will spend the money if they did not
pay off the
mortgage first, what
about when the
mortgage is
paid off where will the extra money go then?
My husband has more than the remaining amount on the
mortgage by
about 70 % in his taxable account so I'm trying to convince him to
pay it
off ASAP but he doesn't want to do that.
800 is still an excellent credit score but it is
about 4 % lower than it was prior to
paying off our
mortgage.
You could also argue that there really isn't a good reason to care
about your FICO scores after you've
paid off your
mortgage although FICO scores are increasing being used to determine your insurance risks and employability.
(To learn more
about the importance of freeing yourself from
mortgage payments entirely, read Paying Off Your Mo
mortgage payments entirely, read
Paying Off Your
MortgageMortgage.)
On a $ 200,000
mortgage that's
about $ 2,000 to $ 4,000 in annual savings you can use to make extra
mortgage payments or, if necessary,
pay off other debts.
Consider that, on a $ 100,000
mortgage at 6 %, just by making a $ 5,000 prepayment each year, you can
pay off the
mortgage in
about 11 years (compared to the usual 25) and reduce the overall interest you
pay by $ 55,668.
One of the big objections I hear too often
about paying off debt is «But I get a great tax deduction for my
mortgage and student loans».