Why Paying Off Your Mortgage is So Darn Tempting
My wife and I have owned our home for less than 3 months, and I am already tempted to start paying extra money towards our mortgage. Not only that, but we have paid exactly TWO payments. That’s 2 out of 360 total payments, or 1/180th. About half of a percentile....
How To Save For A House
Saving for a house can be a long and challenging process. Certainly more challenging than the process of purchasing a new home. Both because of how much money you actually need to save and because of the time commitment needed to save that large amount of money. In...
To Refinance or Not to Refinance, That Is the Question
Owning a home is a big responsibility. Along with the cost of maintaining the home, you also have the sizable mortgage to worry about. If you are like many Americans, making your monthly mortgage payment can at times be difficult. If you want to save a little money...
Real Estate Investing: How and Why I Ignored the “Experts”
A couple years ago I started reading up on real estate years ago. I picked up a few comprehensive books and went through them like they were picture books. I’ve been hooked on real estate investing ever since. And as ironic as it may be, I broke one of the...
How to Retire With Rental Properties
Retirement planning is a process that takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work. The very basic idea of working and saving a portion of your income (after spending the rest to live on) so that you don’t have to work for another part of your life sounds like...
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