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hypo: you come upon $250,000 post tax. you have $225,000 saved.

do you a) pay off your home mortgage, dropping your payment ...
razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness
  02/23/18
Pay mortgage
Mildly autistic codepig
  02/23/18
show your work please
razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness
  02/23/18
You avoid paying 3.5% interest. Most of your monthly payment...
Mildly autistic codepig
  02/23/18
invest the money
slate insecure menage
  02/23/18
https://res.cloudinary.com/value-penguin/image/upload/c_limi...
motley space pisswyrm
  02/23/18
point being?
razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness
  02/23/18
Your debt is cheap, historically speaking. You should be abl...
motley space pisswyrm
  02/23/18
true. I can earn near that amount in a high yield bond fund ...
razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness
  02/23/18
No brainer, invest the money.
crystalline hell
  02/23/18


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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:21 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness

do you a) pay off your home mortgage, dropping your payment from $1750 to $550 (taxes and insurance), or

b) continue to service the mortgage debt and try to reinvest the money?

terms of the mortgage are pretty good. 3.75% fixed 30 year.

explain your reasoning please

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469680)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: Mildly autistic codepig

Pay mortgage

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469685)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:22 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness

show your work please

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469689)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:32 PM
Author: Mildly autistic codepig

You avoid paying 3.5% interest. Most of your monthly payment is going to interest. I’d pay it off to avoid paying that ineterest. No guarantee your investment will generate an amount larger than what you’re paying in interest (needs to be more than 3.5% Bc of taxes, but should also account for losing whatever you’d get from mortgage interest deduction).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469787)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:23 PM
Author: slate insecure menage

invest the money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469699)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:24 PM
Author: motley space pisswyrm

https://res.cloudinary.com/value-penguin/image/upload/c_limit,dpr_1.0,f_auto,h_1600,q_auto,w_1600/v1/mortgages/Historical_Interest_Rates_Annual_Averages



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469705)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:25 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness

point being?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469708)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:27 PM
Author: motley space pisswyrm

Your debt is cheap, historically speaking. You should be able to make more money over 30 years by investing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469742)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:28 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle twinkling uncleanness

true. I can earn near that amount in a high yield bond fund right now so that would technically cancel the interest out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469752)



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Date: February 23rd, 2018 12:25 PM
Author: crystalline hell

No brainer, invest the money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3901616&forum_id=2#35469718)