22 Jan 2026 6:07 pm
The thing that drove me was we signed a 30 year mortgage at 33 yo...I was sick thinking it would be pd off @63...Fuelman » 22 Jan 2026, 9:51 am » wrote: ↑Paying for a house and property in 12 years is pretty rare. That takes some serious dedication and living far below your means. Some pinhead will call you innumerate for doing that!
Rule #1- Don't ever trust the bank when they say you can afford X!
Funny you should say that as a woman at work ask why I was so driven to pay my house off when it was such a great "tax deduction". I pulled the
and asked her", would you rather get back $100-200 of the monies you paid to the gubment for every $1000 you paid in interest to the bank as a refund, or would you rather have the $1000 in hand? She then gave me the as the light went on... 
Oh I remember those conversations with the realtors / banks telling us how much we could afford...lol, I thought, yeah, if we forego heat, groceries, insurance, etc, etc, etc...
what they do is criminal at best...
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