Debt Reduction, Mortgage

What Will It Take To Pay Off Our Mortgage Early?

In a few weeks, we will make our first mortgage payment.  Our mortgage is a fixed-rate 15 year mortgage.  Obviously, I’m not a fan of debt – and I’m going to work very, very hard to pay our mortgage off early.  Using a mortgage calculator I calculated the following the scenarios for paying the mortgage off early – 15 years…

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Mortgage

We Are Buying A House!

I cannot tell you how excited my wife and I are.  This afternoon, we are closing on the purchase of our new house! For the past several years, we have lived in a house provided by my employer.  Recently, we decided that the time was right to buy a house of our own.  (Honestly, we have been looking for more…

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