Anonymous wrote:Stop thinking of your house as a money fund. It's where you live. Just put the extra money towards other investments.
Anonymous wrote:Don't take out a loan, but do invest the house payment going forward.
For kicks, calculate how much you would have if you had taken out 30 year loan and invested the extra money instead.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In 2 years we will have our house paid off. Its current market value is 1 million. We made a mistake of borrowing only for 15 years at a very low interest rate. Is it a good idea to use it to take out loan and buy investment properties? Otherwise it's sitting there doing nothing for us.
We are mid 40s and had kids early. They are now odd to college/late high school. Being 45, we realized we are wayyy too heavy in 401k/Megs Roth/HSA and are dumping all extra disposable income into taxable brokerage. It’s the ONLY way we can retire in our 50s.
+1 Good advice.Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:In 2 years we will have our house paid off. Its current market value is 1 million. We made a mistake of borrowing only for 15 years at a very low interest rate. Is it a good idea to use it to take out loan and buy investment properties? Otherwise it's sitting there doing nothing for us.
Don't risk your only house for investments. You might wind up with nothing when the housing market corrects itself.