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On 23 Mar 2005 05:01:54 -0800, "basskisser"

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But, I thought that you had to get an interest only
loan?????


The bank was offering me either loan...conventional, or
interest-only.

I chose the interest only loan over the conventional
30-year
fixed,
because
it gives me the option to pay principal on the loan
(but only
if
*I
*decide
to do so). Right now, it makes more sense for me to
put
$25-30k
per
year
away in a qualified pension plan than to pay principal
on a
home
mortgage.
In 4 1/2 years, I'll only be 38...and I'll have an
extra
$6000/mo
(before
taxes) to put towards principal and/or retirement
savings. At
that
time, I
can get a 20 year conventional fixed mortgage, and pay
the
home
off
before
I'm 60.


Yeah, sure, whatever.......

basskisser, is that the best you can do when you see a
good idea
put
in place?
--
John H

No, but you know how NOYB is, no sense in trying to make him
think
anything other than what he does, says, where he lives, his
occupation,
his thoughts, and on and on, are anything less than superior
to
anyone
else in the universe. Just ask him! Now, as far as a "good
idea",
he's
admitted himself that he is financially stretched tight.

My daughter has commented to me about having a negative
balance, on
occasion, in
my checkbook. To her, who has bounced a check to me, this was
really
something
to 'catch her dad' with.

There are times when it is beneficial to one's longer term
interests
to be
somewhat 'stretched tight'. That is not, necessarily, a sign
of bad
financial
management. I financed my house for 15 years instead of 30.
The
additional
payment amount stretched me a little more than I had been,
but I
think that the
long term benefits will be worth the stretch.

Ah, now, paying off a loan quickly is right the opposite of an
interest
only loan! You are purposefully paying off the principal
quicker,
while
he isn't paying ANY of it off. I've got a 30 year fixed, and it
will
be
paid off in 17 years because of extra payments applied directly
to the
principal. I don't care what anybody says, I don't like being
in debt.
I don't take out car loans, I save until I have cash to buy a
car,
therefore I don't pay anybody to use their money. Same
principal.

Well, once you read my other post you'll see why your idea
isn't
necessarily the
best.

If he us using the money he saved on the principle of the home
loan to
pay
off
the business loan (with perhaps a higher interest rate) sooner,
then
it
seems as
though he's doing a smart thing.

Wouldn't you think that he knows more about his finances than
you do?

A tree stump knows more about finances than the "King"

Paying off the house early is like buying a 2-1/2% bond.


I expect he'll get very mum on this subject shortly.

I doubt it, he has been beating his head against the wall about
this for
months. I think the basic problem (besides him being the "King
of the
NG idiots") is that if you are in the low end tax bracket, it may
not
make economic sense. Those in the highest brackets can see the
economic
benefits clearly.


Add to the above.........the choice of paying an extra 200 a month
to
your mortgage (money taken as income) or to your 401k
(pretax).........you take the 200 a month as income, at 33% and
you
netting 130 to the principal..(likely less than that because of
medicare
tax and and state and local income tax) .....saving you 2-1/2% of
that
amount..........in the meantime you could have taken the entire
200
pretax in a 401 or SEP even at a modest return of 5% a
year.....you are
going to be even further ahead.

Ding, ding, ding, ding. We have a winner!

The funny thing is that asslciker claims to be self
employed.......anybody
that is self employed would realize the benefits of the pre tax
investment
(especially since they raise the limits of the SEP / 401K )

Uh, please, Fritz, show where I've ever said I didn't have any
investments? If I am debt free, I'll have more surplus money TO invest,
plain and simple.


Investing money 17 years from now when your mortgage is paid off will do you
very little good. You'll be missing 17 years of compounding interest. You
keep forgetting that your house is an investment that continues to grow in
value even if you don't pay one dime in principle. Conversely, your pension
plan needs a constant influx of money in order to reach a value that can
sustain you in your retirement.