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Why Paying Off Home Mortgages Is A Dumb Idea



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f you're planning to            smartly is exactly the opposite   
refinance you're home or        what the majority's idea of       
apply for a home mortgage.      smart. Yep, you heard that right! 
This could be one of the most the     This means the smart way is       
best tips you'll ever recieve. If     applying little amount of cash as 
you're like majority of the           down payment (But just be sure    
population which applies for home     that monthly home mortgage        
mortgage and chooses to put a         payments only consist 30% of      
large down payment, with the          you're total debt just to be      
shortest term attainable and          safe), taking the longest term    
paying if off as soon as possible     available and never pay off       
and thinking that their doing it      you're home mortgage! Now this    
smart. Well, I'm sorry to burst       strategy may not be applicable at 
the bubble, but frankly its not       all times. It depends, like most  
smart from a financial standpoint     financial strategy, on economic   
and such idea could lead you to a     climate. Specifically factors     
big mistake.                          such as home mortgage rates and   
                                      you're ability to find a          
Now I know that could be a shock      profitable investment vehicle.    
to you, or make you feel              Yes, you need to start investing, 
uncomfortable and you should.         we're talking about being         
This goes against the grain of        financially smart and you cant    
what the majority of the              achieve that if you don't or cant 
population's concept of smart         invest.                           
handling of home mortgages.                                             
Nevertheless, read on. I'll share     Lets start to elaborate why our   
to you the smart way of doing it.     strategy is more financially      
                                      smart than the majority's         
                                      "smart". To better illustrate     
The answer of how to do it            I'll share to you a technique     



that's one of the pillars of          * You pay as little amount of     
wealth building. The technique        cash possible.                    
I'm talking about is you borrow                                         
money, lets say $10,000 with an       - This will increase you're good  
interest rate of 5% per year and      debt                              
you invest that money with an                                           
investment vehicle, lets say a        - Put you're "down payment to be" 
mutual fund, with a 10% growth        cash to an investment vehicle.    
per year. Now let's do the math.      Earning you 10% or whatever then  
                                      paying the home mortgage with     
Borrowed Money 10,000                 their 5% or whatever. Giving you  
                                      a profit. Important! The numbers  
Total Earned 1,000 (10% of            may not be the same for you, but  
10,000)                               just be sure you're earning       
Total Interest Paid 500 (5% of        percentage is higher than home    
10,000)                               mortgage percentage.              
-----------------------------                                           
Total Earned $ 500                    * Choose the longest term. This   
                                      lowers you're monthly payment and 
You could be sitting on a 500$        most occasions lowering you're    
net profit! This may not be large     interest rate.                    
amount of money, but remember you                                       
invested nothing of you're money      * Don't pay it off as soon as     
giving you a Return On Investment     possible. Don't join any programs 
of infinity.                          that help you achieve that.       
                                      Instead invest the extra cash to  
How does this relate to applying      you're favorite profitable        
home mortgage? It's the same          investment vehicle. What you'd    
thing concept.                        rather want? paying 5% or earning 
                                     10%?                              



                                      not aimed as an How To, but       
By following such steps you're        rather to give you an idea of the 
actually borrowing money with 5%      things possible. I still advice   
interest rate and earning with        that you sit down with a          
10% interest rate giving you a        financial advisor to have         
profit of 5%! Important, this is      solutions tailor made to you're   
not an exact calculations, in         situation.                        
fact this an oversimplified           

                              
example. This articles also is        






About the Author:

This article is written by Jed Baguio. For More Home Mortgage Tips please visit my site http://www.home-mortgage-infocenter.com/

Source: www.isnare.com


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