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Paying off a house quickly

Submitted by Steve on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 16:33

Question: Explain how you paid off your house so quickly.

Answer: There are three things we did to pay off our first home in nine years:

Medical crisis and car payments

Submitted by Steve on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 09:13

Question: I have a chronic illness and don’t know when I’ll be able to return to work. My husband works a weekend job in addition to his weekly job. We have two car payments. One is $500 a month with 18 months left to pay off the car. Would we be better off trading it in to get our payments down to $300? We tried to refinance it, but the company said no. I’m not sure we can afford this payment on one income. We need two cars because our son just started college.

Six Ways to Get College Scholarships

Submitted by Steve on Wed, 02/18/2009 - 09:35

Question: In your article about paying for college, you said you helped your kids research and apply for scholarships. Can you give me some advice about doing this?

Answer: It’s great to see a high school senior so motivated. You can do lots of things:

Budgeting to quickly pay off mortgage

Submitted by Steve on Sun, 12/28/2008 - 16:47

Do Extra Mortgage Payment Really Help?

Submitted by Steve on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 07:42

Question: I'd like to know more about mortgage payments. If I pay one or two extra payments each year how much faster can I payoff my house? I have a 30-year mortgage.