Early Christmas present, we just paid off our mortgage early today
Paid off ours several years before I retired. Great feeling to have it paid off. Congratulations!
December 20, 2022, 05:00 PM
HK Ag
Congratulations, it is a great feeling.
The wife and I paid off ours some years ago, knowing that at any time we could be WFR'd since we work in Tech.
As it turns out I was WFR'd in Nov so the anxiety is much more tolerable.
Congrats again!
December 20, 2022, 05:03 PM
nshumway
Beautiful!
December 20, 2022, 05:05 PM
vinnybass
Congratulations. It is indeed a GREAT feeling.
"We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities."
December 20, 2022, 05:20 PM
220-9er
Great job. Getting out of any sort of debt is a real feeling of freedom. Hope you gave them the middle finger on your way out the door for me. My business accounts were inherited by them when Wachovia went under after '08 and they are a continuing criminal enterprise as far as I'm concerned.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
December 20, 2022, 05:25 PM
r0gue
And THAT, is how it's done. Bravo!
December 20, 2022, 05:26 PM
21bubba
Feels good don't it.
"I'm sorry, did I break your concentration"?
December 20, 2022, 05:44 PM
92fstech
Congrats! We did the same 2 years ago, and it's been really nice not having to make that payment every month. Good idea on opening up new accounts to put the extra money into. I'm ashamed to say that a large portion of mine has gone to fund gun purchases of dubious necessity, lol.
December 20, 2022, 05:44 PM
Rey HRH
Congratulations on a terrific milestone.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
December 20, 2022, 05:46 PM
BB61
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: I gotta say, that's pretty awesome. I have only a few years left to go, but it feels like forever.
Merry Christmas!
^^^^ Our home is a little more modest than yours in Park City.
^^^^^^^ Balze's mansion on the slopes. This message has been edited. Last edited by: BB61,
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December 20, 2022, 06:01 PM
.38supersig
Cool!
You'll sleep better in your own house instead of the one owned by Hells Fargo.
December 20, 2022, 06:13 PM
ridewv
Congratulations working to pay it off early and setting the payment amount aside each month for repairs and improvements is a good idea.
No car is as much fun to drive, as any motorcycle is to ride.
December 20, 2022, 06:27 PM
lyman
Congrats,
we paid ours off a couple months ago,
FYI, if you were paying property taxes thru escrow (included in the house payment) reach out to your City or County and let them know it is paid off and to switch the billing to you,
we thought that was automatic, and it was not, thankfully , I have another property that is paid off, and when I got the tax bill, it reminded us to go fix the billing for the house
Congrats, you will now sleep better! You can't put a price on how much healthier you will be with less financial stress in your lives.
Most people don't factor that in while weighing investing vs. being debt free.
December 20, 2022, 07:36 PM
MelissaDallas
NOTHING feels better than knowing you are safe and secure except for taxes and repairs. Huge sigh of relief.
December 20, 2022, 07:41 PM
mholmes
Congratulations! We’ve done it once and then bought lake property and built. 19-20 months away from having it paid off. Once it’s done will hopefully buy a piece of rental property and start the process again.
December 20, 2022, 08:13 PM
BB61
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Originally posted by lyman: Congrats,
we paid ours off a couple months ago,
FYI, if you were paying property taxes thru escrow (included in the house payment) reach out to your City or County and let them know it is paid off and to switch the billing to you,
we thought that was automatic, and it was not, thankfully , I have another property that is paid off, and when I got the tax bill, it reminded us to go fix the billing for the house
^^^^ Will do. Thx!
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December 20, 2022, 08:31 PM
Wilberforce
Woohoo! Congrats
--------------- "Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, “I am a warrior.” --Joel 3:10, ESV
December 20, 2022, 09:03 PM
scratchy
Congrats! Time for a happy jig!
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