As I announced recently, I’ve challenged myself to pay off my mortgage way sooner than the standard 30 years everyone seems to prescribe to. The more I think about it, though, the more I wonder if I am just being ridiculus.  So I asked a fellow personal writer to come up with several reasons why someone might want to pay [...]

My husband thinks I’m crazy.  My friends think I’m crazy.  But I’m not crazy. What’s crazy is accepting that it should take 30 YEARS to buy a house. Who ever came up with that idea? 30 years is way too long. I think about paying off our mortgage ALL the time. The Main Reason I Want to Pay Off My Mortgage: Peace of [...]