March 17, 2015 - Gen Y Finance Guy

Paying Off Your Mortgage Early vs. Investing The Extra Payments In Stocks

Over the last several months I have written about how I plan to pay off my 30 year mortgage in 7 years and also debunked the whole loss of the tax deduction. In the post about losing out on the tax deduction I presented the math that proved the interest savings over the 7 years was far greater than […]

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