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How Do I Figure the Mortgage Payoff Month?
November 1, 1999, Revised February 21, 2005 Judging by my mail, for every borrower who worries about how they are going to make their next payment, there are 10 looking to repay early. Their personal strategies for doing ... more...

When Will Extra Payments Reduce Monthly Payments?
4 April 2005 "I am looking for a loan on which, whenever I make an extra principal payment, my monthly payment immediately declines. Is there such a thing?" The only mortgage that works that way is one on which the payment is interest-only. Not all interest-only ... more...

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Prepayment
Prepayment Full or partial payment of the principal before the due date. This might occur if the borrower makes extra payments, sells the property, or refinances the existing loan. ... more...

Variable Rate Mortgage
Variable Rate Mortgage The variable rate mortgage, affectionately know as Adjusatuble rate mortgage or ARM is a mortgage with a rate that will adjust over time. You may be familiar with the term three year ARM, or five-year ARM. ... more...

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Are Biweekly Mortgages Really Worthwhile?
You may have heard people, especially mortgage lenders, extolling the virtues of biweekly payments, saying that you can save thousands of dollars and take 5-7 years off your mortgage--and then offering to set up a biweekly plan for you for as little as $400. But you don't have to spend $400 to ... more...

Little Known Secret: Eliminate your Mortgage in 23 years or less!
Wanna know a little secret? There is an ingenious method you can use, to pay off your 30 year fixed rate loan, in 23 years or less. Its straightforward, simple, and easy to understand. In this article, were going to explore this little known secret, and well provide several examples of how it works ... more...

Should You Pay Off Your Mortgage Early?
In the old days, when a mortgage was paid off, it was happily burned. Those days seem to be long gone. Very few people will stay in their home for the length of time required to pay of a 30-year mortgage. And even if you can pay it off early, it might not be best for you.There is a sense of ... more...

How Can You Save Money When It Comes to a Mortgage?
Buying your home is one of the largest investments you will ever make. It costs a lot of money to buy a home, and even more if you have a mortgage.But there are ways to limit how much a mortgage will cost you.1. Fifteen-year mortgages are your best buyFixed-rate mortgages are your safest bet when ... more...

Sanity Check - Buying A Business
In the business broker community there is a review process that helps a buyer determine if a business purchase makes sense or not. This check can be done by a Fortune 500 company where everything is figured down to the penny and takes 1000 hours of research or it can be done by a small main street ... more...

Biweekly Mortgage
The biweekly mortgage has been around for years but with the recent media attention to the real estate industry in general and the mortgage industry in particular, the biweekly has been getting thousands of home owners to use this simple, yet powerful, way to speed up the principal payment ... more...

Credit Card Debt: How to Get Rid of It
This method is simple, but requires some discipline.First, you have to stop any new spending on your cards.Second - you'll need to examine all of your spending. You'll need to know how much extra money you'll be able to put towards paying off your cards.Credit card companies generally determine the ... more...

How a Credit Card Can Be Your Friend
We have all heard countless stories of people over their heads with credit card debt-maxing out every card they own, then only being able to afford the minimum monthly payment. High interest payments shackle people to their debt for years, not to mention the significant income drain the finance ... more...

The Simple $10 Debt Elimination Solution
Ask a friend what resolutions they made for 2004 and your bound to hear them reply Pay off my credit cards. Ask them how they planned on reaching that goal and many of them will not have a clear cut answer.The obvious first step to paying off credit card debt or paying down credit debt load is to ... more...

Mortgage Free In 15 Years!
Imagine paying your mortgage off in 15 years! Think of all the great things you could do with that extra money. What would you do? Retire early? Buy an R.V.? Travel around the world? If you could eliminate your mortgage in half the time, then your options would be wide open.Lets take a look ... more...

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