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Old 10-09-2023, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by MrChip72 View Post
Most people that are even moderately savvy with with finances would consider that a misguided take to be honest especially if their mortgage rate is 3-4%. You can beat that rate moderately with a variety of extremely safe investments currently, and beat it by a lot long term invested in index funds.

It's better to optimize your money than have it 100% tied up in real estate making you zero returns. Many of the world's billionaires don't own most of their homes outright.
That's an investment decision............NOT what I'm talking about.

Love the billionaire justification.
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