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Pay Off Low Interest Debt? Why We Defy Common Wisdom

August 15, 2019 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

We just refinanced our house into a 15-year mortgage. We will be paying off our car loan early. The mortgage was 4% (now 3%) and the car is 2% interest. The math says that it’s usually better to invest your money than to pay off low interest loans. So what the hell are we doing?

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: debt pay down, Debt Pay Off, Financial Independence, pay off debt or invest?, personal finance

Our Cash Flow Budget Process

May 10, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

Every week I ask Mrs. HoF if she has any ideas for a post and she’s told me a few times to post about our budget process.  Well, I figured, since she is so passionate about it I would go ahead and let her write her own post.  So, guess what, here’s Mrs. HoF with her first post!

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Filed Under: Debt Reduction, Savings Tagged With: cash flow budget, debt pay down, eliminating debt, loan pay down, monthly budget

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