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Don't pay off your mortgage! Your just making the bank money!

Blow it on fast cars and women.

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I must admit the idea of a house in the burbs and 2.4 children scares the hell out of me.

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:rofl:

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If you are into cycling what about a cycling holiday adventure - If you want a travelling companion I will come - I have got my bike ready!!!!

http://www.adventurecollective.com.a...php?code=EPA02

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http://www.otagorailtrail.co.nz/

When we get hold of babysitters wife and I will be off to do this little jaunt.

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Casino.... "red or black" :p

You did say small amount.

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. . . But shitting in corners is free . . . !?

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Why not go and do something - take flying lessons, go on safari, book dinner at a 3* michelin restaurant, get front row seats at your favourite band's next gig (or hire yourself a couple of bouncers for the mosh pit, depending on the band) - stuff you can remember. And a decent camera to help the memories :)

HTH, and enjoy it!! :)


Vince

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Take a years sabbatical from work, and do whatever the hell you want. Cos in the long term, you are only this young and healthy once. If you save it up till you're retired who knows if you will be in any condition to enjoy it.

Negotiate an unpaid year off work, and have a blast.

JTL

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We got left some money and did the mortgage thing - I am with the others who say to change the mortgage, get a nice big offset and work out how much you save each period. We have done more in the last year with this process than any savings account.

Plus we spend some of the difference in savings when we want to without paying so much for it!

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Isn't it better to invest the money into a mutual fun and earn the interest off that, plus get the tax break by having the mortgage? Don't pay off your mortgage early... it's the cheapest money you'll ever get.
Speak to a financial advisor before you blow it on fees swapping your mortgage. A mutual fund in shares would be a much better use of your cash imo.

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I'd learn to fly. In fact I want to learn to fly but can't afford it. Lend us a few bucks please :wub:

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You call paying $20000 dollars a year in mortgage interest cheap??

It's the cheapest way to borrow money, sure, but if you are going to be financially secure you don't want to be borrowing money.

If you pay off your mortgage you have technically given yourself a $1000-$2000 dollar a month pay rise tax free. You can't get that anywhere else.

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I'm not sure about that B. It's all very well putting all your cash into a mortgage, but you'd better be sure you've got a redraw facility on it. Might be smart to have no mortgage, but if you haven't got any cash to draw on, you're screwed!
Say you lose your job and have your mortgage paid off and no money in the bank? Investments in other areas are a much wiser choice esp considering that some have a higher yeild than mortgage interest... depending on investment of course.
Like I said, see a financial advisor. Dumb to blow money on something that could make you money.

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Disagree. Pay off your mortgage then look at investments. Your next invbestment may be another mortgage, but that will be then.

Look at it this way. If you don't own a property you can either pay rent or you can buy a home. Right. So let's say that either way it will cost you $1000 a month either in rent to a landlord or interest in a mortgage. Right.

So if you earn 5000 dollars a month, your actula income is $4000 right?

If you rent you can never change this.

If you buy a property you are able to eventually pay if off without incurring any extra cost. Interest goes down with time and rents go up.

At an interest rate of 5% you can pay off 100,000 dollars worth of your mortgage and you increase your income by about $414 a month. Tax free, since you've already paid tax on it.

Plus you've lowered a cost that you must pay.

And, believe it or not, you own more of your property, so if the worst comes and you have to sell then you'd be unlucky not to realise a profit on your home, which will net you even more money. And in Austlia you don't pay tax on capital gains from your own home, so that is safe too.

There is no other investment that can gain you so much.

Until you own your own home that is.