How to Pay Off A Mortgage Early

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Pay Off A Mortgage Early

Want to know the steps on how to pay off your mortgage early to be debt free? This ehow will help you out.

Things You'll Need

  • Mortgage
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Instructions

    • 1

      Gather all you mortgage info. This should all be readily avalible on your monthly statement.

    • 2

      If you have Excel you can open an amoritization table in it By Clicking on the bottom tabs Insert>Spreadseet Solutions>Loan Amoritization

    • 3

      Put in your current Loan information This will help you decide how much you want to pay extra per month

    • 4

      Send the decided extra amount each month in, but do not send it with your normal payment. Write a separate check, and be sure to write "Principal Only" on the check so that way they just don't apply it to your next months bill.

    • 5

      By doing this, you will pay off your Mortgage early and pay much less in intrest across the life of the loan. This will save you thousands of dollars across a 15 or 30 year mortgage.

Tips & Warnings

  • Be sure and Write Principle only

  • Even if you can only do a one time payment, go ahead and do it. Every bit helps

  • Don't Avoid paying down credit cards to do this, unless you are paying a higher APR on your car loan than your credit cards.

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Comments

  • cadence Dec 20, 2008
    Great tips to pay off your mortgage early.
  • David Sarokin Sep 08, 2008
    Thanks, especially for the Principle Only caution...hate to be paying off my interest early, only to have the principle left. 5*

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