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What’s the downside of 15 year mortgage?

Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:27 am
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:27 am
If I plan on paying it off in 10? I noticed we are making a lot of principal payments on top of our mortgage, is there a downside to a 15 year to save some on rates?
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:29 am to
You're rich, just pay cash.
Posted by WhiskeyThrottle
Weatherford Tx
Member since Nov 2017
6964 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:35 am to
A higher minimum payment?

Depending on your rate, from a mathematic perspective, your money may be earning more interest in investments than you're paying in a mortgage.

But if financial freedom is more important to you, then there's nothing wrong with paying off the house.
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:41 am to
Seeing as our current rate is 6.625 and refi is available low 6 I’m thinking the payment numbers will only go up 1k or so if forced 15
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:43 am to
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Seeing as our current rate is 6.625 and refi is available low 6 I’m thinking the payment numbers will only go up 1k or so if forced 15


You're gonna pay closing costs to refi when you plan to pay off in 10 regardless?

Shut up, stupid

ETA: Do you just sit around all day to think up what stupid threads you can start? What do you get out of this?
This post was edited on 8/16/24 at 10:44 am
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
31726 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:45 am to
Unless there is an early pay off penalty, which is extremely rare these days, refinancing to get a marginally better rate wouldn’t come close to being worth the trade off of associated fees and less monetary flexibility.
Posted by shotskimakesmysat
Laffy Taffy
Member since Sep 2009
99 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:48 am to
Downside is your minimum payment would be higher.

Getting a 30 year note and paying as it were a 15 year note, would enable you to make a lower payment than normal in the event of income loss without having to go through a refi, which is difficult since income changed.
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:57 am to
Brother I know you jealous but the refi quotes I received is me receiving points

Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
25027 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:57 am to
If you get pressed for cash and can't make the higher payments (vs 30 year loan), the bank takes your home.
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 10:58 am to
The quotes I received actually do not have fees. The only issue is time and I guess if both of us lose our jobs
This post was edited on 8/16/24 at 11:00 am
Posted by Hayekian serf
GA
Member since Dec 2020
4036 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:00 am to
We just did a 20 year. Plan on paying it off much earlier.

Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88718 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:01 am to
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Brother I know you jealous but the refi quotes I received is me receiving points


Could yo make that pic smaller and blurry so that I might be able to see what it shows?
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:08 am to
This post was edited on 8/16/24 at 11:09 am
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88718 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:08 am to
Hilarious, almost as funny as all your amazing threads.

ETA: Ah, you figured out how to post with the edit. What possible questions could you have with an aggy education and all the money in teh world from you and your doctor wife's super high incomes? What could you possibly learn from us plebs here? Your new loan is free, may as well save teh couple bucks on interest be refinancing to a 15 that you pay off 5 years early. Surely someone with teh assets yall clearly have wouldn't benefit from investing that money elsewhere.
This post was edited on 8/16/24 at 11:13 am
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:11 am to
Sorry you can’t relate with your shack
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88718 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:13 am to
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Sorry you can’t relate with your shack


Even funnier
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:22 am to
Because you dummy I don’t spend my time focused on financials when I have a stressful job to work. I’d rather get answers from people who focus a lot more on how to manage money than me who only looks at ai gpus and my wife who only looks at stomach cancers
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88718 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:26 am to
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Because you dummy I don’t spend my time focused on financials when I have a stressful job to work. I’d rather get answers from people who focus a lot more on how to manage money than me who only looks at ai gpus and my wife who only looks at stomach cancers


I'd be more interested in how you're being quoted under $9k P&I on a $1.5 million loan since that is basically an interest free loan
Posted by fareplay
Member since Nov 2012
6306 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:26 am to
250 liquid cash in their 5.15 hysa
Medical loan

And we need to set up direct deposit. That’s another 50k a month injection
This post was edited on 8/16/24 at 11:28 am
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88718 posts
Posted on 8/16/24 at 11:31 am to
quote:

250 liquid cash in their 5.15 hysa


What does that have to do with the refi?

quote:

Medical loan



Does it being a medical loan somehow make the interest go away entirely?
quote:

And we need to set up direct deposit. That’s another 50k a month injection


And?
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