re: Pay $1,000 extra to house or invest?

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So this is an important question, what would you do with the cash that you were spending on your mortgage once its paid off?

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Invest and assist with college for children.

Actually this thread has been really helpful for me. I think I am going to go the route of investing the extra money instead of paying it to the bank. In 6-8 years I will have enough to pay off the house and pay for 2 of the kid's colleges (if the investments yield reasonably well). So it will accomplish the same task but the investment will allow me to have more money at the end than I would if I had just paid the bank the whole time. And of course, I would have liquidity in the meantime if something bad happens. I am going to probably seek a financial advisor to assist.