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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Yeah, There’s a Calculator for That Refinancing your mortgage to a lower rate and paying the same amount is an interesting sound-byte from Personal Finance Bloggers – but has anyone really run the numbers? Personal Finance Whiz : What Is An Emergency Fund? Why Do You Need One and How Does it Work?

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Down Payment on a House: How Much Do You Really Need?

Savings Corner

NerdWallet’s Best-Of Award Winner Best Mortgage Lender For Cash-Out Refinancing NBKC: NMLS#409631 5.0 It offers a significant volume of cash-out refinancing with unusually low origination fees. But making a larger down payment has advantages that include: A better mortgage interest rate. What is a down payment?

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Our 2017 Debt Freedom Plan Update

Family Balance Sheet

Over the years, we took advantage of low interest rates and refinanced and transferred the loan several times. Build up our Emergency Funds to 3-6 months of expenses. Start college funds for both girls. At the time, we thought this 1800 sq. It is now a home equity loan with a very low 2.75% interest.

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