On Our Way to Debt Free, Again
Maria and I have been living in our "new" house now for just over 9 months. We love our home and everything about it, even its little idiosyncrasies (like the far-from-perfect DIY electrical wiring and plumbing). One thing that we don't love is the fact that we had to take out a mortgage to purchase our home. We were debt-free before we bought the house and had gotten used to a life without debt. It's also why we have a new goal of paying off $10,000 extra in our mortgage principal in 2019 … [Read More...]
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