chez Coralie

Here are (way too many)(oversized) pictures of my poor little (half) house before we trashed it:
http://img.4cham.net/p/Houses/House%20the%20First/
The first few are really big because I just got my camera and didn't realize it was set so high.

Long-term goal is buy the other side when it comes up next and either put my mom in it (because I think it's going to come to that) or rent it out. I figured we can get this one paid off in eleven years if nothing unfortunate happens. and save $80k in interest, even at 4.8%. I don't understand why some people think you shouldn't prepay a mortgage because of the tax deduction. maybe you recoup, like, 25% of it that way depending on your bracket, but I'd rather NOT PAY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.