http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2006/11/paid-the-property-taxes-bill-got-the-early-discount.html Save Money - A Personal Finance Blog By A Husband And Wife Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2006/11/paid-the-property-taxes-bill-got-the-early-discount.html/comment-page-1#comment-5955 Not Made Of Money : Our Philosophy Regarding Debt Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:12:52 +0000 http://notmadeofmoney.com/blog/2006/11/paid-the-property-taxes-bill-got-the-early-discount.html#comment-5955 [...] Not Made Of Money was placed into the non-borrowers category.  However, we did borrow money to purchase our home and have a mortgage.  The only reason we have not paid our mortgage off in full is that we do not think we will live in this house forever.  Our mortgage is at a fixed rate and we put a substantial down payment on the home when we purchased it.  We also found a lender who agreed to let us pay our own property taxes and insurance instead of collecting them through escrow.  We have a credit card that we do not use.  [...] [...] Not Made Of Money was placed into the non-borrowers category.  However, we did borrow money to purchase our home and have a mortgage.  The only reason we have not paid our mortgage off in full is that we do not think we will live in this house forever.  Our mortgage is at a fixed rate and we put a substantial down payment on the home when we purchased it.  We also found a lender who agreed to let us pay our own property taxes and insurance instead of collecting them through escrow.  We have a credit card that we do not use.  [...]

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