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Shockingly true and UGLY- Most Americans can’t escape their “death grip”.

Topic: Financial FreedomPublished January 13, 2011

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Surprise! (or maybe not.)The word mortgage is literally two words; Mort means "death" and gage means "grip." Kill it as soon as you can! Let's talk mortgages for a minute. A sample scenario to start us off: A $250,000 home at a 6.5% interest rate over 30 years will cost $568,861.22. You will have paid a staggering $318,861.22 (more than the original cost of the home) just in interest. This is an obscene amount of money for the simple benefit of getting to "live" in the home you are buying. Banks fool you into thinking you are saving money through a mortgage with a low fixed interest rate or lowering monthly payments when you refinance. What you may not understand is you pay the majority of the interest during the first 15 years of the 30 year mortgage! After your first year, on the same $250,000 loan at 6.5% interest rate you will have paid $16,167.73 to your bank just in interest. Only $2,794.31 actually went towards your principle loan. And we wonder how our nation got into such a debt crisis? You need to master money if you want to pay off your mortgage or any other debt. People who are wealthy understand this cardinal rule; Interest is always working on your money but it is up to you to determine if it is working for you (reducing debt and building wealth) or lining the banks pockets. The lesson is, you need to make as many additional payments on your mortgage (or credit card debt for that matter) as possible. Over time, this will save you thousands and thousands of dollars. The means to paying off a mortgage (or any other type of debt quickly) is disposable income. You need to be able to generate additional revenue if you want to get out of debt. Use the additional funds to send off bigger payments to dramatically reduce the principle debt. Over time, this will severely reduce the amount of interest paid and get you out of debt all that much quicker. If you want to become financially free it is vital to understand how money works. Educate yourself by taking a course on finance; understand how amortization and interest works and the keys to investing. Read books, attend seminars and lean how budgets will provide peace of mind for your household. Finally, realize that banks are in the finance business to make lots of money and they are rarely working in your favor. Get out from unde eath the mortgage death grip. Kill the “death grip” quickly with the financial software equivalent of Chuck Norris! Visit Tranont OneView or Tranont OneView to master your money and round-house kick your mortgage in the face!

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