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How I Helped My In-Laws Borrow Their Way To Retirement
Around 2019 my in-laws were having a cashflow problem & worried they wouldn't be able to retire. This didn't make sense to me, as they were earning well over $250K/year.
Turns out they had significant credit card debt with an average interest rate of 12%.
But I had an idea.
They had approximately 50% equity in their home & mortgage rates were roughly 4.5%. So I made the following pitch to them.
I would execute a cash-out refinance on their home. Then I would use the money to pay off their credit card debt, effectively swapping an 12% interest rate for a 4.5% interest rate.
Doing this would immediately save them approximately $2K/month.
And because I refinanced their home with a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, their monthly mortgage payment would be roughly 90% interest, which is tax-deductible.
This freed up an additional $500/month.
Finally, in November 2021 I refinanced their mortgage again. The rate & term refinancing took their mortgage rate from 4.5% to 2.75% .
This saved them an additional $600/month, bringing the total tax-free savings to $3,100/month, akin to receiving a salary increase of $62,000/year.
Because of this, they could retire without worrying & I no longer have to listen to my mother-in-law complain about money 😉
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