tvguy
Question anything the facts don't support.
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- Dec 15, 2003
We don't book a Disney vacation until we have the money in hand. I guess it depends on your perspective. Some here go several times a year. In our group of friends we have historically been considered Disney addicts because we go every 2 or 3 years. We went to Disneyland last week, and WDW for the first time ever last year, so we broke our pattern
And, also under the heading of "your perspective", I can't imagine being near retirement and still having a mortgage. We bought a very modest house 35 years ago, and took out a 15 year mortgage for that reason. And again to perspective, we were the first generation in our families to have a mortgage .....and not pay cash for a house. Now, in may parents case, their first house was really a shack, cost $1,500 in 1950, and over 10 years they added on until they had a nicer, but still modest house. My In-laws, my FIL was career Air Force so housing was always included and free until he retired. So he had 27 years to save money to buy his first house for cash.
And, also under the heading of "your perspective", I can't imagine being near retirement and still having a mortgage. We bought a very modest house 35 years ago, and took out a 15 year mortgage for that reason. And again to perspective, we were the first generation in our families to have a mortgage .....and not pay cash for a house. Now, in may parents case, their first house was really a shack, cost $1,500 in 1950, and over 10 years they added on until they had a nicer, but still modest house. My In-laws, my FIL was career Air Force so housing was always included and free until he retired. So he had 27 years to save money to buy his first house for cash.