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GreenWave

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9. What I did was every now and then send them extra checks For Principal Only

Reply to jonstl08 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 05:36 PM

Jan 9

These sacrifices paid off big time as I paid off the 30 year fixed in 13 years.
On these fixed rates most of the principal is in the latter years.
The bastids were unable to fleece me out of around $150 k.

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Trump says he wants government to buy $200B in mortgage bonds in a push to bring down mortgage rates [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 9 OP

Continuing to drain US assets SheltieLover Jan 9 #1

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Where is all this money coming from?.................... Lovie777 Jan 9 #3

Didn't they try that before and it was what the housing market to crash? imanamerican63 Jan 9 #4

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What I did was every now and then send them extra checks For Principal Only GreenWave Jan 9 #9

Did the same jonstl08 Monday #10

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I thought he said "affordablity" was made-up leftstreet Jan 9 #7

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