Home Equity Line of Credit

When we talk about accumulating savings and making the account grow with earnings such as buying mutual funds, certificates of deposit, stocks, money market accounts, etc. this is called investing. Another way is to reduce the cost of money we are using from others, credit card interest, bill, car loans, home mortgage, etc.As part of making a financial plan, consider paying additional money on your 1st home mortgage, 2nd home mortgage, all credit cards, car loan(s) and any other installment debt. This would require you to budget the same amount of money you're paying on debt now. The result is saving interest on loans you already have.Let's look at a sample situation to give you some idea how this would be structured. Jim has a first mortgage of $160,000 and a second mortgage of $30,000. He has an SUV with a balance of $18,500 and Sarah has a car with $8,700 balance. Credit cards with a balance of $4,300.The Johnson's home is appraised at $230,000 so they have equity of $40,000. They have a credit score of 720. Their total income is $52,000. This should qualify them for a Home Equity Line of Credit for $30,000 with a variable interest rate (currently at 5%) for a ten years period of approval. The HELOC accounts provide a fund to access for what ever purpose you need.. All income is deposited to the HELOC and this will also serve as the monthly payment. (minimum $75.00 or 1.5%of the balance The interest saved by reducing the period of time these payment need to be made will out perform an investment. All monthly bills are paid from the H(ome E(quity) L(ine) O(f) C(redit) account. The balance or excess is applied to debt. A budget needs to be in place to allow for all necessary expenses so the additional money (minimum $50.00) is not needed.In our example pay off from the HELOC, the credit cards and Sarah's car and apply those payment amounts to the HELOC until balance is $5000 then pay off Jim's SUV. When the HELOC is paid down to $5000 apply $10,000 (principal only) to the 2nd mortgage. When the balance of the HELOC is $5000 pay another $10,000 (principal only) to 2nd mortgage until the mortgage is paid. Next apply all the excess to first mortgage. When the mortgage is paid off continue to put the total payment paid on the debt reduction into an investment and save it for retirement. This is the money you saved by paying of your borrowed money early. This system depends on your ability to be approved of a Home Equity Line Of Credit.Remember, when you made that first payment of your home mortgage. The bill said the payment was $998.40, $127.30 principal and $871.10 was interest. Over the life of the 30 year loan the interest will exceed the principle. Let's see, how is this a 6.375% loan again? The first payment is 87% interest.This is a front loaded loan and we are paying it off with a simple interest loan.To your financial success,Martin Braddock