And, poof, the mortgage magically disappeared!

Home Ownership

Remember that Visa card commercial where the balance on the credit statement magically disappeared? That was a good commercial. Who doesn’t dream of wiping their debt clean? Of winning the lottery? Heck, even the 50-50 draws at sporting events are enough to give you hope that you’re about to score an unexpected financial coup. (“We’ll pay off our car, take a little trip, maybe put aside a couple hundred for those shoes I saw...”) Stop! It doesn’t have to be a dream or stroke of insane luck. If you play your cards right (and by that, we mean financial strategies), you actually can start to wipe away what is the biggest debt for most of us – our mortgage - faster than you may think. read more »