Living circumstances

[W2R]

Do you live in a paid off home of your own?

Does your household consist of one person (just you), or do you live with someone else?

 

[rkser]

Yes I live in a paid off home.
I live with my DW & 16 yr old son

Thanks

 

[Midpack]

Thankfully, DW, DD(og) and I were paid off in 2007...so I guess we'll get no bailout.

 

[crazy connie]

My 2 20 somethings live with me for nominal rent and chores. Both should successfully launch within the next 24 months into grad school and home ownership. My goals include paying off the last 100K of the mortgage within the next 24 months depending on Mr Markets and my after tax nest-egg.

 

[shotgunner]

Just me and a cat for now, paid off house.

 

[Dawg52]

Oh crap, I forgot about the dog.

 

[Khan]

1 person
1 cat
small paid for house

 

[FIREd]

household of 2, plus 2 cats. Still paying a mortgage, though we could write a check today and pay off the house completely. But I guess I am one of those crazy people who prefer to keep paying a mortgage! First, it's a not a house we plan on staying in for ever. And second, I hate the thought of having all that money locked up in such an illiquid asset.

 

[audreyh1]

Wow - are we getting poll crazy these days or what!?

No matter - I usually participate if I can figure out my answer.

Audrey

 

[W2R]

Oh crap, I forgot about the dog.

Love the animation!!! I hate to break this to you, but dogs (and cats) really aren't people. Honest.

 

[audreyh1]

Oh crap, I forgot about the dog.

Now if only the dog would forget to cr@p!

Audrey

 

[W2R]

Wow - are we getting poll crazy these days or what!?

No matter - I usually participate if I can figure out my answer.

Audrey

I know... two polls!! Will wonders never cease. But I happen to adore polls and thought Rich's poll was a great idea, so I played copycat.

I even put in a category for those who can't figure out their answers, to make it easier for everyone.

I fall in the first category, and so far only 25% of the board is in that category with me. Maybe that's why people think I don't spend much. I don't really feel like I am deprived.

 

[Goonie]

Two of us live in the family homestead that's been paid off since I was a young'un.

 

[FIREd]

Love the animation!!! I hate to break this to you, but dogs (and cats) really aren't people. Honest.

Oh no you didn't! My cats definitely think they are people! Honest.

 

[Helen]

My partner and I own a paid for house, but we are currently renting a townhouse. It's been on the market since the end of May, we coudn't have picked a worse time to sell. Our lease will be up in March, so we'll have to decide what we are going to do then. We may move back (it's about 35 miles away) and live in it while trying to sell.

I'm sure if we had put it on the market a year earlier it would have sold quickly.

 

[mews]

me, 2 cats, paid for coop apt.

ta,
mews

[my cats would never lower themselves to think they were people. ick! ]

 

[CyclingInvestor]

I share a paid-off house with a friend and 3 dogs.

 

[DAYDREAMER]

DW & I paid off the mortgage in 2003 at age 38. Argue all you want about the benefits, this was hands down, the best thing we have ever accomplished financially. Currently, our saving (or spending) potential is awesome.

 

[Dawg52]

Now if only the dog would forget to cr@p!

Audrey

I'm telling ya. Mine had a good case of diarrhea a couple of weeks ago. Got me up 3 times one night. I guess I should be glad she growled at me and got me up.

 

[FIREd]

my cats would never lower themselves to think they were people. ick! ]

So true! I think my cats think they are FAR superior to any human! In their own mind they are next to godliness! Looks like they haven't yet forgotten the quasi-divine status they held in ancient Egypt!

We often joke that this is not our house. It's the cats' house. We're just here to pay the mortgage and attend to their every need...

 

[Uncle Drew]

DW and I, along with 2 cats, live in a house that still has a mortgage.

 

[beowulf]

Two of us, dog is dead and kids are grown up and far away on their own. Mortgage of about $100K @ 4.625% interest. Won't pay that one off early unless we decide to sell and move.

 

[Mango1956]

We paid off our house in 2000. 6 cats (had 8-lost two this year) no kids.

 

[Moemg]

Two people living in a paid for house . I have not had a mortgage since 1995 .

 

[Lakedog]

Just me and the dog in a paid for house.