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In this episode, we ask:

• How do you view your home?
• What were you taught about home equity?
• How does home equity play a part in retirement planning?
• Should you make an extra mortgage payment?
• Should you pay off your home on a 15 year mortgage?
• How much did home values raise in 2002-2006?
• How much did home values plunge in 2007?
• What does the real estate market look like now?
• From 2000-2018, how has inflation on home prices kept up with overall inflation?
• What’s the average return on real estate over the last 20 years?
• How much higher are home prices now than in the year 2000?
• Are real estate values always going to go up?
• Do you know someone who purchased their home in 2005? 2006?
• How does liquidity factor into buying a home?
• What about home estimates?
• How hard is it to get your equity out of a house?
• How is real estate like buying and selling stock?
• What happens with liquidity in real estate?
• What are paper profits?
• Where does real estate fall on the financial pyramid?
• What about using your home as a way to save for retirement?
• How much have homes gained in value since 1990?
• What about the mortgage interest tax deduction?
• Should you pay off your mortgage as fast as you can?
• Are your principal payments earning any interest?
• Is the equity in your home liquid?
• Is the equity in your home guaranteed?
• What are the tax benefits for having equity in your home?
• Are you guaranteed to pay more in taxes the more you pay off your house?
• What are the pros and cons to paying off your house?
• What are the dangers of conventional thinking in housing?
• What about the equity and interest you do you earn?
• How does the Bank on Yourself strategy work with housing?
• Where should you build up equity?
• What about refinancing?
• How can liquidity provide great advantages for owning a home?
• Can you overemphasize the value of liquidity?
• What about managing the stress of home repairs?
• How can you speed up the home repair, when you’re waiting on on a property insurance claim?
• What about paying extra payments each month on your mortgage?
• What about tax benefits?