I need a mortgage genius

[Coronita]

This has been covered before here.

Bi-weekly means your making 26 payments (there's 52 weeks per year), which isn't the same thing as bi-monthly (which means there 24 payments).

Hence, your "accelerated" mortage pay off from a bi-weekly plan would be no different than if you just made 1 extra monthly payment toward your principle each year…except that companies that administer the bi-weekly plan usually charge a "service fee" to do this.

Save yourself some money. If you have an extra $3000 around each year, just apply it directly to your principle. There's no magic going on here.

 

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[HLS]

I wouldn’t pay for the program to make bi-weekly mortgage payments. Just make extra payments IF you understand what you are doing and it fits your personal situation AND you can afford it.

You need to look at your TRUTH IN LENDING statement, to see what your payments will be and when they change. They should be clearly indicated.

From your scenario above, I’m guessing that you have a 40YR rate with a balloon payment in 30 years.

Your payment includes impounds. Your payment will be $3018 for the first 10 years, then it goes up to $3460 for the next 30 years (Yrs 11-40)
OR
you have a ballon payment of $260,000 due after 30 years.

Sounds like you need help just understanding what you have now, without worrying about bi-weekly payments.

If you have any other consumer debt at non deductible interest rates, it would be foolish to accelerate your mortgage payments.

If you make payments of $3500 from now on, you will pay it off in 30 years instead of 40, saving yourself 10 years worth of payments or over $300,000 in interest.

Your “financial planner” has the advantage of knowing your overall financial situation. Did you FP advise you to get into this loan ?? Are you paying him to tell you to figure out what’s best for you ? WTF ?
I do this stuff for people for free.

It isn’t possible to “figure this out” with any mortgage calculator that I know of because they don’t allow for paying principal on an I/O loan.

[HLS]

I wouldn’t pay for the program to make bi-weekly mortgage payments. Just make extra payments IF you understand what you are doing and it fits your personal situation AND you can afford it.

You need to look at your TRUTH IN LENDING statement, to see what your payments will be and when they change. They should be clearly indicated.

From your scenario above, I’m guessing that you have a 40YR rate with a balloon payment in 30 years.

Your payment includes impounds. Your payment will be $3018 for the first 10 years, then it goes up to $3460 for the next 30 years (Yrs 11-40)
OR
you have a ballon payment of $260,000 due after 30 years.

Sounds like you need help just understanding what you have now, without worrying about bi-weekly payments.

If you have any other consumer debt at non deductible interest rates, it would be foolish to accelerate your mortgage payments.

If you make payments of $3500 from now on, you will pay it off in 30 years instead of 40, saving yourself 10 years worth of payments or over $300,000 in interest.

Your “financial planner” has the advantage of knowing your overall financial situation. Did you FP advise you to get into this loan ?? Are you paying him to tell you to figure out what’s best for you ? WTF ?
I do this stuff for people for free.

It isn’t possible to “figure this out” with any mortgage calculator that I know of because they don’t allow for paying principal on an I/O loan.

[HLS]

I wouldn’t pay for the program to make bi-weekly mortgage payments. Just make extra payments IF you understand what you are doing and it fits your personal situation AND you can afford it.

You need to look at your TRUTH IN LENDING statement, to see what your payments will be and when they change. They should be clearly indicated.

From your scenario above, I’m guessing that you have a 40YR rate with a balloon payment in 30 years.

Your payment includes impounds. Your payment will be $3018 for the first 10 years, then it goes up to $3460 for the next 30 years (Yrs 11-40)
OR
you have a ballon payment of $260,000 due after 30 years.

Sounds like you need help just understanding what you have now, without worrying about bi-weekly payments.

If you have any other consumer debt at non deductible interest rates, it would be foolish to accelerate your mortgage payments.

If you make payments of $3500 from now on, you will pay it off in 30 years instead of 40, saving yourself 10 years worth of payments or over $300,000 in interest.

Your “financial planner” has the advantage of knowing your overall financial situation. Did you FP advise you to get into this loan ?? Are you paying him to tell you to figure out what’s best for you ? WTF ?
I do this stuff for people for free.

It isn’t possible to “figure this out” with any mortgage calculator that I know of because they don’t allow for paying principal on an I/O loan.

[HLS]

I wouldn’t pay for the program to make bi-weekly mortgage payments. Just make extra payments IF you understand what you are doing and it fits your personal situation AND you can afford it.

You need to look at your TRUTH IN LENDING statement, to see what your payments will be and when they change. They should be clearly indicated.

From your scenario above, I’m guessing that you have a 40YR rate with a balloon payment in 30 years.

Your payment includes impounds. Your payment will be $3018 for the first 10 years, then it goes up to $3460 for the next 30 years (Yrs 11-40)
OR
you have a ballon payment of $260,000 due after 30 years.

Sounds like you need help just understanding what you have now, without worrying about bi-weekly payments.

If you have any other consumer debt at non deductible interest rates, it would be foolish to accelerate your mortgage payments.

If you make payments of $3500 from now on, you will pay it off in 30 years instead of 40, saving yourself 10 years worth of payments or over $300,000 in interest.

Your “financial planner” has the advantage of knowing your overall financial situation. Did you FP advise you to get into this loan ?? Are you paying him to tell you to figure out what’s best for you ? WTF ?
I do this stuff for people for free.

It isn’t possible to “figure this out” with any mortgage calculator that I know of because they don’t allow for paying principal on an I/O loan.

[HLS]

I wouldn’t pay for the program to make bi-weekly mortgage payments. Just make extra payments IF you understand what you are doing and it fits your personal situation AND you can afford it.

You need to look at your TRUTH IN LENDING statement, to see what your payments will be and when they change. They should be clearly indicated.

From your scenario above, I’m guessing that you have a 40YR rate with a balloon payment in 30 years.

Your payment includes impounds. Your payment will be $3018 for the first 10 years, then it goes up to $3460 for the next 30 years (Yrs 11-40)
OR
you have a ballon payment of $260,000 due after 30 years.

Sounds like you need help just understanding what you have now, without worrying about bi-weekly payments.

If you have any other consumer debt at non deductible interest rates, it would be foolish to accelerate your mortgage payments.

If you make payments of $3500 from now on, you will pay it off in 30 years instead of 40, saving yourself 10 years worth of payments or over $300,000 in interest.

Your “financial planner” has the advantage of knowing your overall financial situation. Did you FP advise you to get into this loan ?? Are you paying him to tell you to figure out what’s best for you ? WTF ?
I do this stuff for people for free.

It isn’t possible to “figure this out” with any mortgage calculator that I know of because they don’t allow for paying principal on an I/O loan.

[HLS]

DH,
Normal Mortgage loans are ALWAYS interest first, with balance to principal, figured monthly.
I’ve NEVER heard of a loan that re-ams only ONCE a year.
That’s insane.

HELOCS are usually figured on daily balances.

The “best source of a direct answer” is rarely the lender.
They often don’t know their azz from their elbow, and only confuse people with incorrect information.
(Even calling the IRS helpline results in wrong tax info)

Talk to someone who breathes this stuff, and you’ll get answers.

[HLS]

DH,
Normal Mortgage loans are ALWAYS interest first, with balance to principal, figured monthly.
I’ve NEVER heard of a loan that re-ams only ONCE a year.
That’s insane.

HELOCS are usually figured on daily balances.

The “best source of a direct answer” is rarely the lender.
They often don’t know their azz from their elbow, and only confuse people with incorrect information.
(Even calling the IRS helpline results in wrong tax info)

Talk to someone who breathes this stuff, and you’ll get answers.

[HLS]

DH,
Normal Mortgage loans are ALWAYS interest first, with balance to principal, figured monthly.
I’ve NEVER heard of a loan that re-ams only ONCE a year.
That’s insane.

HELOCS are usually figured on daily balances.

The “best source of a direct answer” is rarely the lender.
They often don’t know their azz from their elbow, and only confuse people with incorrect information.
(Even calling the IRS helpline results in wrong tax info)

Talk to someone who breathes this stuff, and you’ll get answers.

[HLS]

DH,
Normal Mortgage loans are ALWAYS interest first, with balance to principal, figured monthly.
I’ve NEVER heard of a loan that re-ams only ONCE a year.
That’s insane.

HELOCS are usually figured on daily balances.

The “best source of a direct answer” is rarely the lender.
They often don’t know their azz from their elbow, and only confuse people with incorrect information.
(Even calling the IRS helpline results in wrong tax info)

Talk to someone who breathes this stuff, and you’ll get answers.

[HLS]

DH,
Normal Mortgage loans are ALWAYS interest first, with balance to principal, figured monthly.
I’ve NEVER heard of a loan that re-ams only ONCE a year.
That’s insane.

HELOCS are usually figured on daily balances.

The “best source of a direct answer” is rarely the lender.
They often don’t know their azz from their elbow, and only confuse people with incorrect information.
(Even calling the IRS helpline results in wrong tax info)

Talk to someone who breathes this stuff, and you’ll get answers.

[arnie]

FLU

24 payments a year is called semi monthly.

[arnie]

FLU

24 payments a year is called semi monthly.

[arnie]

FLU

24 payments a year is called semi monthly.

[arnie]

FLU

24 payments a year is called semi monthly.

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