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HELOC Under $20,000!

July 23, 2008 By Frugal Babe

Our HELOC balance is under $20,000! We’ve had the HELOC since we bought our house in January 2003. We’ve never focused on paying it off – it’s an interest only loan, and we’ve just been stashing our money in the HELOC every time we get paid, and then when it’s time to pay bills, we take money out of the account. I haven’t paid our August mortgage or credit card bill yet, so the balance will increase by about $2700 next week. But until now, the lowest balance we’ve ever had in the HELOC before bills were paid was about $24000. So we’re headed in the right direction. It seems strange to look at our bank account info online and see a “1” at the beginning of the HELOC balance. It makes me even more motivated.

Filed Under: HELOC repayment 3 Comments

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  1. Frugal Trenches says

    July 27, 2008 at 6:12 am

    Well done you!! That is wonderful!!

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  2. Dee says

    August 3, 2008 at 9:52 pm

    I started with a $25,000 HELOC, and is now down to $13,00. Still a lot of money but I’ve made some good progress in less than 3 yrs. I am debating whether to take out my savings and pay down my HELOC in full. I figured I could save up more on interest by paying it down, instead of the interest that I have been getting from my savings account. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks.

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  3. Simplified Investing Consortium says

    January 28, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Invest!!! Hedge your interest owed each month by micro-lending from the HELOC 70% to BBB+, 20% to C+, and 10% to sub c rated debtors.

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