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The Mortgage - The Ultimate Wealth Creation Tool - The Goose That Lays Golden Eggs

The Mortgage: The ultimate wealth creation tool.

If you own a home with a mortgage or an investment property with a mortgage you own the goose.  What you need to learn is how to get it to lay golden eggs!

What do you need to know to turn the goose into a golden egg laying monster.      

What knowledge do you need? Firstly understand there are TWO equities in a property

Property equity is the difference between the value of your home and the 30 yr minimum payment line of your mortgage.  ( Get a Mortgage Broker to demonstrate that on software and calculators.)  The mortgage equity  is the golden egg waiting to be hatched.   This is the amount that you can freely withdraw at any time. it represent the additional payments over your minimum payments plus compounded interest. 

There are the basic rules to the program

How can you fail in the plan. Easy.  Don't put the extra money into the mortgage.  Now here comes the most common form of failure.    We will see what we have left over at the end of the month and put that into the mortgage. It does not work. No one ever has money left over at the end of the month except if they plan to!  You will never get started. 


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