"If you're going to get a 50-year mortgage, you might as well just rent and let someone else deal with major repairs and capex."
But if you still want to capture real estate gains, we have you covered 🤝
I ran a side-by-side comparison of a 30-year vs. 50-year mortgage on a $500,000 loan at 6% interest.
Here are the takeaways:
In a 30-year mortgage, 17% of your payments in the beginning of the loan go toward principal. In a 50-year mortgage, only 5% goes to principal.
In a 30-year, 25% of your payment goes to principal by year 7.
In a 50-year, that doesn't happen until year 26.
In a 30-year, 50% of your payments goes to principal by year 18.
In a 50-year, that takes 38 years.
Here's the bottom line:
30 years is already an insanely long period of time to finance a purchase.
If you're going to get a 50-year mortgage, you might as well just rent and let someone else deal with major repairs and capex.
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