No the argument if you read is that it's a no brainer to pay off the mortgage. His argument is investing even in retirement accounts isn't worth it because he barely made 5% over the past 10 years investing.
Thus he would have made more if he had put all that savings into paying off his home. Which was a mistake. So his advice is to pay off the home and not save even in retirement accounts because you get the guaranteed 6% return on $$$.
I'm not sure that's a great idea. I can't imagine have a paid for home and no money outside of it either in retirement accounts or taxable accounts.
I'm 29 and if we focused we could pay off the home in 8 years or less and be like late 30s. But I don't think it would be worth throwing the $30-35k/year at the mortgage?
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