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Old 07-01-2009, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by jIM_Ohio View Post
A house accumulates wealth. Each payment a person makes to the bank increases their net worth slightly. In that regard wealth is being accumulated.
But Jim, that is only true because each payment decreases the outstanding debt a bit. If you didn't have that huge mortgage in the first place, that wouldn't apply.
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