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Nov 2021
18m 28s

Refinance or Pay Off Home?

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My brain is telling me to refinance the mortgage, but I'm not sure how long we're going to be living here, so I'm stuck in the mode of paralysis by analysis. Have a money question? Email us, ask jill [at] jill on money dot com. 
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