A mortgage is designed to be paid off over a long period of time, typically 25-30 years. Although I have heard stories recently of people electing to take their mortgage out over 40 years. In my experience as a financial coach I have helped people who were on track to have their mortgage for 40-50 years. Imagine that – taking out your mortgage when you are 30 years old and not being able to pay it off until you were 80! Ouch.

One of my goals is helping people to identify what financial freedom looks like and how to get there. For me one of the key priorities in financial freedom is releasing the shackles of debt; that is, breaking out of the mind-set of a “debt culture” and working towards building wealth. One of the quickest ways you can build wealth is to pay off debt.

Have you ever seen or heard about mortgage software? Have you seen the adverts for the expensive software that will pay your mortgage off for you? Firstly, don’t be fooled. Secondly…

Today’s video is all about making sure you do not get “tricked” into keeping your mortgage for 50 years. I want to share five thoughts that will help to get you on the right track to becoming mortgage free. This blog is all about how you can take the control back and I have a few concepts that will help you to do this.

Many people have probably heard scary stories about home equity loans, and there is good reason for that. Hear what I have to share as I challenge your thinking and encourage you to reduce your mortgage faster.

This Video focuses on Mortgage Reduction and challenges you to think about WHY you would do this and HOW. Watch, enjoy, and comment.

I just grunted, chewed a bit more on my grass while I thought about the severity of what he had just said. And I don’t make this next comment as a judgment, but an observation that I hope and pray speaks loudly into your psyche.

“How stupid is the notion that you should never enjoy being mortgage free?”

To help you with this today I am going to give you the most powerful question that will help you with finding your motivation. I have found over the last ten years of coaching people to totally smash their mortgage that this question is the kick-start for all of them – every single one.