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Originally Posted by KC911
Why?
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Cheap money. My wife has always wanted to start a small retail business (specialty cooking stuff) in our small tourist town. I've toyed with buying, fixing and selling boats as a part time retirement business when the time comes. Etc., without tapping retirement funds. Lot's of reasons an extra $100k or two for almost no cost could be interesting.
I'm extremely conservative fiscally also. But if mortgage rates fall much below the 2.7% level they're at now, it seems logical to evaluate your options in such rare times.