[billyboy]

I see that several of you spoke of paying off your home mortgage. I am getting the golden handshake so to speak, very soon. I will have plenty to pay off my home and some left over.I would like to do this for the security since my income will probably take a dip for a while at least. It seems that financial advisers like stock brokers, tax preparers and insurance salesmen say that I should not do this since I'll loose the deduction. I say that since my income will certainly dip for a while that who cares about deductions, especially for money thrown away(interest). To me, piece of mind is worth plenty. I can afford to take a lesser paying job until something better comes along without sweating my house payment. Once I get rolling again and get back to my current income levels, then I can funnel the portion that was my house payment into income producing investments, but at least I'll have the choice then. Is this atotaly wrong way of thinking?