Originally Posted by Remington270
Originally Posted by joshm28
Mortgage interest is deductible. Auto loan interest is not. The home appreciates (most of the time) but vehicles historically do not. I would pay the vehicle off fitst


That’s not true anymore for basically everyone (now).
Even if you don’t have a cent of deductions, the standard deduction is $25k for a couple. Over 90% of people now do not itemize, which means you take the $25k standard.
This means all deductions below that amount help you exactly zero.

Mortgage deduction is effectively no longer an argument unless you’re pretty wealthy or someone who makes $100k and gives away $30k to the church. If that’s you, good work! And if not, you won’t get any mortgage benefit.


This is what I was talking about. The other qualitative benefit of paying off truck first is that it's a quicker win that eliminates a higher interest rate. Quick wins help psychologically when folks set a goal to be debt free.

Either way, OP is in good shape.


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