Financial Preparedness: Step 4: Pay Off The House!

02/03/2011 • Well here we are at Step 4 of our Total Money Makeover. (If you missed the previous steps, you can find them here: Step 1; Step 2; and Step 3). So far we have built a small emergency fund, attacked our debt with the debt snowball, and then built our larger 3 to 6 month emergency fund as well. Now it is time for Step 4: Pay Off The House! This step in my total money makeover, is where I deviate from Dave Ramsey in his steps to a total money makeover. If we were following his steps exactly, this part more