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Hey Bretheren,
I came about a $100k windfall and I'm struggling with what to do with it... a little background:
My Mom's mortgage payment is about $1100, and I know that 1% monthly return isn't realistic but I would like to set up a plan that would be able to help out with a good chunk of that amount each month. Even a 5% yearly return that allows for monthly withdraws of interest would cut her payment by more than $400. This is really important to me - my mom really struggles with keeping her jobs (~7 in the past two years, no joke) and even with that manageable mortgage she is pretty much going paycheck to paycheck. I obviously help out but I want to set something up that's sustainable for both her and me. My regular job's pay is pretty mediocre, especially for where i live and I'm at an age where I need to start thinking for my own financial maturity.
Paying directly into the mortgage principal isn't also a bad option since my Mom is of reverse-mortgage age so the funds are pretty liquidable, and we live in a pretty good housing market. This would probably cut the payment by around the same amount but i was wondering if there was an investment that could enable me to keep that lump sum and use the interest.
I was looking into a CD ladder plan but that return just isn't good enough...
Anyone have ideas?
-Nak
I came about a $100k windfall and I'm struggling with what to do with it... a little background:
My Mom's mortgage payment is about $1100, and I know that 1% monthly return isn't realistic but I would like to set up a plan that would be able to help out with a good chunk of that amount each month. Even a 5% yearly return that allows for monthly withdraws of interest would cut her payment by more than $400. This is really important to me - my mom really struggles with keeping her jobs (~7 in the past two years, no joke) and even with that manageable mortgage she is pretty much going paycheck to paycheck. I obviously help out but I want to set something up that's sustainable for both her and me. My regular job's pay is pretty mediocre, especially for where i live and I'm at an age where I need to start thinking for my own financial maturity.
Paying directly into the mortgage principal isn't also a bad option since my Mom is of reverse-mortgage age so the funds are pretty liquidable, and we live in a pretty good housing market. This would probably cut the payment by around the same amount but i was wondering if there was an investment that could enable me to keep that lump sum and use the interest.
I was looking into a CD ladder plan but that return just isn't good enough...
Anyone have ideas?
-Nak
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