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I took out an $85k margin loan. $125/mo. I paid zero taxes on it. Basically my house mortgage was $125/mo for 2 years. It wasn't my margin and needed to pay back the principle, but let me know where you can live with nothing down besides attorney and title fees for $125/mo? Nowhere.
Let me see if I get this straight. Your mother-in-law loaned you $85k to buy that house and allowed you to pay her back at $125 per month for two years. After 2 years you paid a lump sum for the balance. Are you calling it a "margin loan" because the MIL borrowed this $85k using her stocks as collateral? You said the loan was 2.5%, but at that rate simple interest alone on $85k would be about $177/mo, let alone any amortization. So, was that $125/mo "interest only" payments with the full $85k due at the end? Or did the MIL credit the payments toward principle and you only paid $82k at the end?
Paid $130k at the end to pay of debt for improvements in a refi. But yes, $85k on the margin loan. Made the offer on the house as cash and didn't have it. Then needed to figure something out. I did. In the process of doing it right now. Should get $89k by the end of the week and then another $150k on our house sale next week.
Your MIL seems very generous. Is she the one buying your house?
And sorry if that came across as bragging.
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