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Crazy and probably stupid investment question. #3037375
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Let's say you have 100k in your house as equity.
S&P 500 pretty much guarantees a 10% reasonably safe return.
Interest Rates are at 2% to 3% on a home loan.

Let's say you do a cash out refinance and got that 100K in equity in cash and invested it in an S&P 500 fund.

It seems to me that the investment would earn more than the interest being paid on the loan. Your home appreciation wouldn't be changed. So you would net net 7% return on your equity that would normally earn nothing.

I know there are investments which would earn more money but with better returns come bigger risks so I like the S&P 500 for the lack of risk in this example.

It can't be that simple. I know I am missing something here. shruggy

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You'd be gambling with your home equity. With recession looking more and more likely, I wouldn't do it. FWIW, my meager portfolio came from savings that are earning nada. I don't have immediate need for the funds so I'm prepared to ride it out. Keeping 3 years living expenses in reserve.

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How about taxes on the money you make? That would take a good percentage.


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Re: Crazy and probably stupid investment question. [Re: IMGTX] #3037469
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Home loans aren't 3% anymore. They are in the 5+% for a 30 year now.

You can have big equity draw downs during bad periods. 30-50% from peak levels.

Learn to sell puts or put spreads using the money as collateral. Worst case you buy the shares at a lower price while generating monthly income to pay the fully amortized note. If you get shares put on you, wheel it and sell calls against the stock.

Everything has risk, no free lunches.

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Re: Crazy and probably stupid investment question. [Re: crackedback] #3037534
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Let's say your home is currently worth $200k and its payed off. Let's say you take that $100k mortgage and invest it. In the future there is a recession (or a a foreign war) and the market tanks - you're investment loses 50%. Then the bottom falls out of the housing market to the tune of 50%. Now your home is fully mortgaged (no more equity) AND you only have $50k in assets. You're so screwed it ain't funny.

I think the wise thing to do if you decided to do this would be to take a few bucks and invest in a tent - so you don't have to scramble for one when you become homeless.

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Originally Posted by Stanton
Let's say your home is currently worth $200k and its payed off. Let's say you take that $100k mortgage and invest it. In the future there is a recession (or a a foreign war) and the market tanks - you're investment loses 50%. Then the bottom falls out of the housing market to the tune of 50%. Now your home is fully mortgaged (no more equity) AND you only have $50k in assets. You're so screwed it ain't funny.

I think the wise thing to do if you decided to do this would be to take a few bucks and invest in a tent - so you don't have to scramble for one when you become homeless.


Unless he's planning on living off his investments (he can't) he's not going to lose the the house. As long as he can afford to make the payments without the investment income he's ok and no one is going to loan him on his equity if he can't afford to make the payments. Pretty sure no one is going to count potential investment returns as income to pay a loan.

The markets will, eventually, recover, stock and housing. I think there are some chicken littles running around.

Now to answer the question the OP is asking I think), will he make money on it? Eventually, you might make more in interest than you are paying out in interest, but you still have to pay the principal too. So odds are you will not net anything back to you till the loan is finally paid off. As a long term investment into a safe vessel it might be ok, but I don't know that it's the best way to go. Might just be smarter to put that prospective loan payment into the market instead and eliminate the wait period of paying back the loan.

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Not crazy at all but definitely comes with major risks as many have pointed out.

A little different version is in my case I had cash from the sale of some family land and instead of paying off my 2% mortgage, I chose to put it all in the market.

Similar thought process - put into a broad US market ETF and let it earn 7/10% while I continue to pay off the 2% mortgage like normal.

Hopefully, it all works out - I guess for me the key is long term - I can pay the mortgage no matter what happens AND I do not need the money for 10+ years.


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Originally Posted by LilRed7879
Not crazy at all but definitely comes with major risks as many have pointed out.

A little different version is in my case I had cash from the sale of some family land and instead of paying off my 2% mortgage, I chose to put it all in the market.

Similar thought process - put into a broad US market ETF and let it earn 7/10% while I continue to pay off the 2% mortgage like normal.

Hopefully, it all works out - I guess for me the key is long term - I can pay the mortgage no matter what happens AND I do not need the money for 10+ years.


7/10%, that's part of the trouble isn't it? With "published" inflation rates ~ 8.5% ( I expect more increases as the fed "fights" inflation) plus long term capital gains tax of 15%, you have to get 9.8% just to break even. If you take short term gains the tax rate is your top rate for income tax purposes.

On the other hand, my house is appreciating considerably faster than our income. So your home equity is probably on the rise pretty strongly.

For most people in the US today, their net worth (median) IS the equity in their home.

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Re: Crazy and probably stupid investment question. [Re: Sniper] #3037584
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Thank you for all the opinions and advice. Very informative and helpful.

Just to be clear I am NOT going to get the equity out of my house and invest it. I am to chicken to take financial risks of any kind.
I was just toying with an idea I won't follow through on, but it sounded like it may work. Obviously if it was a good idea everyone would do it.


Originally Posted by Sniper
Might just be smarter to put that prospective loan payment into the market instead and eliminate the wait period of paying back the loan.


This however is an idea I had not thought of and may try.

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Housing will crash again, always does. Just a question of when. Rates going up, potential recession ahead.

I hear the same things things today from people before the last housing crash. Used to be about a 7-8 year cycle. The free money world has changed that to 10-12 cycles and we are in year ~10 now. JMO

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You're right that investing in stocks is more profitable than credit histories. But this type of investment should be approached with the utmost forethought. To assess the company's profitability, you need to study all the documents and reviews of this company. To determine if the company was on the verge of bankruptcy and how great the financial outlook was. I chose to buy shares from restaurants and companies producing household chemicals because they are always in demand and therefore have a solid financial position. So if you want to go that route, you can learn more about chick fil a stock . I'd love to hear about your experience with stock purchases.

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Originally Posted by IMGTX
Let's say you have 100k in your house as equity.
S&P 500 pretty much guarantees a 10% reasonably safe return.
Interest Rates are at 2% to 3% on a home loan.

It can't be that simple. I know I am missing something here. shruggy


As we've seen it's not simple, S&P is DOWN 25% YTD, and I suspect there's more downside coming.
It does average 7-8% over the long haul, but bad timing has bankrupted many who jumped in at wrong time.

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To expand a little should others consider this approach, think about the up front costs of appraisal, loan origination,recording and etc.
I believe if done those items can be written off over time, yet they are up front and play into the monthly payment, and certainly impact the amount of profit potential.

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No safe guarantee of 10% return with the S&P 500. The stock market can go down, way down, sideways, etc. Nothing guaranteed about it.

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This idea works great sometimes. Other times you go bankrupt. 2008 is a good example of what can happen. House prices dropped, the stock market tanked and a bunch of people got laid off. In your situation you would still owe money on the house which wasn't worth what you paid for it. The equity you invested in the market is gone and you just lost your job. If you don't think that can happen then you either were not born yet in 2008, or you didn't pay any attention to what was happening around you.

Right now is an interesting situation to try out what you are suggesting. The market is down 20% but house prices are way up. If you think house prices are going to stay up forever then pull all of your equity out of your house and put it into the stock market. That way when the market goes up you'll make a ton. And if house prices stay high you won't have any problems. But, if the stock market goes down you'll lose part of your equity. If the stock market goes down and house prices drop and you lose your job then you might end up broke with no house.

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there is a no risk investment of 10k a year, with I-bonds.
right now the interest is over 9 percent. it is tied to inflation and changes every 6 months.
if you don't need it for over a year it is a good place to park money you don't "need" but don't want to risk either.
worst case it makes 0, but you can't lose money in it.

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Originally Posted by Andrewh
there is a no risk investment of 10k a year, with I-bonds.
right now the interest is over 9 percent. it is tied to inflation and changes every 6 months.
if you don't need it for over a year it is a good place to park money you don't "need" but don't want to risk either.
worst case it makes 0, but you can't lose money in it.


You can also put any tax return of $5000 or less into them. That is in addition to the $10,000 max per year you can purchase otherwise. I've heard of someone overpaying their taxes just for this purpose.


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Talk to any financial advisor and they'd probably say you'd be nuts.

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If you redeem an I bond prior to the 5 year required holding period, you get a 3 month clawback of interest earned.

Rates are right at 9.6% now IIRC.

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