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4 Stars It’s Motivating.
I admit it. This book does not contain any new or incredible advice. It’s all pretty much just common sense stuff. The benefit of the book is that it is very motivating. All of the knowledge in the world will not do you any good unless you actually apply it. The author does a good job of relating his personal stories. You leave the book feeling like you CAN do it.

1 Stars USE THE $ YOU WOULD BUY THIS BOOK WITH TOWARDS YOUR MORTGAGE
That’s some free advice that you won’t find in this book. Solomon offers such obvious advice that anyone could have written it. Here’s the summary of 163 pages: Get a fifteen year instead of 30 year mortgage and save money to prepay it! Wow what a revelation! He then offers dozens of boring, simplistic suggestions on how to do that including clip coupons, shop for bargains, set a budget, don’t overspend, avoid expensive habits. Did I really spend money to read this when Mom & Dad told me this when I was ten? For free! I stopped reading when Mr. Solomon advised me to bring a pen to a closing! Trees died for this? Also, Mr. Solomon freely admits to having no children, so this book is not really designed for parents who have a little more difficulty saving than what he refers to as TINKS (Two Incomes, No Kids). His argument on the value of prepaying a mortgage (rather than sustaining one for the tax credit) is the only thing worthwhile in this overpadded book. How to win the mortgage war and get out of debt? Talk a publisher into printing a book of advice everyone has already heard then collect those royalty checks!

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This book will show the home buyer how to own the most house for the least money. By understanding the principles in this book, anyone can achieve home ownership faster than they thought possible and with far less expense. The principles in this book should be understood by anyone who is contemplating getting a mortgage, and certainly by anyone who already has one.

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5 Stars money saving
I’m really glad I read this book because there were some mortgage types that initially sounded like good ideas until I read about them in this book and looked at the examples given for each one. I could see what damage some loan types can actually do to unsuspecting buyers! I took an economics class last semester that talked about different types of mortgages but I never understood any of them until I read this book. Thank you in advance for saving me lots of money

3 Stars Good for the Basics
_Lose Your Mortgage_ brings forward an important discussion: that of paying off your home and owning it free and clear rather than having a lifelong payment relationship with your lender. Its explanations of what it costs you to ignore the way monthly compounding works would be eye-opening to new homebuyers, though the examples using 10% interest are not very realistic for the 2006 revision date of this volume when rates were at their lowest in decades. (People with adjustable rates might be nearer 10% than 5%, but that wasn’t the majority of the buying public in ‘06.)

Though the language sounds a little old-fashioned, its description of how to accomplish the same savings as one could with a biweekly mortgage - even if your lender isn’t affiliated with a biweekly program - is certainly easy to follow and unmistakable.

Where the book falls down is in covering some of the more modern and in vogue techniques, such as using home equity in case you don’t have the funds to double payments as the authors suggest. I would recommend Harj Gill’s _Own Your Home Years Sooner_ or John Barker’s _Let Your Mortgage Make You Rich!_ as more complete texts on mortgage reduction, with the latter covering the most approaches.

5 Stars Informative and Helpful
Before reading this book, I hadn’t the slightest idea about mortgages, the lending process or owning a home. This book layed out in a clear and concise way how mortgages work and how interest can affect your home loans. I had no idea it could take so long to actually begin to pay off your mortgage! For someone who barely made it through high school math successfully, the examples provided by the author help to illustrate the points made in a way even a math-challenged person can comprehend. I now feel I have the knowledge necessary to be able to own my own home sooner than I thought possible. The author communicates to the reader in such a way that it feels she is right there with you, explaining the whole process in a casual conversation. If you are feeling at all confused about mortgages and loans then pick up this book to ease your nerves.

5 Stars a big help
I recently bought a house and this book TOTALLY helped me on how I could actually OWN it instead of the bank owning my house. With the way the market is today this book will help you feel more in charge of buying and owning your home as opposed to feeling crushed by the daunting interest rates. You will be VERY suprised as to what REALLY goes on when it comes to financing your home.

2 Stars Wrong Title
If you do not have a basic knowwdge of mortgages, then this book is for you, however if your trying to compare the pros and cons of different mortgage products, then this book falls short. It provides information that can easily be obtained either by speaking with various lenders, or by conducting research online, for free. The book should be titled Mortgage 101, and not the misleading title of lose your mortgage, because unless you have a lot of extra cash your still in it for the long haul.

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