Is it wise to try to pay off a home loan quickly in order to save on interest ?

@p_i123 (486)
India
October 10, 2006 9:40am CST
Is it wise to try to pay off a home loan quickly in order to save on interest ? I am planning on buying a home for 63,000 dollars I have about 35,000 dollars saved up in my bank account is it wise to try to pay off the house as quickly as possible in order to save on interest? I live at home with my parents so I am buying the house as an investment. I plan to put about 25 or 30 thousand down on the house and leasing out the house and I am going to try to pay it off in about 2 years....Is it wise to do this or should I just give a small down payment on the home and just save my money....Banks don't pay that much on interest 4 or maybe 5 % at most, but I would be gaining about 200-250 above my monthly payment on the loan if I gave a large down payment because my payments on the home loan would only be about 400 dollars and I would be renting out the home for about 650 dollars....Is it wise to put a large down payment and try to pay off the home quickly...Or should I just give a 20% down say about 12,000 dollars and then try to pay it off later when I've saved up?
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@p_i123 (486)
• India
10 Oct 06
It depends on a lot of factors. Based on what you have said, I would probably put down the larger down payment. By paying down the principle more quickly you build your equity faster.