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Begin a Biweekly Payment Plan
By sending in half your monthly mortgage payment every two weeks, you make the equivalent of one extra payment a year. Following this schedule on a $300,000, 30-year mortgage would save you $77,000 in interest over the life of the loan.
From the March 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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