Hello, My name is John "Sketch" Kunkel. I'm an Artist by profession and certainly not a financial wiz by any stretch of the imagination. While talking to Lee, a work associate, I was introduced to the Truth-In-Equity program. He shared how he is paying down multiple loans and that he would be able to get completely out of debt much sooner than he could by trying to pay down conventional loans. I didn't understand the concept because it was so different from the normal way of doing things so I went out and refinanced my mortgage to get a 15 year fixed loan at 4.5%. Three years later, after another conversation with Lee, I took his advice and went to the Truth-In-Equity web site and completed the forms to see how the program would work for us. I thought it would be hard to do this program, but as it turned out, filling out the forms was the hardest part, because I had to document expenses for utilities, food, gas, mortgage, etc. and enter income info. It wasn't a real big effort, but it took a little while to collect the needed info. Man was it worth it. The result indicated that I could be debt free in 3 years and 8 months. I couldn't believe it. I thought, had I started this program 3 years ago instead of taking out a conventional loan, I'd be almost completely out of debt at this point. Another horrible thought was that almost all of the money paid toward my conventional loan over the past 3 years was almost all interest.
I began the Truth-In-Equity program and in 2 1/2 years, I found myself sitting in a Financial Advisor's office talking about retirement. After showing him our financial info, he said that we were good to go for retirement. The amount we were able to save in interest and the equity built up has made it possible for us to pay cash for a retirement home in Myrtle Beach, SC. and after we sell our home in Fairfax, VA, I will be able to retire and not have to worry about a mortgage payment each month. Wow, had I stayed with a conventional loan, I would still have 150 payments ahead of me in order to become debt free. If you are asking yourself if you should use this program, I would tell you that it's a no brainer unless you enjoy giving your hard earned money to a rich mortgage company. The choice is yours. read more