Yup. Paid-off two in 1993.
Life is good.
We were lucky and sold right before the bottom fell out in 2009, had lots of “tire kickers” and only ONE offer! Thank the LORD this gal liked the house enough to buy it! We were both layed off from our jobs with two cr@ppy vehicles ready for the scrap heap and still had to pay the $5000 year in property taxes (NH. With only a few thousand ($7000 approx) in the bank this ANGEL bought the house and we were able to pay off the rest of that mortgage and buy a house in Maine for cash with a little left over to keep us going for a while. Every day I thank God as to how lucky we were that this one person came along and “rescued us”. Occasionally I check the listings in my old town and most of the SAME houses that were on the market BEFORE we listed are still there! I’d hate to think where we would be today if our buyer didn’t come along.....
Paid off mine in 2009, life is good.