Get rid of PMI on primary residence or hold on to cash? My husband and I have saved up enough to do a recast on our primary to knock off the PMI, which is $37 a month. We will be moving in 2-3 years and converting our primary into a rental property. Our next down payment will need to come from cash on hand. It’s only $15k to knock it off but we only have about $20k for a down payment so far. Any advice? Husband and I are 25 and household income is about $150-$170k.

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$37 a month is what a drive through trip through Burger King once a month. If you are planning on renting it, just keep the PMI and save the money for your next down payment.

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Your husband isn’t looking at this correctly. If he wants “savings” show him $37 a month vs taking the cash and parking in 4 week T Bills.. with your down payment you’d come out ahead even putting it in a Marcus account for a year and you’d still be liquid whenever needed

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definitely do not put up 15k to save $37 a month.

leaving in 3 years means $1332 in PMI in that time.

look at it from a cash on cash return on your 15k over a 3 year period.

1332/15,000= 8.8% return over 3 years. that’s 2.9% per year, and no compounding.

HYSAs have rates at 5% APY right now. and compound monthly…..

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If they pay $15k toward mortgage they are saving $37 month plus 3 years of interest on that $15k. So another $750/year at 5% interest (don't k ow what their rate is. So that is 1332+2250=3532

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Call the company and see if they'll waive it without the payment. Or offer 5k to take it out. It's not a hard and fast thing

If you have decent history and no missed payments u can likely just get it off

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