Happy Friday and We Got Hit!

That is so kind of you. I’d probably just tell them to let it go to the bank and not take on the inheritance of it .

I would do the same. I won't bother the family members.

If I could afford it I would.

Yep, I’d pay it off. Now that I’ve done my taxes and know the damage ($24) I’ll pay off the “same as cash” bill on my furnace. I have a serious question for you (and if you tell anyone I was serious I’ll spike your martini with water instead of gin!): given what happened to that condo building in Surfside last year, was there any discussion about your condo building and it being structurally sound? (I’d want to know that the building wasn’t going to collapse before I paid for the sea wall! ) I would hope your building was inspected right after that happened last year and that things are fine.

$17,000 is a lot of money. I would have paid it in full to. That is how we pay our property taxes every year.

I would not live with HOA fees ever. Enjoy your drink.

That is definitely quite a bit of money. I hope you enjoy date night.

You two are so considerate of your boys and their families. Hmmmmm, if it's stiff does that mean it's frozen

I think you are doing the right thing. We prefer to pay in full when we can.

My Mom did for the same reason. We would pay because it's a habit to pay everything immediately and not to have debts, no matter who will inherit the house.

Should your HOA fees have already been covering that? If not, that's poor planning on the part of the condo board. Any current AND future maintenance needs should always be factored in to your fees. When I bought my first townhouse, our HOA was responsible for the entire outside of the buildings, including the roof of each building. They built into our fees the cost of repainting the exterior walls, patching any stucco, and replacing the roof every 25 years. They also built into our fees the cost to replace our neighborhood swimming pool 25 years down the road. Now, if I was faced with a special assessment like you are facing, I would probably elect to pay all of it upfront if I could afford it.

We'd do the same. We wouldn't be leaving it for the kids to sort out. Enjoy your Friday.

Whoa. That is a lot of money to have to shell out at once.

I don't like installments and debt hanging over my head. I would pay it off all at once. Have a good weekend.

Of course if you are able to pay in full it is the best option. I loathe having payments drag out for years. We almost bought a new vehicle but the thought of monthly payments and the fact that we are still trying to buy a home stopped us. We bought a used vehicle for cash.

I would always opt to pay in full if I can.

Enjoy your martini you deserve it, I agree with your decision, I could not make that decision because I would not have the money. As it was I had to pay taxes on my land in Riga and it would have cost close to 20,000 to pay it all off and own the land, So I was lucky the people bought the house and took up the payment of the land, You know I would have been happier having Martin around and still paying those taxes thus is life,

Yes, I would do the same. No need to put a bill on your children unnecessarily. Enjoy Friday Date Night.

Yes, paying it in full is good. There will be no trouble in the future.

Happy Friday!! If I'd the money, yes pay now, in full. Anything construction, price always goes up, 2 hours after getting estimate. Your children, won't have to worry about it, at all. Tax wise, good too.