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Old 08-29-2011, 11:27 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Sliver View Post
A mortgage is absolutely debt. Particularly because people often overbuy homes and they also consolidate debt into a mortgage. Debt free means not having any debt of any kind IMO.

I think that's being overly simplistic. Someone who owns $1,000,000 home but only has a $200,000 mortgage isn't "in debt", they have a debt, but their assets significantly outweigh their liabilities.
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