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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DPI" data-source="post: 2020046" data-attributes="member: 793">There are a lot of people that are house rich and cash poor.  In other words, they focused on paying the house off and not saving money to live on.I think a balanced approach is best.  Do not borrow money on your house to invest.  If you do have a low mortgage rate, I would not be making extra principle payments.  Some mentioned the crash of 2008.  That was only a paper loss unless you sold at the bottom.  If you can't handle the cyclical nature of the stock market, don't buy stocks.  I would be saving that money and invest to your risk tolerance.</blockquote>