Apparently she never took a business course in school. Every debt besides a mortgage should be paid down as quickly as possible.
Even the mortgage should be paid off quickly. Screw the deduction.
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Our mortgage is at 3%. Our HELOC is at about 4%.
Our investments are returning about 10%.
You do what you want, I am putting any extra cash toward the investments.