Vol. 01 · Issue 04

The Smart Money — Weekly personal finance dispatches

Personal finance for people who want to be great with money — written by the friend who already is.

Menu
← The DictionaryReal Estate Desk

Cash-Out Refinance

What it is

Replacing your existing mortgage with a larger one and taking the difference in cash.

What it really means

Made sense in 2021. Almost never makes sense now unless you're consolidating high-interest debt or investing in something with a return well above your new rate.

See also

The weekly dispatch

One email.
Sunday morning.

The kind of financial advice you'd get from a friend who's already figured it out. No hot takes, no leaderboards, no affiliate hustle.

Free. Unsubscribe with one click. We will never sell your email or pitch you a course.