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  4. What does it mean that the down payment on my home has an opportunity cost of money ?

What does it mean that the down payment on my home has an opportunity cost of money ?

When you make a down payment on your home, you are losing the interest or dividends that an alternative investment could have earned on those funds. This is your "opportunity cost" of money.

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