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The story featured a Florida couple who took out a second mortgage on their home in 2023 to pay him $80,000 in legal fees for a lawsuit against the landlord of their go-kart racing track.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Some programs offer grants, which don’t need to be repaid, but most offer help in the form of a low- or no-interest second mortgage, meaning there is additional debt on the home.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Her sister-in-law Stephanie O’Sullivan, 43, a clinical mental health practitioner and mother of two whose youngest child is 8, is grateful to have those early days of child care behind her, after paying for preschool costs that equaled a second mortgage for her family.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The cost of child care now rivals a second mortgage.
—Sarah Leonardi, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 25 June 2025
Some programs offer grants, which don’t need to be repaid, but most offer help in the form of a low- or no-interest second mortgage, meaning there is additional debt on the home.
—Ann Carrns, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Her sister-in-law Stephanie O’Sullivan, 43, a clinical mental health practitioner and mother of two whose youngest child is 8, is grateful to have those early days of child care behind her, after paying for preschool costs that equaled a second mortgage for her family.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
The cost of child care now rivals a second mortgage.
—Sarah Leonardi, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 May 2025
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“Second mortgage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20mortgage. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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