Personal finance milestone.

Just sent in the final mortgage payment. Now I am completely debt free. Paid it off early- 30 year mortgage done in less than 15. I could have done a 15 year but payments would have been tighter on the budget which would have been a problem if any financial crisis arose (which it did when my company went on strike for five months- I was able to keep up with my payments during the whole time) and pay extra when I was able to. My costs of living are now incredibly cheap. Including property taxes and homeowners fees (condo) I can now live on less than $1000 a month if I have to. Prices of similar units are still about 50% higher than what I paid too. This is part of my retirement plan- keep the expenses as low as possible and you can live comfortably on less money. Same effect as having large amounts of savings (wouldn't call my savings huge but I have adequate money there too for now and can put more money there now too).