How I paid off my mortgage by 45 without earning a fortune

No trust fund. No inheritance. Just a boring plan I stuck to for 11 years.

By Sam Bradley · 11 min read · 15 April 2026 · AI-assisted, human-edited

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The boring plan

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Four assets, rebalanced yearly, no panic-selling. That's it. That's the whole thing.