Re: Principal payment vs. Extra payment? When you get any loan, most of your extra payments will be applied to the principal. Certainly read your loan docs to be sure. But making extra payments will certainly cut your interest expense and you'd pay it off much sooner too. Using your example, I'll assume that your monthly payment is approx.
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