Tom Kelly, a business columnist at the Everett Herald in Washington state, remembers real estate columnist Bob Bruss, who died unexpectedly late last month.
“I did not always agree with his advice to readers, but he was usually spot-on. He once wrote that a single woman, a regular reader of his columns, should not be in a hurry to pay off her mortgage, and should rather wait and ‘pay it off with tomorrow’s inflated dollars.’ The woman called our business news desk, saying she would ‘sleep better at night’ if she knew she owned her home free and clear.
“‘I hope you told her that her sleep was more important than a few potential extra dollars,’ Bruss said later. ‘I would hate to think I caused her to lose sleep.'”
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