• Aaron Watt was never going to be one of those people who sleepwalk through their mortgage, taking 25, or 30 years to pay it.

The Napier man bought his first house at the age of 21, and cleared the debt in eight years.

They were kinder times, when houses were cheaper, but Watt was driven by an intense feeling.

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