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Retirement Environment: Urban or rural?

Looking to retire in a year or two and planning to sell my home with stairs in a high tax community for a ranch-style home in an area of lower property taxes. I like the idea of living in the country ...

reddit.com Feb 10 2024

Rising House Prices in COVID Still Cause Sticker Shock

If you want to find a place where houses remain affordable, try Syracuse, New York. It’s a college town, so it’s probably a nice place to live. Syracuse is the only large U.S. city where t...

crr.bc.edu Feb 09 2024

How To Afford a House These Days

– The other day, an MMM reader stopped by and left the following comment on one of my older posts about the principles of FIRE: “While I still find some of MMM’s advice relevant, it ...

mrmoneymustache.com Feb 05 2024

Will Contract: Should You Have One?

Should a married couple sign a will contract to backstop their estate plan, especially in a second or later marriage? While these make sense, they can be problematic....

forbes.com Feb 04 2024

Selling/Moving Dilemma Advice/Experience?

I will be retiring December of this year. Husband retired a few years ago. We are not yet collecting SS since I'm working full time and there's no need to yet. We have a home that we will be selling a...

reddit.com Jan 30 2024

2023 Real Estate Crowdfunding Performance

2023 was a tough year for commercial real estate. The Fed raised the interest rate 11 times and the cost of borrowing money increased tremendously. Commercial developers had a hard time getting reason...

retireby40.org Jan 29 2024

Reader Case: We have an Infant and are House Horny. Help!

Guess what? Today, we’re going to do a reader case because the title caught my eye, and it was simply too tempting to pass up. I saw this: “we had our first baby 8 months ago and now we&rs...

millennial-revolution.com Jan 23 2024

Worldwide retirement communities similar to The Villages?

Me and my spouse really like the idea of The Villages in Florida where you get to own your own home and there’s a bunch of things to do all the time (soccer, pickleball, swimming, knitting) and ...

reddit.com Jan 13 2024

Conservative investment alternatives as CD rates drop.

As CDs mature and rates drop, where would you move this money? My current portfolio is 50% Equities, 40% CD and 10% Bonds. I'm drawing SS and plan to retire this year. I'm 68 years old, sold my house ...

reddit.com Jan 04 2024

November Performance. It’s All Good.

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of$1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 20...

1500days.com Dec 27 2023

Should I Withdraw from My IRA to Pay Off My Mortgage?

One of our listeners actually has a better mortgage rate than me! However, as they begin to test their retirement budget they have found that the mortgage payment leaves that budget a bit tight. So th...

rogerwhitney.libsyn.com Dec 27 2023

Should We Sell Stocks to Make a Large Purchase?

Should you sell long-term stocks for a real estate investment? I walk through one listener’s question and explain what you need to consider before making such a decision. Aside from the obvious&...

buzzsprout.com Dec 26 2023

Renting out your home to fund retirement

I live in Southern California, small beach town. The majority of my money is tied up in my house. I only have $600k in retirement funds, but my house is worth 2.5mil. I still owe $400k, but at 2.5%. I...

reddit.com Dec 17 2023

House Rich Cash Poor Is A Terrible But Fixable Situation

House rich, cash pooris when you have a lot of equity in your house but not a lot of cash. For whatever reason, a homeowner has untapped equity in their property but is unwilling or unable to withdraw...

financialsamurai.com Dec 11 2023

2024 Housing Market Price Predictions By Industry Experts

Now that I've published the 2024 S&P 500 predictions, let's look at the 2024 housing market predictions by various industry experts. The forecast for 2024 home prices ranges from -1.7% to +4.1%. R...

financialsamurai.com Dec 09 2023

Are You Selling Yourself Short? I Think I Am.

The post Are You Selling Yourself Short? I Think I Am. appeared first on Millennial Money. I live in a beautiful house surrounded by trees. It’s peaceful here. I wake up and go to sleep when I w...

millennialmoney.com Dec 08 2023

Should Your Spouse Work or Stay At Home?

In this week’s video, we’re going to talk through one of the most difficult decisions a couple can make: can they live on a single income to be able to stay at home with their kids. This u...

thomaskopelman.com Dec 06 2023

Family Care Demands Don’t Stop at Nursing Home Door

Anyone who thinks that moving an elderly parent out of her home and into a facility will eliminate the need for most of the care they’ve been providing should think again. Two University of Penn...

crr.bc.edu Dec 05 2023

Retirement Spending and Timing Your Mortgage Payoff - 458

Should Brian in Binghamton, New York pay off his mortgage for a guaranteed 6% return? How bad did Steve in Pittsburgh screw up his retirement, and can he afford to buy a new house away from his a-hole...

purefinancial.com Dec 05 2023

The Biggest Problem With Being A Long-Term Investor

Everybody knows that being a long-term investor is the way to go. The longer you can stay invested in the stock market and real estate markets, the greater your chances of making more money. There's j...

financialsamurai.com Dec 02 2023

Keeping entire portfolio in one investment house?

I have just retired. I want to move my investments from 3 different investment co (schwab, fidelity, vanguard, TSP) to just Vangard. The total $ is greater than the $250k that is insured by the US. Sh...

reddit.com Dec 02 2023

All The Surprising Costs That Come After A Home Purchase

Just like how the purchase price of a car is not the entire cost, the purchase price of a house is not the entire cost either. Let's discuss all the surprising costs that may come after you close escr...

financialsamurai.com Nov 30 2023

Any good books to read on Estate Planning?

My dad passed away a couple of years ago, and the entire process of probate, inheritance, beneficiaries was a mess. The emotional effects were obviously hard enough on my mom, but this compounded ever...

reddit.com Nov 30 2023

October Performance: Tesla Take Down!

My main goal* was to build an investment and cash portfolio of$1,120,000* ($1,000,000 to retire on and $120,000 to pay off the house) in1500 days**, starting from 1/1/2013 and ending in February of 20...

1500days.com Nov 29 2023

The Ups and Downs of RV Life: 45 Days in Our Tiny Home

“Move out of your apartment and enjoy the RV life,” they said… “It’ll be fun!” Ok, that’s only sort of what happened. We enjoyed our past couple of monster r...

routetoretire.com Nov 21 2023