> Your own house isn't an investment because you always need to live somewhere Ehhh, yes and no. Plenty of people who bought nice-ish houses in the Bay Area in

> Your own house isn't an investment because you always need to live somewhere Ehhh, yes and no. Plenty of people who bought nice-ish houses in the Bay Area in the '70s and '80s sold them in 2014-2018 and retired outside the bay with a nice extra pile of cash. You need housing, but you don't need a crazy expensive house in a crazy expensive area.