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I bought my house in 2018 for $40k and it's paid off. I used to move frequently (every 5 years or so), but now I'm kind of trapped because housing has gotten so
by S_Bear 1y ago
I bought my house in 2018 for $40k and it's paid off. I used to move frequently (every 5 years or so), but now I'm kind of trapped because housing has gotten so bonkers since then. Instead I'm throwing all my extra money into retirement so I can be done @ 55.
- CincinnatiMan 1y agoDid your house not also increase in value along with every other house?
- S_Bear 1y agoYes, but not having a mortgage is huge. And it's a giant leap from the 90k my house is currently valued at to the $299-350k that a comparable home in a metro area would fetch (I live in the middle of nowhere).
- mikestew 1y agoEven if it did, upgrading proportionally went up, too. Let's say that $40K house went to $100K. But the $100K house that OP originally wanted to upgrade to is now $225K. The difference between what they have and what they want doubled, and so did the mortgage payment. Source: the many times my spouse and I have done this exercise.