Then when you’ve gotten to, or near, your FI number, choose a more laid back career in a place you wish to live in for a while (Hawaii, for me), and if you decide you don’t care for it, you have more than enough to move back to the cheaper parts of the country if the g...
The fact that most millionaires live in homes under $300k is both surprising (to the average American who thinks all wealthy people live in million dollar mansions) and not surprising (if you’ve readThe Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy or this blog). Depend...
I do think a lot of homeowners rode the wave of 30 years of falling interest rates… that dynamic is going to change as rates have not risen in a generation. The returns of housing in the future will be nowhere near what they were in a falling rate environment and a lot of speculators...
Hoping all I have to say for your comment is stupid beyond belief .As far as low interest rates bailing out housing don~t see it N SLO county I have watched that market for over a year 90% of the houses sold have been under list anywhere from 2-5% not a major move but an initia...
However, I have always believed that the definition of a Tiny House is a house under 100 square feet. So maybe that is the solution to the problem, some basic definition of size, then everyone can be happy building/living in their Ultra Small, Tiny, Medium, Large, Extra Large 'tiny hou...
This shift in the market, and the price cuts by homebuilders, has pushed the median new house price down 11.8% from the peak in December 2017. The year-over-year price drops starting in November last year were the sharpest such drops since Housing Bust 1: ...
If you find you need the space for your kids to utilise, you may have under bought your current residence. You have the financial means to upgrade but with kids I’ve noticed I often have over estimated what they need or want. It’s difficult to predict their personalities at this young...
As it turns out, the tiny house in this anecdote wasn't allowed under zoning law, either, so it wasn't a very good workaround. Alyssa(9y, via fb):link Jim In 99.9% of the US, it's illegal to build tall apartment buildings. In many places, tiny houses can be built on land that...