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I'm not at the stage in life with high schoolers, but if you've got them in local schools for 4 years or less, I'd get a townhome. 3 Bed, 3 bath with den/office. I prefer and have suggested rural, but why not get something mostly maintenance free and enjoy the remaining years your kids will be with you? If you like the place stay or rent it out if it's a desirable area and you no longer want to stay after the kids are out. Easier to sell a townhome if you don't like the area. Higher "floor" as far as possible losses with a townhome as well. 10% drop on $1.2M home is different than a 10% drop on a $500k townhome. Visiting is different that living there so who knows.

Either way the time will fly and next thing you know you're sitting in a $1.5M big house with just your spouse. With under 4 years left with kids in the house (unless they boomerang) I'd be super hesitant in dropping that much in a new area. I'd get a newish townhome and then a 1-2 bed in the Caribbean or ...

So I'm getting a 3x increase on the full purchase price of the house minus the interest I paid on the mortgage verses the S&P 500 gain I would realize by dollar-cost-averaging stock purchase over the last 20 years.

Good advice. Thanks.

the only house he would buy is one where he can walk entirely around the house.

Yes, a friend of my dad's said that the only house he would buy is one where he can walk entirely around the house. At the time it sounded odd to me, but now I understand.

That’s what we got in Idaho

I'm sorry I didn't weigh in PCE but I don't think I have any advice to offer on a 1.5 million dollar spread.
Eventually I would like to get the hell out of Florida, I would have been gone by now, if not for DeSantis. I don't think I'll ever be able to pull the wife out of here.
She has her Sisters here, and our three adult daughters live here. I would like to buy a rural spread and give our two young boys a farm upbringing.
I may keep the SF house, and move between the two. Snowbird in SF perhaps.

Fortwaynemobile says

That’s what we got in Idaho

According to Benjamin Fulford, when the Biden regime finally implodes on itself and falls apart from internal corruptions and the US Corporation is laid to rest decisively, and the foreign occupied foreign city state of Washington DC is flushed, then Idaho may become the location of the new capital of the re-constituted USA, because heartland rather than slave of Euro conspiracies. He also thinks there is a chance of Canada or large segments thereof and Mexico joining a union. The British Commonwealth has expired, and even Australia may eventually join a union.

This all sounds a bit dodgy hopium to me, but no more strange than the actual unwinding events of the last couple of years.

smallpox pandemic.

porkchopexpress says

smallpox pandemic.

Appears that you have excellent prediction skills

this coming recession will be gold for those with extra cash to pounce.

Anyone still wanting to buy a house near Nashville? My acquaintance is selling his in Greenbrier. 5 bed, 5k sqf. New construction with a lot of extras.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/139-Empson-Dr-Greenbrier-TN-37073/80375447_zpid/

Interesting, the asking price is nearly triple from what it sold at in 2015.

Anyone still wanting to buy a house near Nashville? My acquaintance is selling his in Greenbrier. 5 bed, 5k sqf. New construction with a lot of extras.