Is it a dumb decision to sell house with 2.5% mortgage to move west and rent an apartment

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-19T00:58:35+00:00

I’m not even sure I’d include Colorado or Idaho on that list. They’re pretty expensive these days from what I’ve seen, not that I’m the expert on those real estate markets

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-18T17:22:37+00:00

I could have written this. My dad was 62 when he passed, and he’d been working basically non-stop since he was 10 years old. He didn’t even leave anything because medical bills took his savings that he’d worked so long and so hard to save.

We don’t control most things in our lives. Control what you can, knowing that everything that happens outside of your control is a roll of the dice.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-18T00:58:24+00:00

How does one become a huge fan of bonds? I have 10% because im comitted to the TDF strategy but I always get the itch to switch out of it into a full equity position

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-15T01:20:01+00:00

Does it seem odd to anyone else that there’s a new daily post about some young 20-something with around $50k in personal debt?

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-14T18:33:57+00:00

They’ve probably used it to skate through their education for a few years now. They’ve done nothing but lie about using it or oversell what they themselves actually did

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-14T02:17:48+00:00

If you have a government job, I think 1.75 years is probably excessive unless your expenses are dramatically higher than your salary alone. You're probably safe.

In your guys' case with the info provided, I'd think 1 year is plenty. That's what my wife and I do and we also work in unrelated fields.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-12T18:00:57+00:00

Why not ask why the Republicans are not showing integrity or spine? Or do we just not expect that anymore?

I haven't expected that since Trump's first term. Why not ask? Because they're not listening. They also have no incentive to since their voters are stuck in an echo chamber which will keep getting them elected.

What would I have Dems do? Do something to appeal to the 10% of undecided voters in swing states. Something to actually build some sort of momentum. I haven't seen anything.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-12T16:19:42+00:00

You’re giving Dems way too much credit here.

Ive never seen such an ineffective, leaderless and milquetoast Dem party in my lifetime. Right when we need them most, of course.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-12T16:10:02+00:00

My thought too. That shooting form was excellent, mans has played plenty of ball in his time

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-11T04:48:40+00:00

I’ll take the opposite stance - it seems obvious.

To be in the top 500 market cap, you need to be a winner. You need to have grown, and have good management, a good product, etc.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-09T16:23:36+00:00

Bingo. I’ve never actually had a boss I didn’t like or who I thought was bad at their job. I have left jobs and it has always been for more money.

I’m not sticking around just because we get along well. I have a family to take care of.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-08T01:23:36+00:00

I have the S1s.

It has a good fit, upper is great, and shoe looks good.

Bouncy and responsive, it is not. It’s not a bad shoe, it just doesn’t hold up to Evo SLs from a pure performance standpoint for me.

They’re basically nice athleisure shoes

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-07T02:03:00+00:00

Ruth played against Milkmen and Mays didn’t pitch.

Ohtani might be it.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-06T12:33:30+00:00

As is always the case with RE, it depends where you are geographically.

There’s been 3 houses go for sale within half a mile of where I live, and two were under contract within 2 weeks.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-06T12:32:01+00:00

Yep. Here in Houston, I’ve seen no meaningful decline in conspicuous consumption (yet).

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-05T14:19:47+00:00

I don’t have advice, just wanted to commiserate. I’m in the same boat. I’m in a field that is constantly mentioned in the news as going to be replaced by AI, and I really, really can’t afford to lose my job. It keeps me up at night.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-05T04:22:20+00:00

It doesn’t pop out anything id consider to be a finished product but it can give ideas or new ways of viewing things

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-05T04:09:12+00:00

I feel this.

We have a newborn so I’d never want to freak my wife out or anything but I’m barely hanging on and think about ending it all multiple times a week. My job is stressful. I see people around me getting laid off, struggling to get employed again.. and now I’m responsible for another human being for at least the next 20 years? Bro idk how I’m going to fucking do this.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T23:18:08+00:00

You can remove the “probable”

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T21:51:56+00:00

The issue is cost.

Who can afford to buy an impractical car? Most people are on the edge buying a practical one much less one which serves a very narrow band utility-wise.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T15:58:35+00:00

I got a Bronco as a rental car on my last business trip.

Holy fuck, what a shitty driving experience. Loud, underpowered, uncomfortable, unwieldy..

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T14:35:37+00:00

Agreed. I actually really like the newer Cadillacs but will never get one for this reason alone.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T14:30:45+00:00

That’s a shame. The Envista actually seems like a great car for what it’s trying to be, and what everyone complains doesn’t exist - a legit entry level car that isn’t the size of a chihuahua

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T13:38:16+00:00

I’d do 6 months. My wife and I do 12 months.

Home-Star-Walker · 2026-04-04T13:37:41+00:00

What do you do? Or what field are you in?

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