Greg

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• $250,000 to raise a child to 18? Absolutely not! If that were so we’d have one heckava lot more poverty stricken/homeless children than we do now. Maybe if you include the tuition at a 4 year college pursuing a worthless degree….

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• I’ve done the same with the exception of substituting VTSAX (Vanguard Total Market) for VBIAX. Felt I needed just a little more juice on occasion.

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• My wife and I are both retired, no debt, house paid for. Calculator was spot on for our “simple” situation. It reflected what I’d worked out for us on my own. Good job.

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• Exactly. It’s common knowledge that the BlackRocks, Zillows, etc are capitalizing on this home ownership trend and driving toward a “different” objective for your home. Regardless of who you think you may be selling to a lot of times they are only the reps for the bigger investors. I get letters every day, here in Florida, from someone wanting to buy my home, sight unseen, for very good money. You don’t “flip” a house for profit if you are already paying $50,000 and up to purchase it. But you do pay up if you plan to rent the property, getting paid paid back in a relatively short time, 2 to 3 years in some cases. There is a drive to rent, not own, as exhibited by a development here in Florida that has recently purchased a substantial number of acres on which to place upwards of 1000 or more homes, a whole community, not for sale, but for rentals only. How will this change the landscape for home ownership for individuals and families?……a lot. And not in a good way.

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