Hopefully, FJB and his minions won't eff up my retirement plans.
We actually “upsized” last year.
2010-2016 - had a 5,00 sq.-ft, house on the river, 2.5 acres.
2016 - downsized to a 3,000 sq.-ft. house in an aleged upscale subdivision. The week we moved in, I named the house “The Slough Of Despond”. Hubby wanted it; I cried. Neighbors so effing close we couldn’t enjoy our beautiful screen porch because there was no privacy. HOA from hell. Sub-standard homes built across the street from us (we knew some drug stuff was happening). Never been sadder.
2023 - Had had enough, so sold that house from hell and went back to a large house on acreage on the river.
“Hopefully, FJB and his minions won’t eff up my retirement plans.”
FJB (and all of Congress) have already done that by creating ten trillion dollars out of thin air during COVID (for no good reason) sending inflation sky-high. Most things cost 30% to 40% more than four years ago.
I spent my earning years with a retirement financial model assuming 2% to 3% inflation until I croak. That required the GD government to not screw everything up. So much for that naive financial planning.