| Ignore the snide comments and be proud! |
| Congratulations! Keep up the good work. |
| Congrats, it feels great to achieve this independently. I know how you feel, because I remember counting the days til my next paycheck and sometimes I still can’t believe I don’t have to do that anymore. |
| Congratulations, OP! |
No matter how much money you have, you seem unhappy. The median is a better indicator of how he is doing in comparison to his peers, and he’s probably doing great. Contrary to popular belief on here, most people aren’t net worth millionaires, much less millionaires in liquid assets. |
| How did you determine your house equity? Redfin valuation or something else? |
I'm not OP, but I use the minimum of Redfin, Zillow and average neighborhood sales in the past two years. The houses in our neighborhood are all pretty similar, but Zillow was the lowest the past two years anyway. |
| You should feel proud! |
I think you don't understand much about the DC area's economic demography. Congrats, I guess. |
Ballpark the price your house would sell for and subtract how much you owe on your mortgage. |
| did you include retirement assets? |
No, I included spare change from my couch cushions. |
| That's great OP. It takes a lot of discipline to save that amount of money. |
Did you include brand goodwill value? |
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Age??????
Why wouldn't you say this op???? |