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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is it that the dumbest people make the most money?  Honestly.  OP can’t figure out how to put 2.5 million in savings towards a house that must accommodate the oh-so-rare situation of having one extra adult?  And then live on a meager 240K per year?

I know DC is expensive but come on, OP.  There’s zero reason for you to have a mansion, and there’s zero reason for you to have a mortgage.

And LOL to your husband being an economist.  That’s the major the engineering dropouts pivot to in a panic because it’s such an easy degree to finish in a truncated timeline.[/quote]

I'm confused.  Obviously we could spend our brokerage on a house -- we could pay off our current mortgage and continue to live in our house (with insurance, taxes and upkeep ongoing).  We could theoretically do that at any point.  The rate is low, so we've elected not to do that because we make money that exceeds 3% in our brokerage.  Doing that, in my mind, is equivalent to living off our savings (whether we do it all in one fell swoop or over time). And I agree we don't need such an expensive house (though you'd be surprised how hard first floor bed/bath with no steps to enter is to find!) -- likely a bad decision, but we're here now so that's the starting point.

Ad hominems on my husband seem unnecessary -- he's a fed, he's happy -- but okay. [/quote]

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