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by throw0101a 2054 days ago
From A. Gary Shilling:

> Of course, you need to keep in mind that the stock market can remain irrational a lot longer than you can remain solvent.

* https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/08/09/remain-solvent/

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Shilling

Don't treat your home as an "investment" is probably the best advice: simply a nice place in nice location that you want to spend the next decade or so, and move on with life.

Any gains you see financially will be decades down the road when (a) you don't have rent to pay after the mortgage is paid off†, or (b) you can no longer live independently and sell it to pay for an old-age home.

† But taxes and maintenance still exist.