Re: Balancing Retirement and Non-Retirement Savings

Paul Michael Brown <pmb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Just my two cents worth, 
>but building a custom house at age 30 is pretty ambitous. In my value 
>system that's the kind of thing you do later in life.

I built a custom house at 27.  It was fairly modest, about 1500 sq ft.
(Just
above median size for the time).  It was just over 2x my annual income
(also
fairly modest).   Just because it is custom does not mean it is
extravagant. 

>So I'll sup****t the consensus. Max out on the retiremtent accounts and 
>put off those Viking appliances in the kitchen under construction. 

The appliances were Kenmore.  

>Houses are CONSUMPTION, not an investment.

Absolute truth, but not often told by the real estate industry.  

-- Doug

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