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[–] ellen.kimble@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I bought land with this mentality. Permanently reducing my costs and investing in off-grid infrastructure to make retirement cheaper.

I think it’s also the culture of seeing real estate as an investment. People buy houses planning on selling after they’ve lived there. I personally don’t think I can tolerate the risk of using equity as leverage for paid off land, because then there’s a risk the bank will take it. I’d rather leverage things I can live without if the bank takes it for whatever reason.