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To buy or rent a house for the rest of my retirement?

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  • Lord_Baltimore
    Lord_Baltimore Posts: 1,348 Forumite
    whitejohn wrote: »
    No dependants at all
    In which case you don't want to put money into an illiquid asset (property). Go for option 1 after you come back from Las Vegas and Bangkok. You will probably be brown bread before your money runs out :rotfl:

    Have a great retirement; you've earned it.
    Mornië utulië
  • whitejohn
    whitejohn Posts: 218 Forumite
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    whitejohn wrote: »
    Not really, tried my best to do a spreadsheet for comparison of the 3 options but not a financial expert
    In which case you don't want to put money into an illiquid asset (property). Go for option 1 after you come back from Las Vegas and Bangkok. You will probably be brown bread before your money runs out :rotfl:

    Have a great retirement; you've earned it.

    Brilliant, thank you!
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