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Old 06-17-2008, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jIM_Ohio View Post
A person's net worth does not determine if they can retire.
And the percentage of net worth represented by the home doesn't matter either. If my home was 50% of my net worth, but that net worth was $5 million, I could retire just fine. If the home was 20% of net worth and the net worth was $3.125 million, I could also retire just fine. In both examples, the investment portfolio is $2.5 million.
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