Looong story and it's Dec 24th at 5:46 AM and I don't really want to take the time to explain the whole story, but we did it! We paid off the house!!!
Not only that, We SOLD IT, and moved right into another house 3 times the size and still have NO MORTGAGE!!! Literally closed on the sale of our house Dec 14th, and closed on the new house Dec 15th. Our house was only on the market 10 days before we took one of 3 offers.
Long story short, we sold our house for $320k (which is just fucking unbelievable to me) and went in half on an investment property that we negotiated down to around $550K.
We had family come and help us move and had 95% of it out of the storage unit in 2 trips. It was amazing... I am soo grateful that I get to help my lovely wife have more of what she deserves. We truly love our last home and will miss it. We put a TON of effort into making it ours and using the best of what we had. This home is literally 3 times the size. I have always wanted a multi story home and finally get one! It's a very quiet neighborhood and when the weather gets better, I can't wait to get out on the roof, take in a lovely view, and get some photos!
As far as trading is concerned, I have not been even thinking about it. The volume had died down so much and patterns in the Nasdaq just broke down horribly. Seasoned veterans with years of amazing consistent success are struggling, so I have no FOMO about trading. I think it's going to take a long time for money and optimism to flow back into retail trading. I may get a futures account and give trading the e-mini S&P a go, as there would be no restrictions on trades, and I can go long or short.
Anyhow, things have been beautiful, and I am just blown away by all of this. There is absolutely no way this would have happened if I had not dedicated myself to paying off the house. I feel like for once, I did something really great, and really right.
