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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy View Post
I was laid off in 2022, total shock due to the small business that I worked for going broke and lying to me right up until the other shoe dropped. I was unemployed for about eight months. During that timeframe, I was pretty damn happy to not have a mortgage. So while I don’t question the math of mortgage payoff vs the market, there’s certainly a risk consideration here as well.
I saw so many job losses in my corporate IT career in banking, etc. from day one decades ago and then others. Like thousands in one day (50%)... btdt... saw what others went thru .... a LOT .

Wealthy and $weating bullet$ ....

I put a LOT of other bankers outta work along the way

It changes one's perspective too...
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