This might be duh for some people, but if you’re like me and considering a mortgage; at today’s rates in the US at around 5-6%, over 30yr mortgage you will pay about same in interest as you will for your house price.
Your $500k house will cost you around $1M total over thirty years.
I was surprised.
Yeah, if you have healthcare covered one way or another, then you just need enough to pay the bills if you have enough savings to grow into a retirement nest egg.