Congrats on May 28th, whatever that is. Going on vacation or something?
Closing on a house.
Previous owner was a doctor who was in debt way over his head. Dumbasses go into debt for med school, then proceed to live way beyond their means despite earning six figures. Eventually they gotta sell the house in a panic, and take a painful haircut in the process. Oh well, them's the breaks, Doc!
We'll probably move mid-July. No sense rushing.
We got a nice big home, a separate room for each of the children, for visiting parents, and a separate office for me (very important since I work from home most days, and for 10+ hours per day), 7 acres of land. The kicker? The organizer of Liberty Forum will be one of our town selectmen. Sweet!
This is a big part of why I liquidated the tech stocks a few weeks ago -- needed cash for the down payment, as well as for the precious metals. We're putting quite a bit down so we'll have a mortgage we can comfortably pay for a long time, even if my salary were to dry up (which I don't expect to happen, but always include as a contingency in The Plan).
Next phase: wait for gold and silver to go back down, snatch up some more.
Then wait for tech stocks to rocket again, once all this bullshit about sun passes. Somewhere in the 12-24 months timeframe. Then do a same-day sale, and put the proceeds into... yeah, you guessed it, Real Money (tm).
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And copper-jacketed lead.