I was 52
2009, 2 kids away at college, empty nesters.
Had a big meeting with our Financial Planner and Attorney laying out our final retirement and estate plans. Set December 2019 for retirement
Housing market started to crash here, lost $150,000 (on paper) on my house, but house was still worth $200,000 more than I paid for it.
Today.
1 kid married and a month away from becoming a father, 1 kid back home saving up to buy a house because she thinks paying rent is a total waste of money (and I agree).
Doing our final meeting retirement meeting with our Financial Adviser and Attorney in a few months. Other than healthcare, everything is as predicted. Affordable Healthcare act forced us to move back our retirement date until July 2020 because our healthcare premiums until we qualify for Medicare at 65 have soared.
Housing market surged last year, my house is worth almost $400,000 more than I paid for it, but market is faltering again because, people are backing off buying at those values.