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🗓️ 10 December 2022
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0:00.0 | This is Optimal Finance Daily Episode 2129, mortgages, home equity, and retirement spending |
0:08.0 | by Jeremy Jacobson of gocurrycracker.com and on your host and personal finance enthusiasts |
0:14.5 | Diana Mariam. |
0:15.5 | Now, let's get right to it and continue optimizing your life. |
0:24.0 | Mortgages, home equity, and retirement spending by Jeremy Jacobson of gocurrycracker.com |
0:31.7 | Is home equity part of net worth? |
0:34.8 | When I googled how to calculate net worth, one of the first results was very succinct. |
0:40.2 | Net worth is assets minus liabilities. |
0:43.3 | And it is simple. |
0:45.3 | Hence, home equity, home value minus mortgage is part of net worth, which is great for |
0:50.8 | accounting purposes. |
0:52.8 | But does it work for retirement budgeting? |
0:56.4 | Retirement budgeting. |
0:58.3 | The 4% rule is often used or at least discussed when planning a retirement budget summarized. |
1:05.5 | Plan to spend 4% of your starting portfolio value each year adjusted for inflation. |
1:11.5 | Following this guideline, your retirement money should last at least 30 years, even |
1:15.7 | in the worst cases in the historical record. |
1:18.6 | Which is why it is the 4% rule and not the 5% rule. |
1:22.8 | It is in these hard times that the trouble of including home equity in net worth becomes |
1:26.7 | clear. |
1:28.0 | What if you based your retirement budget on total net worth, including home equity, and |
1:32.6 | you happen to retire in 1966, the worst retirement ever? |
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