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Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It is Friday March 4th and we are plowing through our emails today.

So if you have a question and it's burning up inside of you, it's financial, it is economic, it is tax.

Just go to JillonMoney.com, click the contact us button and give us as much detail as you can. Of course if you want to come on the

program, which I love and mark loves and everyone loves to listen to, we know that. Just be sure to check the box that says I'm

willing to come on the air and then mark does everything else. Today is a day where we're going to start plowing through some

email. So let's start with anonymous, who's been a working as an expat in the last several years and he is returning to the US

and he's looking to settle in the Seattle Tacoma area with something with an ocean view. However, the market's crazy, I'm

over six with my offers. Here are my questions. Should I buy or just rent for another year or two? If I buy, I am keeping my monthly payments to

less than 33% of my gross not counting annual bonus, which averages 100,000 in the past four years. Depending on the final price, I

may be able to get a 15 year loan for a lower rate and still stay within 33%. Should I do that? No, don't do that. I have no debt. I'll have to

purchase a vehicle once I get settled. I'm 59, $2 million in an IRA, $200 grand in a Roth, $100 grand in a 401K, half a

million in cash mutual funds, which will be used as down payment. I started to contribute to a Roth 401K this year, now

that's available at work. I'm legally married, but separated. Spouses overseas, kids are grown. All right, Mark, buy or rent. What do you say? Yeah, I might

rent also just because what are you going to do? I mean, you got to live someplace. So maybe rent for another year, see what happens,

suck away the money, but then don't worry about a 15 year loan. I mean, you can you can get a 30 year loan and you keep your

your payments a little bit lower. It doesn't matter about the rate. You can pay it down later. If you could find

something buying is great, but I wouldn't also drive myself crazy. I really wouldn't. It's not worth it. It's really not worth it. So

I might just rent and chill out and keep your eyes open. How about that? All right, this is Thomas, who writes, hi, Jill,

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