Not by cutting fat, or cutting spending!

Assuming we have moved to a permanent 7% inflation position from 2021 And your interest rate is 4%.  

Further, the risk from repeated business closures is that temporary job losses will become permanent.

And this Baja might be a image of what souther California will look like, in future decades, with southern Nevada & Arizona will possibly also be also in permanent loss of water supplies.

I think what COVID has done is 1) sped up the migration of millennials to the nearby suburbs - NJ, Westchester, LI 2) new permanent work from home policy changes lead by the tech industry (Twitter, Facebook) which will echo across industries will make people reconsider where they want to live.

I don't want my contractor going in there ripping stuff out and one of his subs comes back and hits me with a fat lawsuit somewhere down the line because he was working where there was lead paint and we didn't know about it.

The downside is the now permanent PMI, so you would want to refi when you have some equity.

guess that comes with age (49)danny abalos from aurora (far west of chicago, actually end of the train line) illinois (no capitals in my posts, too much trouble with fat fingers and no typing skill)married 17 years, 4 childs and a nice fat mortgage, hopefully self employed by REi'm glad to be here with you alloh, i do woodworking as a hobby.

I am unsure if I would be better off investing in SoCal because it is my current backyard, but expensive, or if I am better off starting somewhere close to my original home in Chicago, where prices are low (& my planed permanent residence).

Angie pepper spray and mace etc. in some cases the attacker has sued and won for permanent eye damage.