Good morning, fellow Buckeye. (I just looked at your profile page to see what I wrote, and there I saw we are both Ohioans.)
When I found your original thread, I saw that you had 141 responses. (We retirees love to be asked for advice.)
When I read my post — I think it was #51 there — I saw that I wrote about health insurance costs and also the value of being under a contract. I was a teacher. I worked on health insurance in contract negotiations for a lot of years for our local. I saw those costs skyrocket. You are not even close to Medicare.
At the time you originally posted, real estate was climbing and continues to do so. I think we are in the throes of more uncertainty than ever before. I have owned 9 houses since the 1970s so I have seen a lot of different markets. This market is nuts. Not giving in to that sense of urgency that the real estate market is creating right now sounds like something I would think.
If you still like your job and if there are no seriously compelling reasons to retire, I think staying put, for now, sounds like the right decision.
But nobody can predict the future — said Boomer, stating the obvious.
I wish you the best.
Boomer