Congratulations on making your decision. My husband and I are close to your age and it's nice to be able to see retirement on the horizon for us. Like you, we'll also be hanging in there with work for a little longer. We still have a kid in college plus the uncertainty with inflation means that it's nice to still have paychecks coming in and a little more time to build a retirement nest egg. As far as the home prices in TV go, we already live in Florida and home prices have gone up where we live, too, so we would be selling a bigger house at an inflated price and buying a smaller house at an inflated price. For us, the numbers still work in our favor.
In the meantime, we'll work on paring down and doing the little touch ups needed in the house and in the yard. That way, there won't be a lot to do when it does become time to officially retire and put the house up on the market.
Best of luck to you and your wife going forward. The next couple of years are going to fly by and you'll be in TV before you know it.
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