Is it possible that she is close to people who have done very well in RE, and assumed they had it right. Now even though you made a wise choice, she resents it, because it didn’t follow the outline.
I think the pigginton women are the exception about not minding renting in this market. I know it bothers my wife, but I constantly feed her data on why buying right now isn’t a great idea, so she begrudgingly goes along. Having a slum lord landlord doesn’t help, and I know that adds stress to my wife’s life.
However, one thing to keep in mind is I don’t even have a successful sale, we basically have squat. I lost out in the midwest and had to bring 11K to closing, and now we don’t have a lot of savings. BTW my previous company laid off all they way up to my CTO when we were bought out, so the only reason I am here is because of a corporate transfer. I’d love to be sitting on some winnings right now, and your wife should be enjoying piece of mind.
