Many ways to “eat your house” in retirement
- Take in boarders or flatmates
- Sublet part of home — permanently or Airbnb (wttch tax and insurance)
- Subdivide — easier now
- Sell your house and buy smaller or in a cheaper place
- Sell your house and become a renter
- Reverse mortgages
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