Yeah, I bought the cheapest home I could and with the low interest rates my payments are lower than most apartments. I feel good knowing that I can work at jobs that I enjoy and have a good work-life balance for taking care of kids. Hoping to be able to work part time and start a business with the rest of my time. It's a great plan to downsize expenses and opens up a lot more options for a lifestyle that you want. And I only think we'd see the temporary deflationary crash if Biden gets in. If Trump somehow wins this legal battle and retains the White House, I don't think they will let it crash. However they seem very desperate now to get him out and get this reset moving forward quickly. I thought it was hilarious how they couldn't crash the markets when Trump got in, so he started bragging about how high stocks were going. He knew they had to keep it propped up while he was in office. For storing value, some people recommend precious metals which have shown to be a pretty good store of value in the long term, but I think people are wrong to treat it as an investment. Plus, you can't actually eat it or use it, which is why I prefer putting all that savings toward real necessities and repairs first. There are a lot of people out there that swear by precious metals though, so whatever works for you. Use your own judgment and intuition so that if it's a bad investment you weren't going against your own judgment. For anticipating inflation, I like anything that people will always need like a home, or land with water, a business, etc. Water is always good to have with land. Then you get to actually use it while you're holding it instead of it sitting in a vault somewhere.