Hi guys! I have a dilemma I would like your opinion on. I currently own a small three bed room apartment in a European city which I currently live in and bought in 2010. I bought it for 300 000 $ and can now sell it for at least 500 000 $. The market in my city has gone through the roof the last years, and I find the prices for these small apartments ridiciluosly high. I am considering selling my apartment and renting instead. The reason is I want to to invest my profits from the apartment in my stock portfolio, which consists of dividend growth stocks. By doing this I would be able to build a substantial portfolio which will, by compound interest, almost guarantee to make me financially independent in 15-20 years(I am currently 32 years old). The cons are that I will be paying some landlord about 15 000$ a year instead of paying down my own mortgage (home ownership is extremely usual in my country, above 80% own their own home), and that I might have to buy into the market at a later stage at a much higher price. What would you do if you were in my shoes? Anyone who has done something similar? I would appreciate any input.
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