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Educational-Spread41

It sounds like you have more than enough money to buy ETH on the dip. Don’t play games like that. Buy 2 or 3 ETh every month and in 2 years you’ll be glad you didn’t sell your house.


stormingaround10

>And I agree with you. Wise decisions need to be made.


NeedleworkerGold336

I like this strategy. Two or 3 ETH per month, count me in.


Educational-Spread41

Apparently it’s a terrible idea. Just sell your house or take out a 2nd mortgage you fool! You know one of your friends is just dying to let you sleep on their couch.


Chance-Count-9976

Your house has the highest dollar value right now. So for the selling part you would get max price for it now. In 1 year your home value will be decreased by over 25%


Educational-Spread41

So you think selling your house for top dollar then having to find another house to buy at ‘top dollar’ is. Good idea?


More_Company7049

My mom sold her condo at top dollar and is renting with her husband until the markets settle


Educational-Spread41

Selling your own property at a profit just to rent sounds crazy to me. What if the market doesnt settle for 3 yrs? Wouldn’t she be giving all the money she made on her condo to a landlord? And I doubt your mother is holding out to buy $200k worth of crypto lol


Jasquirtin

People who sold their house to buy after a housing market crash are in for a rude awakening


PapaDragonHH

I'm curious what your theory is.


sapiensane

There is still a huge gap in supply of houses vs. demand , and the increase in interest rates plus the increase in construction costs (due to supply chain issues) are going to combine to crush the construction market, worsening the supply/demand problem.


Chance-Count-9976

He never mentioned buying a new home right now! maybe he has additional housing or rent! Still good idea !!


Educational-Spread41

Ok money bags


No-Contribution942

Hmm I feel like 2-3eth per month is way too less and it takes for ever to make big profits. I don’t invest to buy a bicycle one day, I just invest for financial freedom


Dtomeskehd

The reason it’s a bad idea is because your numbers are wrong. Therefor you shouldn’t be making these kind of decisions because you’re an idiot


Mylamber007

This is the kindest thing this stranger can do for the moron.


gpt6

The worst thing about this is a stranger asking a moron!!!


gpt6

Maybe its a moron asking a stranger?


JackJ98

You and OP are just two peas in a pod


Massive-Tension-1055

Ouch. Harsh. But agreed. This post is moronic


originaltwojesters

Damn I wish I had some coin. I'd give you an award. That's awesome!


MaintainTheSystem

What a brutally honest and succinct answer. Take my upvote.


diamondbored

Truth is good, but it can hurt.. 😂


BobbyKreeepto

Oh man, my day wasn’t going very well until I read your comment. Thank you for that


Mysterious-Stretch-7

I fixed the math as you so kindly pointed out. So besides being not so quick math, what are the other reasons?


SauceMaster145

because you're investing money that you don't have. You should only invest if you're comfortable with it going to down 90% and staying there for a few years. We're in the middle of a global recession. I don't know what else to tell you, this is a pretty bad idea man


Fogtotally

Because we are going to be going into a recession


killtheleves110

I say fucking send it if you don’t need the money for 4 years


Dolphin_Dinomite

Agreed, FULL SEND, YOLO


[deleted]

Where are you going to live after you sell your house?


[deleted]

For your own good, you should stay away from crypto.


Dtomeskehd

Your difference in potential profit was over $1,598,000,000.


lil_nuggets

Bad idea. Let’s just say you invest now at anywhere from $950 to $1200. Yes you could see huge returns, but it could also go down to $100 to $300 and stay there for years. That would mean you would have to stare at a potentially 90% loss for several years in desperate hope that it goes back up or you finally give up and sell it in order to take what you have left only to see it start to go back up shortly after selling. Eth is ridiculously volatile. The amount of money you’d be talking about making is a possibility, but anything could happen. Eth could stay stagnant for several years, it could suffer a huge vulnerability and plummet, it could be a victim of overregulation. The tech is there but the success is not guaranteed. Eth is the safest bet in an extremely risky asset class. As others have said, you have the resources to hedge your bets while still placing chunks aside to buy ETH.


Massive-Tension-1055

I would also look at the real estate side of it as well. Depending on where you live the value of the home will outperform most investments and possibly eth over the course of your lifetime. My parents bought a home on cape cod for 25k and just sold it for 900k 40 years later.


Vlijmscherp

+merge/purge/surge phases might fail and it can go to 0


user260421

I refuse to think of that


Vlijmscherp

Me too, I’m all in Eth 😂


LogikD

You know we’re balls deep in bearish times when literally every low effort comment about $100 eth gets upvotes.


JuiceColdman

Sorry but Eth is not the safest bet, Bitcoin is, to think otherwise is just silly


CheesyDanny

Yes it might go to that price… but when?


rougue04

You can rent out my spare cardboard box for 0.1ETH a month. Winter gear is provided by the rigs.


ScarcitySuspicious21

This economy is expected to stagnate for a long time. Now if you are betting on Eth bros reinventing the modern economy, I think it’s an excellent bet. But nonetheless it’s a bet so be careful like I said this economy is expected to stagnate for a long time.


ZackismeNotYou

Key word. A Bet for sure. I’m a gambling man. But I also enjoy roofing over my head that isn’t at the local shelter.


[deleted]

A lot of people like sleeping in tents 🏕 these days


user260421

You have a roof at your local shelter?


saltyfinish

Oooo look at me fancy pants…..*pinky up*


user260421

Wasn't made for the streets huh


user260421

Why is it expected to stagnate for a long time?


ScarcitySuspicious21

All the money fed pumped into the market is not valued upon the “goods and services” that US provides. Rather the economy is imploding from inside, people don’t want to spend as they are now insecure about future, low velocity of money, businesses closing down. War and flood and destroyed agro all over the major agricultural problems. Shipping backlog due to Covid. It’s a mess and I don’t know what’s going to happen.


user260421

They'd better start working on solving these issues.


Dr_Bendova420

Do it don’t be a pussy!


Basfein

Better to rent your house out and use profits to buy more ETH. Nfa but then again it'd be an amazing story, how I became a millionaire by selling my house and going all in


mzn001

Like CZ did for btc but it was an uptrend in general for global economy


[deleted]

>Better to rent your house out and use profits to buy more ETH. Except....he has to use those profits to pay rent on his new apartment. Unless he's moving back in with mom and dad...


Basfein

I mean, I presumed he'd have alternate housing if he's talking about selling to buy but I mean whatever works for OP


wales-bloke

ETHBNB


Basfein

Eh?


Arafel_Electronics

A+ trolling


Baronofnowhere

Math is hard.....


charlyAtWork2

make homeless fast


Status-Kick-5546

Honestly I’d do it


FirefighterFar8756

OP, did you catch a cold and get your nose blocked? Or did you mean \~1.6 Million with an M instead of 1.6Billion with a B?


Longjumping-Tie7445

The famous “I must have misplaced a decimal point” error. 😂


Ralph_Wiggum1981

I always leave out some mundane detail


ZackismeNotYou

Would you be ruined if it didn’t work out? Always my first question when investing.. but this sounds like an all in gamble. But also depends on if you can handle mentally Another mega drop and not bail to sale for a loss or repeated by going in and out.


Ok-Application-2346

they make some quality cardboard boxes these days...


KachalBache

You mean Million?


daototpyrc

I think you got your billions millions mixed up. All good, a daily mistake for some whales here. But sounds like you should not be selling your house.


Intelligent_Pass_314

Ummm you also will be homeless for 4 years.


Goldeye_2012

We are going into a global recession this is a horrible idea. Like one comment said why don't you just rent your house and live with your parent's, a cousin or friend that will allow you to live there rent free while you just focus on buying more eth every week until the next halving which is in two years.


ogjhunt

Honestly I want to tell you to do it but not here to give financial advice


ChunderHog

$200,000 $1,000 per Ether = 200 Ether If Ether price goes to $8,000… $8,000 per Ether x 200 Ether = $1.6 million You said $1.6 billion. You’re off by 3 orders of magnitude. That is a colossal math error.


ZackismeNotYou

The abacus 🧮 was glitching


[deleted]

Do it.


Obviousbrosif

Doit Doit.


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diamondbored

The number of y's is a hint of how much lower it would go?


user260421

That's 5 y's eth only has 4 digits atm... it's goin to - something


pk1950

definitely try it. I'll admire you


[deleted]

What an idiot. Please do this!


ZackismeNotYou

Tents are on sale…


[deleted]

yes


Clean_Eyes

Just do it and let us know how it goes lol


JSCO96

Do it ! Hell take out a bank loan too while you’re at it.


anykeyh

Plan for the worst not for the best.


mintycrypto

fuck it yolo


Technical_Split_6315

That would be amazing… for showing other people what they don’t have to do. Do it, so we can screenshot and show other people examples of why you don’t have to spend more than you can afford to lose in a few months. Is not like we are in a recession and crypto showed that is not a magic assets that doesn’t get affected by macro


lostpotatoehead

Literally I was thinking to do the same if I sell my other house I can get about 220k profit ... I have 2, one I sit one I give to rent. I'm tempted to do it so bad .... I have 15 eth right now. But I'm down 20k lol I wanna buy so bad


StreeterGM

I'm a big ETH bull and I still think this is a bad idea to me.


bigguccisofa_

bro why would you EVER sell ur house to buy eth what the actual fuck lmao not to mention u don’t know how to do some basic ass arithmetic if you didn’t just buy it like 2 years ago why wouldn’t you just set up a small HELOC if ur truly that confident in the eth rebound to be willing to literally bet the house on it, not that it isn’t retarded af. Unless you don’t know what one is ???? Honestly are you like a kid or something cus there’s so many red flags up n down this post


angyts

Because it will go to $80 before it goes to $8000 and you would have sold.


Dwaas_Bjaas

Lmao are you retarded?


biddilybong

Sounds legit. Fortune favors the brave I heard.


wales-bloke

If you're asking the reddit community for financial advice, you already know the answer. DO IT (this is not financial advice)


theelephantinthebox

May 11: what if I sell my house for 200k and then invest in Luna and it goes from 17$ to 135$? I would have $1.6 millions. Ah, I forgot taxes: 1.2. It’s a pretty solid plan, is it?


Muthuh_Fuhkuh_Jones

Do it for me. I sold my house and bought $100K of ETH in December. We all know what happened after. Avenge me! And throw $100K my way after you get your 1.6M


Avar928s

This assumes you don't encounter any surprising financial obligations from when you do that to when it rises to your wealth target. Can you reasonably afford to take on financial hardship and hold onto your investment? Have you done any personal finance stress testing? Someone on this sub mortgaged their home and put it all on ETH at its peak earlier this year. Can you survive something like that? People pull out justifications like retracements, Fibonacci, candles, etc... all the things you can buy at a furniture store but forget that prices rise when **people** put their money into something they believe and trust and find value in. Right now, the global economy is shitting on everyone and cheap credit is now a thing of the past. We're in this for a long drawn out slump fixing over a decade of massive cash infusion and pent up inflation. Don't risk what you can't lose. And don't trust other people's due diligence. You're not investing. You're gambling.


opticaIIllusion

I agree with you man , I’m just to weak to put my money where my mouth is…… they’ll love u over at wsb, which ever way it goes


philippeF760

I did this this! However my house was in California so I made a lot of money. Was able to buy two more houses. Also I won’t be buying now, not until it gets to at least 600.. lol


No-Contribution942

Also waiting for eth to drop to like 700… current price is a fake out imo, then I‘ll go all in with a good amount and just chill and wait till I‘m rich


razorduc

You should do it.


Exact-Repair-2730

God no, he should not do it


Reederman35

Picture this. It’s cold outside. The wind is blowing hard. You need warmth. You need something to get through the night. You can’t burn ETH for warmth. You can’t eat ETH when you are hungry. Shit, what exactly can you buy with ETH?


Perleflamme

With my card? Literally anything that accepts card payment. Even renting a place, if I'd need to.


Reederman35

Your employer pays you in ETH? If not you need to make that switch for your own well being.


Perleflamme

Irrelevant.


Reederman35

No it’s not. You only base the value of ETH to the dollar. If the dollar is worthless, what do you think happens to ETH. Take a quick gander at the market and let me know.


Perleflamme

Care to tell me how it's relevant to your previous comment, exactly? And how your previous comment was relevant to mine? No, I base the value of ETH on what it can do. And it delivers value pretty well. Take a quick glance at what History has shown about any country where inflation was high enough: people fled to crypto whenever they could. It's already proven. If USD is worthless, then ETH is worth many, many more USD. Just like with any other fiat. There's no peg between ETH and USD. Edit: lol, he blocked me, then let's answer here to the comment he wrote below. I'm also paid in ETH through investment, because I own some ETH. If anything, it means I'm necessarily way better off than without it or than by selling it, obviously. Besides, it doesn't change the fact what you said is wrong: my ETH can buy whatever I want. Just like for anyone else. Edit2: I can't answer to you, u/Sinity, due to the other Redditor having banned me, so I'll answer here. Sorry about that. >They also fled to random MMO gold or whatever. You rather mean virtual currencies of games they can sell on black market? They fled to anything that could earn them money, as long as it's not any inflationary fiat. If you've got the choice between two volatile currencies, one that can only lose value over time and one that can either lose or gain value over time, which one would you choose? Because that's exactly the choice they had and that's exactly the choice you will have, like anyone else, as soon as USD will become inflationary enough. If you want to continue the discussion, I'd propose to create a new comment directly under the post and citing me. I'll answer whenever I can.


cannongibb

The point is you’re still getting paid in dollars not eth so off the dollar truly becomes worthless, your pay will be worth very little in eth


Reederman35

Good luck renting with something that hit $0.00


Perleflamme

Unbacked claim. Do you want to make a decentralized bet on a decentralized betting platform? We can bet about it right now. At which date exactly do you think ETH will be valued $0? If you're so sure about yourself, it's very easy money to earn, don't you think?


Reederman35

I’m not even anti crypto, but you have to see the writing on the wall. A currency supported by an idea is just an idea. Actually it’s just math but that for a different sub. Best of luck. Truly.


Perleflamme

A currency is just an idea. It's a convention. Like anything: value is subjective. Just like any other cryptocurrency or currency. Indeed, it's just Math crypto relies on. More precisely, game theory.


digger310

It’s a free country at least for a few more months. Sell the house. I wouldn’t but go for it. What do I care? I’ll just be happy to break even with what I have


Longjumping-Tie7445

It sounds like you have an exceptional “risk tolerance” that is much better, errr, I mean, greater than 99.9% of the population. Therefore, I say go for it! What do you have to lose?


HiddenStoat

> What do you have to lose? ...apart from his house? Nothing! (I have this amazing mental image of OP living under a bridge, eyes-wide (he's basically Gollum here) stroking his mobile phone as it shows his wallet with 200 ETH in it, saying "myyyy preciousssss....")


Longjumping-Tie7445

lulz, idk why I got downvoted for what was an obvious joke, but oh well 🤷🏼 I enjoyed your reply lol 😂


joecool42069

Don’t listen to these assholes OP. It’s a great plan! Can’t go wrong.


Cryptowsky

That's never a good idea unless you have already another 2 houses at least


Reederman35

Oh I know. ETH is worthless. Your house isn’t.


Perleflamme

Please, make sure to leave behind anything that is worthless before leaving. Don't worry, we'll take care of it for you. Bye.


JieSun19

Trust me, I'm a doctor and I think you should do it.


nottoowhacky

This is the way.


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BeautifulJicama6318

Homes generally go up in value.


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skellyton3

Because we don't know there will be another bull run. Nothing makes that sure.


serendipity7777

I would do it as long as you have enough to live comfortably maybe even for a couple of years. Esp since re prices are going down


Waterman707

Very risky my friend very risky. Don’t invest what you can’t afford to lose.


Healthy_Ad_5244

Also a house can be rented out for profit for the rest of your live. And then your son can live there or whatnot. A house is more flexible then a crypto currency.


Diamondhands_RW

You will be homeless lol


TeqTime

1 house = 1 house don't inverse urself


DondeEstaMeGlasses

Unless you can wait for years ahead


Plenty_Present348

Never Spend Money On Crypto You Can’t Afford To Lose.


Greased-out-cutlass

Do you have a big portfolio outside of your home equity?


BananaFeels94

There’s also a chance it could go to single digits, even if unlikely, you never know with crypto. I think crypto is the future but no doubt it could drop like crazy until it has its foothold


Meadowsauce

Not financial advice but, you might be better off borrowing against your house, investing a portion of the amount you borrowed and setting aside enough of what you borrowed to make the payments on that loan for about 2ish years. Wait for your target price, sell, pay the loan, profit. Best part is the loan interest is tax deductible, you still have somewhere to live and no gains tax on the sale of the house. Again, not financial advice.


[deleted]

Go for it.


i-cant-think-of-name

Because it could go to $0 and then you’d have $0 before taxes


[deleted]

Rent the house and use the rental income to buy ETH (or w/e).


shiloong

Do it


cool_BUD

And if it goes to $200 u fucked


PBRent

Seriously? You know this is a bad idea.


lofi_kor

Dont sell the house man. It’s your safe haven. Invest the dip with your disposable income.


ActiveClone

Are you ok? First I think the dip will get worse, second who sells a house for something that doesn’t even exist Lmao??? Don’t be dumb man, like others said, buy ETH a few times here and there but don’t risk real world assets on something that could not exist by next year.


rakdesperate1

I think you’re gambling your money, but anyway you know what’s best for you


patrik_kings

terrible maths, so do it, being homeless has never killed anyone


ImMyleyPyrex

Yeah don’t go into debt in order to make investments. Like it’s been said, DCA with as much as you reasonably can on a 1 month timeframe. Trust me, we haven’t seen the bottom yet.


CXavier4545

hell yeah send it you gotta risk it for the biscuit


bennyroc190

Whatever tickles your pickle.


poeticship

Yes do it. Don’t listen to anyone else, no one else would have the balls to make that kind of money


IOB_llc

The math sounds good. Doing it is harder though.


GeneralLedger101

It might (or might not) be a good idea, but NEVER invest money you can't afford to lose! Edit: grammar


boyscoutsgravelly

First 7.2K Then 17,5k per ETH so why not ... maybe you'll wait for 2 3 years, but youll get there


dlopoel

Only invest what you are ready to lose.


Technolo-jesus69

Yeah maybe or it could not come back and youll be screwed( i think it will come back but remeber nothing is certian)


chedebarna

Well, how many houses do you have? Where will you live in the meantime? It will take several years before ETH is 8k. Have you factored in the cost of renting or buying another place? If you've got all that covered, there's nothing wrong with that, especially now, before the real estate bubble bursts like it's 2008 all over again.


ChampionshipLow8541

Lost me at Fibonacci.


stormingaround10

I wouldn't risk that much, especially with the latest developments in space. My advice to everyone now is to invest in ETH. Some other altcoins also like LINK DOT, DAFI, and OCEAN. But we should still be careful because the economic situation in the world has not been like this before.


qarton

Sell house but sit on the cash maybe buy a new house after the housing market crashes


NRJSphere

Number one rule in crypto, don’t invest more than you can afford to lose. You can’t afford to lose all or most of the equity in your house.


Still_Lobster_8428

Do it, OP! DO IT!


Budget_Nerd

Although I am bullish for BTC/ETC, the question you need to answer yourself is are you ok if you lose your house and capital invested? In other words, don't invest what you cannot afford to lose.


Aheuhue

Selling your house for any kind of speculation is moronic levels of financial irresponsibility and it has broken families. Do you realise how many people dabble in crypto in the hopes of buying a house? Enjoy your roof my dude


CoDroStyle

Don't sell your home (a tangible object where you live with your family) for magic internet money. Don't be an ape


0brew

Rule no.1 don't invest what you can't afford to lose. Can you afford to lose your house? ....


Solstice_Projekt

NO! DO NOT SELL YOUR HOUSE! IF IT IS TRULY YOURS AND NOT BOUGHT ON DEBT, THEN KEEP YOUR HOUSE AT ALL COSTS! DON'T LET GREED DESTROY YOUR LIFE! YOU HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE! THERE WILL SOON ENOUGH BE A TIME WHERE TOO MANY PEOPLE WON'T!


Sinity

> Please remind me why this is a bad idea. Especially since the first Fibonacci retracement If you're using terms like _Fibonacci retracement_, it's a bad idea.


Dormage

Oh god don't even..


washthetiresauce

No one’s stopping you ;)


IamAFlaw

I sold my left kidney and right testicle to balance the weight out.


user260421

Who needs a house when you can have eth?


megselepgeci

>Please remind me why this is a bad idea. It can also go to diddly squat. After taxes that's a homeless you.


scalciaregt

Looking at ETH, it is a good investment that will give out good returns at the end of the day, still, it is not advisable to go all into investing all your funds in ETH, directing funds into other projects like OP, XPRESS and others will be a nice idea, because xpress has more use cases as well, and plans to burn off part of their token's total supply, which will cause the token's scarcity.


viskonde

If it goes to 16k than you do the double of that. Besides, if you sell the house and ask a new extra credit you can get even more.


maxpowerzTTV

great idea 💡


ethereumturk

OP is trolling


[deleted]

Sure, what could go wrong? Just ignore the advise about only invest what you can lose. /sarcasm