My adult children want me to help them buy houses by co-signing or lending them down payment money, but I'm worried about putting my own retirement security at risk for their real estate investments. We all believe homeownership builds wealth but we have different timelines and different amounts of financial cushion if things go wrong.
More people experience this than they realize.
Generational wealth transfer through real estate forces competing claims about financial security across family members at different life stages.
“Where Are You with Real estate as wealth building?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.