SELL THE HOUSE AND INVEST THE PROFITS? A COUPLE THINK ABOUT CASHING OUT TO BOLSTER THEIR RETIREMENT KITTY

摘要

THE HOUSING SLUMP IS starting to unnerve people with oodles of home equity. John and Michelle Potocko are sitting on as much as $500,000 of it in their large home in Clarksville, Md. They have good jobs-Michelle, 46, works in telecommunications marketing and John, 56, is a government contractor-and no other debt. Yet they're contemplating downsizing to a townhouse.