Well, the rollover of an old 401K to Vanguard went smoothly. Prices went down 10% between the time the check was cut and it was turned back into the same S&P 500 fund. So I got a bonus of 10% of shares on that set of investments. :) S&P 500 is down 5.8% for the year now, so we've made a gain on the transaction in dollar terms (for the moment).
Pure dumb luck on my part. :)
Speaking of pure dumb luck, the property valuations for our home, 4 rental houses, mortgage note on property we sold, and our inherited farmland are way higher than they were two years ago.
Dec 31, 2020: $1,319,021
Feb 3, 2020: $2,620,260
A big chunk of that is due to a more current valuation on the farmland. Good farmland doesn't go up for sale very often so it's harder for people like me, 800 miles away, to properly value it.
But our rental homes are now valued at 2 to 3 times what we put into them to purchase them and make them rent-ready. As we change tenants we'll be able to raise the rent a goodly bit. (Don't really want to do that to current tenants.)
Even our personal home is valued at 25% more than we paid for it.
Crazy times. The valuations don't seem real to me but apparently, they are.