<prompt> Human: In my area the housing market has gone up substantially, and my house now has 120k positive equity. I just checked again today and between last month and this month it has dropped about 2k after climbing steadily without dropping for about a year. I was thinking of selling the house, and then renting a cheaper home for about 6 months to a year, watching the market and then buying again when the market looks like it might be on a rebound. Is this a smart decision? If I sell the house what would be the best course of action to save the extra money andor invest? I am married, just had a baby and own a small business. Not sure if that information is useful or relevant for this post or not. We are doing fairly well financially but the extra money would be nice to have saved in a savings account or something and also allow us to put 20 down on our next house and get rid of the mortgage insurance, also saving us several hundred a month on the mortgage payment. This all sounds like a reasonable and smart move to make right now, but I am also known to be impulsive sometimes. If you dont think this is a smart decision please let me know why, and also let me know if I am maybe missing something important that I am not considering.Also, I will check this post as often as possible throughout the day, and attempt to respond as much as I can but bear with me if it isnt right away. Appreciate all the advice headed my way.  <response>: What makes you think you can successfully time the market?Dont gamble, keep your house unless you genuinely want to move. 