I’m not sure why home owners have such a hard on for increasing home prices. Unless you plan on retiring to a lower cost area or own income properties I’m not really sure you’re benefiting much.
Everyone wants more money, this isn't exactly a brain buster
As a whole a lot of people are misinformed about the benefit. If you paid 250k for a coastal home in socal 30 yrs ago and sell it for 3-4 million now and move somewhere cheaper then sure, you did great. That’s not the case for like 99% of people. You need to have lived in a market that outperformed the overall market (like the bay, coastal socal, Manhattan, ski towns, vacation areas, etc.)