I’m neither financial adviser nor fortune teller

Johnny Carson as Karnak.

A longtime friend of mine called to say she and her husband were thinking of renting out their apartment for a couple of years and buy another one so as to have a garden.

They contemplated spending $1.5 million or less.

So far, so good.

Eagerly, I began sending them listings, a couple of which interested at least her.

Then she spoke to her financial adviser.