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The top should say 20's. They didn't have to wait til their 30's to purchase a house.
I agree. We got married in our early twenties and we ended up in student housing since my hubby was still in graduate school. After he finished and got his first job we bought our first home when we were in our mid twenties with a bit of help for the downpayment from both sets of parents. We borrowed 1k from each set of parents and paid them both off at the end of a year.
When we moved in we had maxed out our credit card to buy some furniture and a washing machine. We waited to buy a dryer since we couldn't afford to buy both. I hung out all our clothes to dry instead.
An elderly couple up the street noticed I was hanging out laundry and they bought a new washer and dryer set because their washing machine died. They offered us their old dryer. Their dryer was already old and we ended up keeping it for 11 more years. Nobody makes appliances like they used to, for sure.
Please take me to your dimension.
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Back in the late 90's, the second Chief Petty Officer I served under gave me his old washer and dryer set when my exwife and I moved into our first house. We couldn't afford a set when we moved in, so we "pinched pennies" to use the base laundromat. He saw me there one day, and the next morning at work, he said "Deuce, come with me." We walked out side to his truck and we went to the house to hook it all up.
One thing I can say is, they don't make "bosses" like that anymore. Nor do they make appliances like that anymore. We had that set for another decade, and they were already a decade old when we go them. They were a helluva lot easier to work on back then, too.
Observation from the outside by a retired SCPO that put on fouled anchors in 1984: They dont make CPOs like that anymore either.
Sister just replaced the water heater in her house.....after 40 years!
...and do you know how much they cost to replace today???? $2k+
I thought getting 25 out of my Rheem water heater was cool. No longer!
Or neighbors, either....nice post.
Our story is similar. We got married in our early twenties too, rented an apartment for 8 months and moved into a newly built home. Granted, it was under 1400 square feet, but it was ours! We worked as many hours as we could while saving every penny to put that down payment on the house! Last month we had to purchase a dryer. We ended up getting a washer/dryer since it would be 20 years in December when we purchased them. (After we moved into a bigger home and newborn triplets).!
Our story is similar as well. Married when we were 19 and 20. Bought our first house at age 24 and 25. We bought it on contract and a $2000 down payment from my folks. The seller knew we were pinching pennies at the time and self employed. When people decided to stiff us and not pay us, our seller would tell us to tack that payment on the back of the contract. They don't make sellers like that any more.
LOL... our first home was 1225 sqft. We didn't have enough furniture to fill it when we moved from our small apt. Mainly had hand me down furniture from both sides of the family.
Same here! We had two twin mattresses on the floor, with sheets on top to use as a "couch". LOL We bought a table and chair set ($144) back in 1984 and we STILL have it! Solid wood, nothing fancy, it has a leaf. We have hubby's turntable combo with an 8trac player in it! Bob Seger is the 8 trac tape we have. Don't know what he did with the rest of them. Now, people think they must have all the upgrades to a home immediately, and furnish every room with top of the line furniture etc. Crazy if you ask me. I would rather get quality used furniture built to last a few lifetimes that get my home filled. We have painted, put down tile, put in a fireplace, etc. We are getting ready to replace the flooring in our home. We will put down tile. When we say this, people think we are hiring people to do it, they are always shocked to hear we are doing it ourselves. LOL We are not afraid of work. Now, if there is electrical that needs to be done, we would hire someone that is licensed and bonded to do the work. To me, many think it is beneath them to do physical labor of any kind.
I bought my one and only house at 27
What's a house?
Something only BlackRock is allowed to have. Now stop complaining, eat your bugs, and get back into your rented pod before your social credit score drops and you have to sleep on the street.
Wait... there still are places to sleep on the street?
You gotta shank a hobo first to take their spot...
LOL! And that's EXACTLY where our "superiors" would like us to be: fighting each other for scraps; murdering each other for their entertainment. Well, then - new slogan: "Fauci First"!
That’s basically what Thoreau recommended in Walden. Just use a railroad tool box to sleep and escape the elements then be free out in the world.
You can slum it and have a good time.
I know buying a house is difficult today because my children are in that particular boat. There are several reasons, at least in my experience. When I graduated from HS and my husband from college, we had immediately marketable skills. It took me a week to find a good job, and my husband had jobs waiting for him. The other part of the equation though is that we saved as much money as we could. We didn't travel, go out every night, and ate out very rarely. Interest rates were sky high so we only looked at houses that had assumable mortgages at low rates. Of course all my kids remember is that we lived in really nice houses and they lived really well. BTW, neither of us got degrees in the Humanities.
I think the fact a 1500 square foot home built in 1950 costing 800k where I live now vs 150k in 1998 has a lot to also with it too. My fiancée and I make 130k combined and we still can’t afford a home, my father bought my childhood home on a single 40k income. I just find it disingenuous that everything is blamed but the obvious. You could work a minimum wage job back in the day and still afford a home.
There is abundance that is being stolen from all of us. Hopefully part of this reckoning will be distributing that abundance fairly.
When we bought our first house our combined income was a little over 30k per year. We paid 50k for the house. Interest rates were 16 to 17 percent, so no walk in the park finding something affordable. Minimum wage at that time was not enough to buy a house.
That is exactly the face I have as I read some particularly juicy post on GAW
Lol I was a major fuck up until around 22, and I bought my house at 23. No borrowing money, had a shitty job, etc...
You went from being a major fuckup to buying a house in full in only a year?
Yes... lol mostly alcohol involved misdemeanors. Was able to get a RD loan, no down payment, sellers payed closing costs. Very low threshold for credit. The housing market has changed quite a bit this past decade though.
Lol. I literally wrote about this in a diary I’m going to pass down to my typical daughter.
Yeah, pretty much nails it.
My dad was an immigrant who spoke no English and worked painting houses. He bought a nice 1500 square foot home here in Orange County for 180k back in 2000 on a single 40k income.
Meanwhile my fiancée and I are living in the same home trying to save up, we have a combined 130k income and don’t spend on frivolous things and we still can’t afford to buy a home here.
My parents home is now worth 800k and homes around here are similar price. Feels unfair but it’s the state of things. Thinking of leaving to a cheaper state like Arkansas so we can actually buy a home start a family.
Hahah
Lmaooo..
Granted, buying a house back in the 80’s was dealing with interest rates around 10%, but you could still get a decent deal. You still can, but timing is everything. So, save up your money, and when the next crash hits, wait until prices come down (usually a year) and buy it then. Literally no one else will be buying. The last time this happened was in 2009 through 2012 or so. Then things started to go back up. But if you had cash, you could’ve scored. We bought 3 lots for 20K each which had originally been selling for 60k in 2006. Then we built a couple of 3B/2B houses as rentals. They have skyrocketed in value the last 3 years as Californians are escaping hell and snapping up properties. Never buy during the high crazy times. Just save your money so you have it ready to go when the market tanks (and it does periodically).
I seriously look like that today
Every morning and evening we still not see cabal arrested isnt good fren.
Brilliant. I look forward to good morning Sunday morning memes more than Sunday Gun Day. This one is hilariously true
OMG true
Dude that bottom portrait is hysterical
What's your problem? Just outbid the hedge funds and you too can own a home.
I started with the crazy hair in my 30s… I am 45 now and I have taken the clown pill and everything’s gonna be OK don’t you worry baby