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I honestly don't see how I could ever have enough money or credit to buy a house

You and I are the same age, and two years ago, I purchased a home (a condo) after saving up for the initial fees and payments for almost eight years. Rates were good, the price was decent, and I had never really liked renting very much.

Almost immediately, I began to regret it. Those fees and down-payments were a nice little nest-egg that could be put to use in significantly better ways, even if they simply sat in my bank account for an emergency. Since then, I've grown from regretting it to outrate resentment. It's the worst decision I've ever made. I'm stuck in a single area, rooted to this place come Hell or high waters, and will only be able to get out if I can sell the place to someone else.

It came to a head just before the holidays, when I got laid off and the company put a recent college grad in my place. And no, it wasn't for performance issues. I have never been below the top 5% for performance in my company. On two occasions in the three years I spent with them, my quarterly review was in the top ten for the entire company. But they could get someone who would do 80% of what I did for 60% of the pay (because my reviews kept getting me the highest raise possible of 2% every six months), so they got rid of me.

Now, I have no income, the economy is still bad, but instead of potentially being on the hook for a year's rent or less, I'm on the hook for an expensive piece of property, and have virtually no savings left available because of it.

Ownership today is for those who are already set in life. Today's youth have more important things to worry about than some vapor-ware "American Dream."

Never buy a house.

Learn how to do simple repairs on your car, and keep buying those 100k+ mileage cars.

I've been both a renter and an owner, and quite frankly, I preferred the former. The "American Dream" isn't worth it.

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