> Mortgage on a small house is $1800/month. $1800/month is a >$300k 30 year mortgage. > Cars are expensive too, add $400 a month for payments on that. That's

> Mortgage on a small house is $1800/month. $1800/month is a >$300k 30 year mortgage. > Cars are expensive too, add $400 a month for payments on that. That's absurd. It's not hard to stay well under $20k new and used is even cheaper. Keep it for at least 7 years and $400/month is two cars and change.