> What is most depressing to me, where do people get the money?? It would take me 30 years of saving to get 500k, that's like 70-80% of my working life. Mortga

> What is most depressing to me, where do people get the money?? It would take me 30 years of saving to get 500k, that's like 70-80% of my working life. Mortgages. This is why they exist. > You would pay over 100k in interest fees alone on a long term mortgage. You pay 100k of today's money in interest and fees over the course of 30 years. 100k in 1992 was worth far far more than 100k is worth today.