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The details matter and are personal I agree. Even if a house isn't right for you, you still need to save for the deposit on an apartment. You still need to bu
by bluGill 1y ago
The details matter and are personal I agree.
Even if a house isn't right for you, you still need to save for the deposit on an apartment. You still need to buy furnishings for your apartment. You won't even know if a house is right for you until you are mid 20s to 30, so it is probably best to save for a house and if you decide at 30 it isn't right for you roll that money into retirement savings (if a house isn't right for you that means you need more retirement savings)
Relationships - even if you don't have a wedding or kids - come at the time you have those starting to get out on your own expenses. You will need to figure those out.
- sebastiennight 1y agoYou just replaced "buying a house" with "buying an apartment", proving my point about cultural bias :-) I meant, for many people (especially young ones), taking that same deposit to purchase an investment property (which could be a house or apartment, but has a tenant who lives there rather than being for oneself) can be a better deal than buying for themselves. In the end, buying a place to live in is very much an emotional choice, which is totally valid. But in some locales and for some lifestyles, being a landlord who pays rent elsewhere can be a better financial decision.
- joquarky 1y agoThis kind of advice was gospel in the 90s.