People with an $800 mortgage they secured years ago absolutely love to give their input on how people renting because they physically cannot afford a home in todays market should budget, and when they say “do you realize I’m paying almost $2k for 1 bedroom” they tell you you…

@Cillasopink I think it’s more like people can barely afford food let alone paying over asking price on a home with a 7% interest rate actually

@anactualwalnut The same applies for food. There are a ton of resources available for people with food insecurity. There are options for where you shop. It doesn’t have to be Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods & it doesn’t have to be a 5 bd house with two garages.

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut What other big purchases equivalent to the price homes are people making? A home is the most expensive thing that the vast majority of Americans will ever buy in their lives.

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut It’s funny watching a person the post is about, chime in and prove them right. Just can’t help themselves

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut Except, I live in a tiny agricultural town, the same house my parents bought BRAND NEW in 2001, at $120k, are now $400k+ at 23 years old. How does that get courageously rationalized?

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut And that’s why I choose to rent don’t want to be mortgage poor best decision I ever made

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut Yeah man! Remember when you secured that $400k loan by flashing the bank your store of moxy and impressing them with the wear on your bootstraps? Fuxing maroon

@Cillasopink @anactualwalnut My “big purchases” are like $200 software for my career. I several hundred thousand dollar investment is NOT the same. Plus it locks me down to a geographic location and in your early career that’s not a good idea, especially in this economy. Things could change any second.