• dream_weasel
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    1 month ago

    It’s not impossible to do without inheriting wealth. I put 20k down with my wife in 2018 and we didn’t inherit anything. We rented a very small house before that and now we are better off than the people this story is about.

    I finished PhD in 2015, married in 2017, buy house 2018. My wife has a professional doctorate as well. We owe a shitload still, but it’s for like 2% interest so it isn’t that bad.

    It’s not rags to riches, but it’s doing what you can do in the middle of the northernmost southern state and heavily investing in our white collar educations.