I agree. However, sinking only $50K into a house is nothing. One year, I spent nearly $20K replacing normal shit like well and septic pumps, oil tank, water tanks, and poor plumbing. Then I spent $12K fixing a floor after my furnace blew up and poured water all over it. So STFU!
Yeah. But still. This is her statement. The "ONLY" debt". Thought she was "good to go"? I did not grow up with much. I have always been debt adverse. She maxed out credit cards to work on the house. Either could have done it yourself for 1/10th the cost or been with someone (or had some friends) that could. It is not "normal" for young men or women to live "on their own" anywhere. It was "normal" for a very short time in the US due to a huge amount of circumstances which have been eliminated by "globalism" so.. yeah.
I assume you are out East since that is where most people with "oil tanks" are. Still. You spent money where it was worth it and yeah, sometimes you have to drop a lot more than you would like.
>'Before buying a house, the only debt that I had was student loans and a car payment,' she added. 'I was good to go, had my retirement saved up.'
The $50k is just for the repairs, the dumb writer didn't say how much her mortgage is. If buying a home only cost $50,000 in renovations, I could raise the money to buy 100 homes tomorrow and flip them all, but I'd be beaten to the punch for sure by people who have that cash in hand right now.
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