Your life choices in those critical years after high school set a course that you're still working your way out of. Unfortunate but true.
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New York becomes 6th state to ban child marriages…..
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it‘s great when someone is judgmental of others and tell them that they’re “getting a late start”.
like…...Ok, Uncle Fat Craig, go fvck yourself.
Which speaks to the advantage of being born into a certain time in history
But then you’d be old.Which speaks to the advantage of being born into a certain time in history
Better than renting:
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13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA 91342 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $190,000. 13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA is a mobile / manufactured home that contains 1,750 sq ft and was built in 1988. It contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this house is $196,500, which has increased by $3,500 in the last 30 days. The Rent...
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1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA 90047 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $675,000. 1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 1,284 sq ft and was built in 1947. It contains 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $729,100, which has decreased by $3,665 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...
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1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90001 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $470,000. 1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 704 sq ft and was built in 1925. It contains 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $502,000, which has decreased by $2,923 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...
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Space rent on the trailer is most likely as much as his rent now, in addition to the mortgageBetter than renting:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12700-Elliott-Ave-492-El-Monte-CA-91732/2069679086_zpid/
13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA 91342 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $190,000. 13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA is a mobile / manufactured home that contains 1,750 sq ft and was built in 1988. It contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this house is $196,500, which has increased by $3,500 in the last 30 days. The Rent...1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA 90047 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $675,000. 1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 1,284 sq ft and was built in 1947. It contains 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $729,100, which has decreased by $3,665 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90001 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $470,000. 1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 704 sq ft and was built in 1925. It contains 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $502,000, which has decreased by $2,923 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...
Sylmar would be traffic hell to get to where he is, and if that house is that cheap there's some serious issues
The last two are in the hood HOOD and would be much higher than his rent by the time you factor in property tax and any other fees
for where those are - renting is the better option.Better than renting:
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/12700-Elliott-Ave-492-El-Monte-CA-91732/2069679086_zpid/
13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA 91342 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $190,000. 13691 Gavina Ave UNIT 499, Sylmar, CA is a mobile / manufactured home that contains 1,750 sq ft and was built in 1988. It contains 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. The Zestimate for this house is $196,500, which has increased by $3,500 in the last 30 days. The Rent...1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA 90047 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $675,000. 1522 W 111th St, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 1,284 sq ft and was built in 1947. It contains 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $729,100, which has decreased by $3,665 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90001 | Zillow
Zestimate® Home Value: $470,000. 1348 E 58th Pl, Los Angeles, CA is a single family home that contains 704 sq ft and was built in 1925. It contains 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. The Zestimate for this house is $502,000, which has decreased by $2,923 in the last 30 days. The Rent Zestimate for...
by going to college? lol.
my industry you dont just waltz in & make money right off the bat. it takes everyone alot of time and patience before you start making good money so its all relative. some people graduate college right into a six figure job, and most of us creative types had to grind to get here. imo it payed off because now i get paid well to do something i like/love depending on the day which basically is playing with a fancy toy all day.
so be it if it took a few extra years to get here if the alternative was having some boring office job or sales or real estate
My point exactly, from my post above.
If someone is doing something they enjoy, making a good living, feeling like they've accomplished something (which is sounds like you have and are).......who is anyone else to judge them for "getting a late start"? It's really shitty and judgmental.
thats the thing - i didnt get a late start.
maybe 2 years late i guess since I didnt go to college straight out of high school, but those 2 years are insignificant in the scope of things.
it'd take anyone starting from scratch a long time to save up the down payment (20 percent) for a house in todays market w/o help from outside sources, especially in LA, in a decent part of town.
There is some truth in it, in the sense that when you pay your mortgage, some of that goes into equity that you own and can eventually get back when you sell or utilize for credit.
However that statement is highly simplified. You don't get the interest back. You don't get your property taxes back. You don't HOAs, utilities that were accustomed to your landlord paying, or maintenance costs (and time) back.
The property tax deduction for interest and property were effectively wiped out in the recent tax bill by virtue of making them obsolete for everyone except for single property owners.
I'd say most people started and ended up exactly where they should have. Each person has to find their own way and not be beholden to some arbitrary formula dictating where and when you should go through certain rites of passage.
I know geniuses......at least 3 literal geniuses with PhDs and 10-12 really important science publications under their belts and a CV that would tempt UPenn to hire them in a hot minute. They walked away from the research life to become teachers. Their mental health and sense of reaching people where and when it really mattered meant more to them than climbing the academia ladder. All three of them could go back into research any time they want, I'm sure.
In fact, one of them is a good friend with whom I talk about this very subject every few months. We both ask each other "hey, do you ever think about going back into bio research?", and we both consider it at least twice a year.
i think itd cost more to own this type of apartment im in than to rent it tbh and i doubt it'd ever be worth much more than it is now if it were a condo type sitch.
Just don't complain about not being able to buy a house. Life is all about choices.
You're gaining equity and hedging inflation. Some places like where I live have outpaced inflation significantly as property values have climbed.
Nice try and big fail. My complaint with health insurance isn't my ability to pay for it. Its that the politicians made it double in cost for an inferior product under the guise of fixing it.