Question about my dad's 'buy a house now' advice from 2020 | Generational Lifestyle Clashes

Michael Kelly · 2026-03-12T03:20:04.727554+00:00

He said to ignore the high prices and just get in, but now my mortgage is $3,200 a month and I'm house-poor. Anyone else get burned by older generation 'just tough it out' financial advice?

patricia3177mo ago

That advice worked great when a starter home cost two years salary, not ten.

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graygonzalez6mo ago

My uncle gave me the same advice in 2019 and I'm still kicking myself. patricia317 is right, their whole idea of a fair price is just gone now. It feels like a lot of that old school advice is based on a world that doesn't exist anymore.

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the_wesley7mo ago

Exactly, like patricia317 said, their math was from a totally different world.

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