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Act_of_Reparation

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5. Yeah, that's it.

Reply to former9thward (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 10:30 AM

Jun 2019

I couldn't afford a home until I was 36 because I was too stupid to look at smaller homes or take jobs in West Pigsknuckle, AK. You really sussed it out.

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Why Millennials Can't Afford to Buy a House [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP

In 1976 my first husband and I bought mnhtnbb Jun 2019 #1

And if you pay property tax on $1.4 million that adds up over say 10 years. BSdetect Jun 2019 #2

+1, and now SALTs are capped at 10,000. I don't know too many people who benefited from Red Don's uponit7771 Jun 2019 #4

Your first home is not a "median home". former9thward Jun 2019 #3

Yeah, that's it. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #5

Houses have gotten a hell of a lot bigger over the decades. People seem to forget that. raccoon Jun 2019 #6