Economists Say Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy

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4. Get a job

spend less than you earn, and save the rest. It also helps greatly to avoid my mistakes, like marrying the wrong person.

The biggest reason that homeowners have more money on hand than renters is that the skills needed to save up for a downpayment are the same skills needed to save up for retirement.

Edited to add: I don't see anything wrong with buying a home and paying it off for the long term, but when a realtor pushes the idea that buying a house is some sort of get rich quick scheme, I have to challenge that. Millions of people get sucked into buying at the wrong time (I know, I did it myself) when prices are at a peak, and it takes a decade or more for them to build any meaningful equity.