How old were you when you bought your first house?

[joe m]

First house and wife at 26 in 1991. Bought house number 2 in 2001 for 156k now worth 525k

 

[Kern Dog]

I'm impressed at the MFers that bought before they were 25! I felt like a hero for buying at 29 !

 

[Belvedere408]

I'm impressed at the MFers that bought before they were 25! I felt like a hero for buying at 29 !

I agree especially at like 12%. I'm ancient buying at 34.

 

[moparwacko]

I'm impressed at the MFers that bought before they were 25! I felt like a hero for buying at 29 !

It was a different time and place, and also rural. Our parents instilled in us not to waste money renting, and i can say I have never rented in my life. I went from the parents house to owning my first one. I owned it a year before getting married, but my parents let me accumulate a sizeable down payment by staying with them after college for a year.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

19 it had 5 rooms. Bedroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, and bathroom. Solid house on 3 lots. Paid 7K in 1984. Payments were less than rent. I gutted it, new Insulation, and sheet rock. Bought used kitchen cabinets. Bonus 2.5 car garage.

 

[ESOXER]

28, paid off by the time I was 35. Now I've been renovating for 8 years.

 

[SteveSS]

We built our first house. I was 30 my wife 25.