I have come to the conclusion that life is a ripoff. Simple as that. As such, I plan to live at home paying minimal board for as long as my parents will have me. I don't use a lot of power, a lot of water, or eat their food. They would live here in this home regardless so I'm not really a burden on them financially by choosing to stay here.
Ever heard of independance???
At the end of the day, a home to me is a place to sleep and I don't need my own. You all spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on them but let me ask you something - how many hours do you actually spend in them? Take away the time you spend sleeping, and the time you spend chained to your desk to earn your measly wage to pay the damn thing off and is it really worth it?
Once you have had children you tend to spend more time at home. My advice is that by then you want something comfortable for all. Also what's this idea of being chained to your desk? Not the only way to make money.
Maybe in 5-10 years when everything turns to absolute shiet again I'll be all cashed up and ready to take advantage of the situation, without a loan from some stupid bank. Life should be about living it up and having fun. I find it incredibly sad that we all get caught up in such mundane bullcrap just to get by, and that no matter how much we acquire, it's never enough and we continue to work for more, more, more. Jesus F*** christ.
You are taking a big punt of things going to shiet. It would need to be cataclysmic for a mass advantage to be had. I bought a property in Dec 2008 and have made some dough from that purchase but not life changing stuff - just a nice earn.
Oh to be a youthful idealist. Brings back memories. Truth is you do not need to jump on the consume, consume bandwagon, however, if you want to enjoy some of the finer things in life you need dough. If you want to cease working (at some stage) you need dough. If you want to get all altruistic you need something behind you. Life costs. The alternative is to go live in the trees in Nimbin (might get a bit smelly though), do nothing and die unfulfilled.