Today I celebrate my sacrifice. I just bought a mobile home! Yay! !
Just want to let ya'll know that there is hope out there. I never even considered owning a home because the only real job I could ever do is childcare. It is my passion.
Yes, I got an inheritance that **only** paid for the house. With that, I had very narrow parameters of cost and age of the home. I held out for 2y because I didn't want to leave the magical place where I was renting.
The **only** reason I am able to make the purchase is because I have been frugal all of my life and someone long ago talked me into setting up an IRA - Vanguard total DOW and S-P 500. I put in every penny I could and almost never looked at it. Still, I will have to keep working until I'm 70. Without that, I would have nothing to live on and, therefore, would not have been accepted by management to rent the space.
All throughout my 65yo life my friends have been frustrated with me because I won't go out with them - to eat, to movies, away for the weekend, for manni/peddies or spa weekends, the multitude of work conferences (I used to do a select few but can't afford to now), etc. With the exception of a couple of them marrying well, they cannot afford to buy anything. Now I **really** can't go out with them, lol. I will be depending on you guys more than ever now!