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We wanted a house way out of our price range, way too big for 2 people, on way too much land to maintain.

I built our first house after hours and on weekends in 1978 for $30,000. It was about 1450 sq ft. 

I sucked it up and lived with my parents for about 2.5 years. I paid them some rent money while I paid off my students loans and then saved up for a down payment. Darn glad I bought my house when I did because prices started jumping these past 3.5 years. Only thing that stung was the slow negations because my interest rate spiked .25% in the extra days they tried dragging it out. The sellers were already in their new home and paying two mortgages for 2-3 months already, but they finally agreed mid-month to avoid shelling out for another month’s payment. One of the happiest purchases in my life, even through some stressful surprise replacements.