3720-To-One t1_j2e3t8t wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Reply to comment by TakenOverByBots in This fight near Shawmut Station doesn’t bode well for easing Boston’s housing shortage - The Boston Globe by soxandpatriots1

I kick myself for not being born 5 years sooner, so I would have been in prime position to buy real estate in 2008-2009.

TakenOverByBots t1_j2e4zyb wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:20 PM

I was in my late 20s and had the money, I even took a homebuying course..and yet was afraid to pull the trigger. It's tough when you're single and don't have any family to counsel you either....I feel like if I had had even one person to ask "hey, is this a good idea?", I would have done it. Sadly, no reddit to ask back then either. It sucks that I STILL don't have anyone to talk to about this but reddit.

3720-To-One t1_j2e7xb9 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 4:40 PM

To be fair, sounds better than graduating college and starting your adult working life in the worst recession since the Great Depression

That was NOT fun trying to start a career back then.