I was buck wild..I spent the first half of my career renting expensive apartments and driving nice cars...about 8 years ago I changed my ways. I paid off my car, eliminated a number of unnecessary expenses and started saving about 35% - 40% of my net salary every month. I built up a decent...
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I have a 250 sqm double storey, 3.5 bedroom house on a 1000sqm stand. I honestly don’t need the “massive” backyard but that’s all that was available and makes the property that much more marketable if i decide to bail out. The dogs love the space though
You see...this is what happens when you wait till you’re 38 to buy your first property. That decision haunts me everyday, I’ve been renting for the last 17 years or so
In my mind, I convinced myself that I’m preparing for the inevitable...marriage, kids...but to be honest...a bit of a vanity purchase. It’s not THAT big, 3 bedroom, 250sqm house in an “up-market” estate (Pretoria)
Thank you kind sir. Sadly left it too late to start saving and investing so I’m desperately trying to catch up - I also used to be a serial job-hopper / provident fund “withdrawer” in the early years of my career so I didn’t do myself any favours over the years.
Hoping the house purchase...