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Haha that's nuts. You wont get that attitude from of us westies tbh.. It'll be the kids who grew up in nice suburbs closer to the city who would say something like that.. Most westies will live anywhere cause we've seen it all..i'd live in Whalan if my Mrs wasn't a social worker in the area.

My parents who on 30k a year bought a place in Wakeley for 100k and paid it off within 8 years in the 90s and 2000s. Wasn't an undesirable location and wasn't the edge of Sydney either. I know many other people who did the same and on one income.. I'm over with this topic now so please...

All I can say is thanks for the opinions and giving me some different insights to the way you guys all lived and made your success work. I appreciate the stories and the fact that success wasn't handed to you. Skater, you have challenged me well with reason and I appreciate your thoughts. To...

Righto Hooray you champion, cause it's stopped me so far...my worry isn't so much for myself cause I'm fine and work hard enough on my own business that I started from scratch to be able to afford a good start. I worked hard and smart and saved for a deposit and got my first property this year...

Whoever sooked then at that price deserves a slap across the face.

Thanks Skater. Quite reassuring. Befuddled, I agree. It works out better to rent and rent your house out. That $350/week I save by renting instead of paying my PPOR mortgage will help my future wife and I relax and live comfortable while she's studying in her masters. That's a great result...

Yeah you're probably right and I can't not listen to you regarding it to be honest because I've only been through this boom whereas you've gone through a few.. The only thing that worries me is incomes aren't growing much atm. Our economy isn't in the best position. Good work with the kids. I...

I don't disagree that the priorities have changed Skater and I look up to hard working people like you who have stories like that. People like myself actually had no clue we'd be rushed into a market by the age of 25 or we'd miss out in our own backyard. Lucky for me I put away 70% of the money...

How about the fact that you can't fit more than 3 people in there. In fiji they live in mud huts. Maybe our fhb should do that too.. It's so stupid comparing other countries to ours. Why should we have to change the way we all have grown up. All the people older than us lived a life where...

That photo is from the 80's

Yep. I'm staying home til the day I get married. I've had my fun living overseas for a year

You wont find many, if any dettached houses in Sydney under 400k.. Which regional areas are the go at the moment Coastal?

I looked at Campbelltown, parts of Blacktown and Penrith and both were 400-500k for some of the least desirable areas someone can live in. I personally don't mind living there but my girlfriend went there and was actually scared because she is a social worker and works with some of the families...

Thanks mate! Trying not to make it my PPOR until I buy a few and until I need more than 1 bedroom haha. Wow so many different scenarios! Haha. I lived at home and worked part time from the age of 16 and saved a fair bit but in saying that I wasn't sure on living in Sydney forever so I studied...

It's really tough for first home buyers in this market unless you've been working for years in a trade and saved up. It's so disgusting to the point where I kinda wonder why I went to uni in the first place when I probably couldve made more money in property, but thats life. It's not just about...