Driveby is describing the leaky bucket with this comment, “ latest and greatest cell phone, new car, or buying those $7.00 coffees every day”. And those things will absolutely prevent someone from being able to buy a home. I try to mentor young folks about money when an opportunity presents itself. I have only ran into a couple of them that may have heard anything I said.

Choose a career path that has the potential to reward you with money, make purchasing a house your priority, save accordingly, shop for a house in a reasonable neighborhood, and purchase comfortably in your budget. All of those things are doable because my nephew just did it in Trussville.