Still, we are a couple nearing our 40s, it seems insane to me that we need to "settle down" for a 1 bedroom flat while making ~3x the median local income.
Before Covid, there's sections of my city where you could either A) put 500K down + have 1M in outstanding mortgage (whatever that payment was) + 1600/month taxes + 1600/month condo fees or B) Rent a place in the same building for $4K/Month for similar sized apartment
Still, we are a couple nearing our 40s, it seems insane to me that we need to "settle down" for a 1 bedroom flat while making ~3x the median local income.