Question for MGTOW and WGTOW: Property and land ownership?

the_calibre_cat · 2017-11-06T18:36:51+00:00

Housing prices aren't built to fit a double income, they're "fit" according to what the market will bear, and nothing else.

[deleted] · 2017-11-06T17:45:08+00:00

Actually, single women are a large market right now for buying property. It doesn't have to be a house with white picket fence.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-31/why-single-women-are-buying-homes-at-twice-the-rate-of-single-men

wtknight · 2017-11-06T18:23:22+00:00

Not having a child takes a major expense away and makes home ownership for a single person much more reasonable in all but the most expensive places to live.

TheChemist158 · 2017-11-06T18:03:27+00:00

Maybe other places are worse, but in my city it's pretty common for single people to buy a house. My boyfriend bought a house with no help from me when he was 23. All in all, he had to get 30 thousand for the downpayment and other fees. Feasible if you live cheap and save for a few years. Mortgage is $600 monthly, comparable to rent at a cheap apartment.

Maybe if you live in New York city or LA, but inn most places getting a house while single isn't bad.

Wandos7 · 2017-11-06T22:50:34+00:00

I bought my condo in 2009 in Southern California. Am single woman.

It definitely is harder to do so now though.

HoxHound · 2017-11-07T02:38:55+00:00

Owning a house when MGTOW is actually easier. Before I went MGTOW, I was looking to buy a 3 bedroom house in a nice area with good schools for my future kids.

Not anymore. Next year, I'd be moving to 14x18 off-grid home in the woods which is cheap is as fuck compared to what I was planning to buy pre-MGTOW.

wub1234 · 2017-11-06T17:30:31+00:00

I have faced this problem, and it is a genuine problem, and my solution was to work really, really hard and be frugal.

What I would say is that many couples end up together for reasons of financial convenience, and this is never a good position to be in.

goatismycopilot · 2017-11-06T18:09:15+00:00

Single people can still own houses if they are in a not insane real estate market, it is going to require making more specific choices and decent financial planning but it can be done. I know a few people who have bought houses with adult family members as well.

Single people might be also more flexible in where they look. In many American cities, you have to live in a soul destroying suburb in order to be able to send your children to a good public school so if you do not have kids then you do not have to think in terms of school districts. I have a friend who bought a house, she lives in the top half and rents out the bottom half. There are alternatives depending on where you want to live.

crackrocksteady7 · 2017-11-06T18:26:58+00:00

unless we have an exceptionally good job.

Ahhhhhhh

Feels good man

tempuserthrowaway5 · 2017-11-06T19:32:26+00:00

Is this something that MGTOW and WGTOW might want to consider alternatives for singles?

Consider that means trying to get someone romantically invested in you enough to live together

tempuserthrowaway5 · 2017-11-06T21:22:56+00:00

Yeah it kind of sucks. Our income is higher than most families in our neighborhood but a home that is 20ish% of our take home pay and 3 bedrooms means I'll never be able to stop working for a length of time, at least not entirely.

I supposed we could make headway and save a better nest egg, but by then I might not be able to have kids, or conceiving might be more expensive. I made an industry change because with work from home and seasonal options things might be tenable for us. It would be great if we could live our somewhat humble lifestyle comfortablt on one income, but where we live we can't. People who say otherwise either have family money UMC solispsim, or flyover country solipsism.

I do know single people who own homes or condos who arent particularly high income, but they tend not to have any student debt and their parents often helped with the down payments. You can get a 800 sqft row home in decent neighborhoods here for 200kish. You can even get ones slightly bigger for the same price if you are willing to take 3 forms of public transportation or pay 20 bucks a day for parking. Hell, you cant get a house for as little as 100k if youre willing to live in a bad neighborhood.

DashneDK2 · 2017-11-07T00:44:44+00:00

meh. America is dirt cheap. Just stay out of the shitty big cities. Full of shitty people anyway. Buy a house with a view over the ocean in Oregon or a big farm in Idaho or something.

lbspredh · 2017-11-07T10:13:00+00:00

Yes, but think about it nobody is legally entitled to half of it.

FairlyNaive · 2017-11-07T12:05:56+00:00

When your house's only purpose is for you to sleep in, the possible options become way cheaper. Also buying is not always the great idea in the first place.

[deleted] · 2017-11-07T14:51:55+00:00

The real estate market isn't a profitable as it used to be and can be a money sink. I don't like the idea of being tied to one place and want to spend money on better investments. I can afford a decent home on my own though.

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Arab-mgtow · 2017-12-03T10:23:49+00:00

Usually when you buy or rent accommodation with a woman, it is bigger because it needs to fit two people and also fit potential children, so a huge mansion is usually demanded, which is expensive.

However, when you're single (WGTOW or MGTOW), a one-bedroom unit is enough, and a one-bedroom unit is cheap to rent and cheap to buy depending on where you buy it.

If you really want to make it cheaper, get a roommate.

Title	Question for MGTOW and WGTOW: Property and land ownership?
Author	tempuserthrowaway5
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Comments	52
Date	November 6, 2017 5:18 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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