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In 10 years (15 years if you count age 20-35) I saved $80K for my downpayment. That's on top of all the spending I did on my cars. I still had money in the bank to live a normal life. Also, this was before covid so I wasn't yet working insane OT hours to pad my stats. In fact, I hardly worked any OT at all because I didn't think it was worth my time or the extra taxes.
Yes, it is difficult these days but it isn't completely impossible. My point is that there are sacrifices that need to be made in order to reach your goal of home ownership. Constantly wasting money on food apps, leasing/financing an expensive car so you can show off in front of your friends, travelling internationally on the reg rather than saving, piling up credit card debt to keep up an IG worthy lifestyle, and choosing to live in an expensive area because you want to "live my life NOW not later" are all things that are holding them back.
There's mainly two choices here:
1. Work a normal amount of hours and save where you can
2. Work more than normal to get ahead
If you choose to do neither one, I really can't see how you can blame anyone but yourself. Kudos to anyone doing both.
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