Comments by "Comm0ut" (@Comm0ut) on "Homebuyers Regret Skyrockets: The Rise of Being House Poor in 2025" video.

I did the courthouse route because both of us thought a childish ceremony is a waste of money we could better spend on useful things. People love dumb rituals...
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@DarkCrimson1999 Merely selling it to an informed buyer should NOT be outlawed. I saved tens of thousands doing all my own repairs because I bought homes in poor condition. Before most Americans turned helpless it was expected people would learn enough DIY to take care of many or most of their own problems.
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I did what you are doing and it worked beautifully. 15 years flies by one way or another. You are on the right track.
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Better to keep the land unless you really need the money. If they want to farm or pasture horses they can rent it at whatever friendly rate suits you both.
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@rickhall517930 Many people insist on staying in place and refuse to learn DIY (it's never too late and videos make learning much easier today) which can easily save tens of thousands of dollars. Reject learned helplessness, lead a ruthlessly planned life (fortune favors the prepared mind) and always plan to mitigate your own mistakes since no one is perfect.
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Or be able to cut them down which I did for dirt cheap. I fell large trees, let them dry out over a few months (I wisely chose to live in farm country) then they're easy to cut up and dispose of. Trees anywhere near a house are a bad idea as the poor souls they kill or injure during storm season find out the hard way.
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DIY and planning solved that for me and my modest homes. Tools pay for themselves and more because I don't have to pay electricians (except to inspect my work), plumbers, vehicle mechanics, computer techs, arborists etc. What one human can do another can do.
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@ladye2818 Formal training is not required but is beneficial. I recommend people take auto mechanics as their first formal training because of the many systems they will learn all of which skills make understanding home and other DIY much easier. I've trained techs from aircraft to vehicles over many years. Your local community college often has useful courses (HVAC is another good one for DIYers) and financial aid can make those free or nearly so. Adult education is large fun!
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Cities are bad so I don't live in one. I learned from the mindless herd what not to do, and from my parents and mentors who were kids in the Great Depression what to do. Nobody needs a McMansion. Single storey ranch homes in cheap areas are feasible to maintain and upgrade by DIY so I did just like millions of others. I ain't the smartest person in the room but I take care to copy what works over time. It's easy NOT to make silly choices.
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DIY is real too and anyone can learn. I'm 65 and never paid a plumber in my life. Everything that breaks I fix on the spot after shutting off the water (I installed valves so if part of my home or shop needs work I don't need to shut off the water supply. "Every cutoff gets a shutoff" is an easy way to remember that bit. Labor is so high quality tools easily pay themselves off in the first or second task, then I keep the tools. My wife did likewise (anyone can learn if they choose to).
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Until deferred maintenance due to the rest of the condo "semi-owners" (if you do not own the entire structure you inhabit and the land it's on that's not effectively full ownership) results in a collapse.
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@arachosia So don't live there. I faced that problem long ago and chose wisely.
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@rjaymanguino2760 The payoff can be huge. I paid mine off long ago which enabled a comfortable low overhead retirement in my forties. If the economy implodes all I owe is property tax easily covered by savings (because I refuse to live in high tax areas).
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