23 Very Honest Confessions From Boomers And Gen X'ers About How Much They Spent On Their First Home
January 1, 2026
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“We bought our first house in the 1980s in a safe but unfashionable area of San Francisco. It was built in 1941 and was a modest two-bedroom house, also a fixer by modern standards. It was mostly one story with an additional funky home-built room in the garage. It had all the original wiring, plumbing, and exterior paint. We immediately put at least $20k into upgrading the 1941 knob…
