04/24/2026
Great read! If you're thinking of buying a home this year let me know! I would love to help you! 🏡🏡🏡
“How did we buy a house in less than 3 years?”
We’ll be real about it.
💰 Down payment: around $28,000
💸 Closing cost: originally ~$9,000,
but we only paid around $5,000 after credits
No shortcuts, just consistency.
We both work 36 hours a week.
Three days for him, three days for me.
Most weeks, we only have one day off together.
We worked opposite shifts
so we didn’t have to pay for daycare.
We started with one car
and adjusted our schedules around it.
We cut back on a lot
eating out, extra spending, anything we didn’t really need.
📊 And one thing people don’t talk about enough credit score.
We worked on building it early:
• Paying everything on time
• Keeping credit utilization low
• Avoiding unnecessary debt
• Being consistent month after month
That’s what helped us get approved.
Some people will say this setup is too much.
And honestly, it’s not for everyone.
“We just adjusted our lifestyle to match our goal.”