Old economy people and their opinions

Then he's gonna retire with little or no money even though if he invested regularly he would of retire well. And probably with a mortgage cause he remortgaged his home so many times.

Oh I hate it when people say this. Kids have it very hard now and it's only going to get worse considering graduating high school is necessary now for jobs.

I don't really think neither then not now is "easier". We may have some things easier, but then we also have some burdens as well and the same thing goes for those of an older generation.

Its actually just as easy today (or you could look at it as just as hard back in the day) to buy a house. Most people today just have no self control and can't put any money away. The only hard part of buying a house is having enough for a down payment, which requires saving up beforehand. After that you are basically paying rent for 30 years except a mortgage payment is usually a decent bit less than a rental payment on the same house (because the owner of the rental takes a portion of it). No, you probably won't do it making complete bare minimum wage, and no you won't be able to buy your dream home right off. But there are plenty of non-bachelor degree jobs that you could save up enough to get yourself started. Plus once you are started, its easier to keep stepping up to the bigger, nicer home because your sale on your old home can be your down payment on the new one until you are where you want to be.

I'm in my 20's. And I bought a house with an 8-5 job that is supposed to require a degree. I didn't have the degree, but they still let me in because of my potential.