Everyone is talking about how expensive owning a house or renting a place is. I guess this is a universal problem because everyone, irrespective of geographical location, is facing the same problem. However, I have a little advice for everyone, especially for those who intend to rent an apartment. People should rent apartments according to their level of income. I believe there are standards of houses for low-income earners and for high-income earners. You would be subjecting yourself to pressure if, as a low-income earner, you choose to live in an apartment your income cannot afford. This is what some people do not understand. Put security and safety first, but make it moderate and don't act out of pressure.
In my country, I can afford to rent a house when I go for something within my reach, and I am still working hard to own a house of my own so I can stop these annual rent expenses.
Everyone will of course rent based on their income, but I would suggest one further, rent some place that is as bad as you are willing to live. I had a friend who spent 5 years living the worst kind of life I can imagine, but then he bought a house thanks to it.
He spent 5 years, living in a very far away place, like he had to take three different transit, one bus, one metro, and then another bus, just to go to work, and lived in a very shitty part of the city, and lived in a horrible house. But that way, he paid very low rent, and aside from few exceptions, he spent as little as possible on everything, no subscriptions no take out food, no outside entertainment, like very small expense. But he was only 32 years old when he bought his own home that way.
