A month's pay, which was $1400 working two P-T jobs. I was 19 and my parents gave me a 30% down payment on my first 1-bedroom condo next to the MRU. Bought it pre-sale at 99k the day I turned 18 and traded it for a 2-bdrm in the mid-2000s, rode the boom up to a nice townhouse in a fancy pretentious neighbourhood, got married & divorced, sold the townhouse, gave the ex-wife 10% down for her condo across the street and bought myself a house on the other end of town, now finding the house way too big but no regrets, mortgage + utilities is still cheaper than a typical O&G guy's car payment.
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