Or you could buy a used RV for $20k and cut your housing costs down by 90% for life.
But I wouldn’t do it, so I can’t tell you to do it. The Mr. Money Mustache way is not about living on the cheap. It’s about living the GOOD LIFE on the cheap. The fundamental lesson of this blog is that there is plenty of money to go around in this country, so you don’t have to eliminate your spending on everything to become financially independent. You just have to cut out your waste. And for the most part, buying yourself a home is not a waste.
I live in one of the nicer houses in my town’s nicest (to me) neighborhood
However, I agree that he doesn’t do a good job of emphasizing these sorts of points, and I think that it would be good if he did emphasize them more.
I get the impression that MMM does agree with paying for certain expensive things. For example, friends and family:
and a home:
However, I agree that he doesn’t do a good job of emphasizing these sorts of points, and I think that it would be good if he did emphasize them more.