Is it just me or do people seem overly preoccupied with owning real estate at relatively young ages. Personally, I never thought about owning RE until I was 30, married and settled into a place I knew I wanted to stay forever. Owning RE was just too limiting in regards to mobility. When I was in my 20’s it was all about building my career, laying down financial building blocks, finding a wife and figuring out where I wanted to live. Owning a house couldnt have been further from my mind.

If I was in my 20’s again, I would go wherever my career took me and would focus on building that whereever it might be. If my career took me elsewhere, I would set a goal of coming back to SD when I had that figured out.