Since I got out of the army I've almost always owned my own home.

One way or the other. 

When I got out of the army I moved into a tipi for about 14 months (Less a couple months when I was a cowboy) 

Then I spent a couple months paying rent in a shared apartment and then took off for Kodiak, Alaska. Upon arrival I was homeless for a couple of months and then took a camp job and let the paychecks roll in and lived in camp for most of the spring and summer making money.

In the fall I went to Washington and moved in with a woman until about February. There I bought a pickup and a $25 camper and that was home for a while. I returned to Kodiak in the spring and promptly scored an out of town camp job out of town and made a pretty good bundle. when that gig ended I returned to Kodiak and bought a small camper-trailer and that was home for a few years until I upgraded to a bigger unit.

After that I bought a sailboat and that worked for me until I met my wife. we apartment dwelled for a while and when we moved to Pittsburgh we rented until we found a decent house.

Rent was to be avoided wherever  possible.  

I used to compare rent to cocaine. All you get once it's over is a slip of paper.

 

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