She Didn't Pay Rent for Seven Years. Now She Owns a $1.2 Million Home.
This week's Money Diary proves there isn't just one way to build wealth.
Growing up in a working-class family, she didn't inherit financial advice, a house deposit or a roadmap. So she made one herself.
From 18 to 25, she skipped renting altogether, house-sitting her way across Melbourne, looking after other people's homes and pets while quietly saving every dollar she could. It wasn't glamorous, but it helped her buy her first home on her own in her twenties.
Fast forward to today and she's 36, single, earns $177,000 a year, owns a home worth around $1.2 million, has more than $250,000 in…
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