Buying a home is starting to feel less like a milestone and more like a survival challenge. 🏠⚠️ ⠀ For decades, home prices have been running away from paychecks. Since the early ‘80s, prices have jumped more than 550%, while household incomes have grown about 370%. A typical home used to cost under four years of income. Now it takes closer to five. And the same story is playing out with cars, groceries, rent, and insurance. ⠀ That gap is why so many people feel like they’re working harder than ever and still falling behind. If nothing changes, owning a home could start to feel like something only a lucky few get to win. ⠀ But you don’t have to leave it to luck. The people who get ahead treat it like a game plan: ⠀ • Pay yourself first. Before the money goes anywhere else, move a set amount into savings every single paycheck. • Invest consistently. Put money into assets that grow faster than inflation, so rising prices work for you instead of against you. • Raise your income....