I was wondering if you guys were able to buy a house with your LVN salary?

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I’m a new poster here, hope this is the correct way to post a question since this is a new format for me.

 

I’m on my way to becoming an LVN in CA, and everyone is already pushing me to do my RN. 
 

I was able to get the LVN certification for free basically through a program, and I like the lower responsibilities I have compared to RN’s.

My true goal is to own my own home since I grew up very housing insecure, so if I were to work overtime’s and such would I be able to have the income necessary to buy a house on this salary (plus I look to apply to the first time homebuyer programs where you pay 3% down so would that also help?) 

If I can get my goal of home ownership I’ll be all good as I personally do not want to continue my education to RN seeing how difficult the program was for LVN and would instead try to go to to get a teaching degree.

If you have any home buying experience as an LVN please feel free to share every single detail about it so I know what to expect.

Thank you in advance!

 

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On 9/19/2020 at 2:38 PM, neanea415 said:

I bought my home in 2009 for $228k in Pittsburg Ca. Now it’s worth upper 500k. Even making 87k a year, I wouldn’t be able to buy my own home again. And 87k is with 14 years experience as a LVN. 

Where do you work that you earn $87k as an LVN?? or is that with a bunch of OT? I'm really curious.  

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