Kate, 23, said it wasn't as hard to buy a house as people made out. 

"I just cut my expenses. Unlike my friends, I didn't go out, I ate at home, I watched free to air TV instead of Netflix and I thrift shopped. Add that to the $500,000 my parents gave me for a deposit, and I was able to achieve my goals in just 6 months"

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 @7acd7f70 Every damn time. And those execrable “30 Under 30 & No, We Won’t Tell You What Their Parents Do For A Living, Why Would That Matter?” lists.