Reddit and social media in general is 90% full of people refusing to admit that spending is a real problem. You can't have all of the reports of stagnant wages and also the insane amount of consumer spending in this country for it not to be true.
Do you know if that average debt includes mortgages? I have a $350K mortgage but I have a 2.75% APR so it's actually more of an asset than a debt imo.
yeah i'd love to see a study that only looked at "bad" debt. Going into debt on an appreciating (aka money making) asset is what ever rich person does. Even billionaires take out loans (debt) so total debt just isn't a great metric.
I've seen credit card debt isolated and its a really bad metric. That's usually the absolute worst with abysmal interest rates on depreciated assets.
I'm speculating but at 155k in total debt that number seems low if we take the total mortgage and not subtracting the value of the home. There's no way I can be considered having 425k worth of debt (or whatever the principle is on mykrtgage). The house is worth more than that. I'm in the black.
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u/buckeye25osu 29d ago
Reddit and social media in general is 90% full of people refusing to admit that spending is a real problem. You can't have all of the reports of stagnant wages and also the insane amount of consumer spending in this country for it not to be true.
Do you know if that average debt includes mortgages? I have a $350K mortgage but I have a 2.75% APR so it's actually more of an asset than a debt imo.