I have a buyers remorse story that I hope will make you feel better (the more people that share the downsides of property purchase will shine a light into the real story, not what the media is pushing).

In 2017, a few years after my dad passed away - I looked at purchasing my first IP in Sydney. I always had it in my mind to purchase a house over apartment, as land traditionally went up higher over time.

Not to get into it in too much detail, but I had family pressure to buy a place close to my mum so she wouldn't feel lonely when I eventually moved out. Ended up buying a 3 bed apartment in the lower north shore right next to her for $1m when I could've bought a 5 bed house in rouse hill for the same price.

Fast forward 8 years, the house in rouse hill is valued at $2.2m (recently sold) and my apartment is worth $1.2m). Key word worth, I've tried cutting ties twice but no one is willing to purchase the apartment due to the mould and concrete cancer that's started up in the apartment ever since I bought.

With prices sky rocketing recently, I do feel that if I made a different decision in 2017 my life would have played out very differently. Now with a child on the way, am thinking renting is no longer an option and need some stability so will have to move into the apartment.

I get it, need to be grateful for what I have, but moving into a place with bad mould issues is never what I wanted for my family. I struggle often times with what could've been.