Generation Z needs to buy a fixer-upper.

Houses are expensive these days, and mortgage rates are high. It’s no wonder that only 27 percent of Zoomers, 28 or younger, own homes, whereas nearly 45 percent of baby boomers did at the same age.

Zoomers should consider following my path.

Thirty years ago, when I quit corporate America to become a freelance writer, money was tight — so I bought a fixer-upper cheap.

It took three days for my father and I to tear off the old bathroom tile, replaster the walls and put up a vinyl tub surround.

We thought we were home free — until we got to the toilet.

You see, the bolts that secure the toilet to the floor had both broken. I raced to the hardware store to buy a new bolt kit.

We spent 90 minutes getting the new bolts in place — only to discover they were too........

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