I bought my house in 1999 for $145,800, and there still are monthly payments on the home. Normally, within 30 years most people would have their homes paid off, but I had a little slip-up in 2008 when the market crashed. I went from a six-figure income to zero income. I depleted most of my financial resources to hang onto the home.
The writer and comedian Megan Koester got her first writing job, reviewing internet pornography, from a Craigslist ad she responded to more than 15 years ago. Several years after that, she used the listings website to find the rent-controlled apartment where she still lives today. When she wanted to buy property, she scrolled through Craigslist and found a parcel of land in the Mojave Desert.