Can confirm it's possible. Iowa/Illinois/Wisconsin tri-state area for me. My wife stays at home with our two sons. I bring home the bacon. Bought a modest house out of college for $100K (with only 5% down) in 2010 and will have it paid off before 2020. I paid my own way through public university - $12k/yr for 4 years - left with $22k debt which is long gone.
A lifestyle business is the next goal. I've been doing part-time contract work for almost 5 years now in addition to a 9-5, and I'm really just dying to be my own boss and not have to commute (a whopping 10 minutes) to the office 5 days a week, as well as not have to deal with startup bureaucracy and artificial feel-goodery.
A lifestyle business is the next goal. I've been doing part-time contract work for almost 5 years now in addition to a 9-5, and I'm really just dying to be my own boss and not have to commute (a whopping 10 minutes) to the office 5 days a week, as well as not have to deal with startup bureaucracy and artificial feel-goodery.