good luck! i also hope to have 500k net worth soon too, probably in a few years. do you anticipate marrying and having a house soon?
If I meet someone, who knows. :)
But I am happy already, while I'm single and don't own a house. I also don't assume that it's necessary to own a house when one is married. The hypothetical We could decide whether it's worth trading 2-3 more years of work to buy a house. Maybe it would be, maybe not. The key is to consider the options, and not just assume you have to do what everyone else does.