I turned 28 in March. My wife and I bought the property 5 years ago and lived there in a mobile home until last year when we started construction. It sucked living in a mobile home, but it was worth it.
BTW, I'm not rich, I used to have a great paying job but no more, so now I'll be scraping buy, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. Its going to be great to finally have a nice house.