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How can I afford a house in Los Angeles?

I actually found out about reddit by searching on how to buy a house. I am 28 years old and come from a latino family of 5. My parents are illegal immigrants from Mexico. I was born and raised in East LA but even boyle heights is expensive now. I was a marine for 8 years and for last 2 years work as a CO in prison(prison guard). I make 72k$ a year, after taxes 54k$ a year. When looking at monthly payments even 30 year mortages are un-affordable. I have 170k$ saved up but to save up for a house it would take me at least 10 years of living like a rat. Even houses in palmdale and lancaster are expensive af. What advice would you give me? BTW this is 3rd subreddit that I am posting onto cuz the others removed my post

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