Maddy, 27, and Drew Olson, 28, were living in a rental home when they got married in 2019, but they were already daydreaming about owning their own home.

Their landlord even offered to sell them the rental for $249,000 at one point, a price that seemed out of their budget.

“We thought, ‘Oh my God, that’s so expensive,'” Olson said of the house, which sat on a half-acre of land. “Now we’re like, ‘That would literally be a dream.'”

Still, the couple, who have a 19-month-old daughter named Campbell, had a plan.

The Olsons decided to save while establishing their careers (Maddy is a content creator and owner of Over Ice Soda, while Drew works in commercial concrete) and plan to buy a lot and build their own house to keep their mortgage payments down.