Look what house $375,000 buys in my area!
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wel this is just 3 doors up the street from me for $370,000 and you can ride right to trails , any one want to be my neighbor ?
Toshi said:
You tell me how that works out for you.
a house like that would cost about 650,000 here in the Santa Cruz mountainsCapt. Jack Sparrow said:Holy crap, I can't believe how much real estate costs in my area (Washington, D.C.)!!!! Below is a picture of a house on the market for $375,000. It's in Maryland, about ten minutes from my apartment and (about ten minutes from the D.C. border. Since it's not in D.C., it's cheaper than D.C.) It has one bedroom and one bath, and is located on less than one-fifth of an acre. Built in '49. Not even close to a Metro station! The sad thing is that it'll probably sell for at least $10,000 over its asking price!
Here's the real estate listing if you don't believe me.
If you all have time to post a pic or a link, what does $375,000 buy in your area? I'm looking for ideas.
Yeah maybe.Toshi said:i'll have plenty of time to think about where i want to go before i'm released from school. maybe the market will have crashed by then...
Remember - the desirable places will still be desirable after the crash. Maybe the prices will be a little better, but it'll always be cheaper to buy a house in Godforsaken Kansas.
yup, that's one of the main reasons i want to get outta here, looking at moving to charlotte right now... we could sell our 1/2 mil townhouse, buy outright and the wife stays home with the boy....Capt. Jack Sparrow said:
wanna start a commune?
in stupid california 300,000 wont buy you ****. my house is only a little bigger than that size and it sells for 800,000. stupid cali
Here's what you get for 325K out here in rural NC. 2600 sq ft., a pool, and 4.5+ acres
http://www.carolinahome.com/findHome/report.cfm?mlsID=&#B;''<_N
My house is 2000 sq ft., all brick, 3.5 acres, over sized garage with a workroom, plus a basement and it was only 215K. I did score it kind of cheap! Same thing one county over would cost 350K+ and the taxes would be almost double what mine are.
http://www.carolinahome.com/findHome/report.cfm?mlsID=&#B;''<_N
My house is 2000 sq ft., all brick, 3.5 acres, over sized garage with a workroom, plus a basement and it was only 215K. I did score it kind of cheap! Same thing one county over would cost 350K+ and the taxes would be almost double what mine are.
$550,000 in the OC.Ciaran said:Yeah, same here in L.A. and O.C. San Diego is even worse.
Hey wait, I thought the cops in S.B. ran you out of town if you were too poor and had a doublewide. Don't they send you to Goleta or someplace like that?
I think from now on if you don't live in California you aren't allowed to complain about the housing market.
Edit: That house would be 500,000+ here in Pasadena.
And whoever bought it would tear it down the second the loan funded to build something else. Shoot... the land alone is worth almost $600,000 here.
It would be a cool Million if it were in Newport Beach, Seal Beach, or Laguna
$370,000 for an semi-older house in Hopkingtonsplat said:
$3000-$4000 a year for property taxes in Massachusetts
Ride from your driveway into 'Nam? Priceless..........
yeah... $$$$$$$$$$$
this is why my wife and i will prolly end up in australia... my folks place is a 3/2... about 2200 sq ft... double garage, pool, retic gardens, ocean views... about a one minute walk to the beach... currently valued at about 500 K aussie (350 - 375 US)... they paid about 140 K aussie for it back in 92...
this is why my wife and i will prolly end up in australia... my folks place is a 3/2... about 2200 sq ft... double garage, pool, retic gardens, ocean views... about a one minute walk to the beach... currently valued at about 500 K aussie (350 - 375 US)... they paid about 140 K aussie for it back in 92...
Here in the middle of nowhere Pennsylvania, you could purchase a similar place foe 10% of that. $40,000.00 is a mansion. we got plenty of woods to ride in, but you gotta like closed minded hillbillys, rednecks, and x-highschool al bundy types. and tht's just the women!!
Oh, for Pete's sake, I was thinking dreamily about Corey_DCStreet's comment about, "Wanna join a commune?" (down in N.C.) and then your post reminded me that I'm a lesbian and would have to live near a big city to reduce my chances of getting my ass whupped. Dang-it!teamkranzelbike said:
Move out West - it's a lot more laid back out here.Capt. Jack Sparrow said:
Yea, property value is just so messed up. Like I said it is cheap to live here. My parents just sold a 20yo 6 bedroom house. fireplace in famly room. 3 car garage, on a 1/3 acre on top of a mountain with deer and bear frequenting the back yard , and miles of biking trails starting in the back yard. they decided to move into town ,and bought an old well preserved victorian. with a little tlc and a more modern kitchen, they put a gran total of 80 grand into their new property ant it looks just like it did new!!. Problem is , outside of riding it is boring here. no real culture so to speak. the bars are places where depressed people contimplate how much longer they desire to live, and the lame so called clubs are where old x hs footballers still try to settle old scores. The good point is it is so cheap to live here. I have a ton of cash left over to travel to nicer places for fun. the building where my shop is located is huge with an apartment up stairs and a garage out back. it set me back a grand total of 15 grand. my 3 bikes are worth almost that much!!n IM could never fatham spending half a mill on a house?
But you see - nobody wants to live in Mt. Carmel. Everybody wants to live in LA.teamkranzelbike said:
It's not really all that "messed up".........
count me outta that clubSkaredShtles said:
Well - I'm not actually talking about *normal* people.........partsbara said:
No normal person in their right mind would want to live in LA.
