You guys have any ...life plans?

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by joshpoints It will probably be a very small house at $550k to $600k, but it's better than nothing.

in anywhere except CA that will buy you a very nice sized house......

-nate

 

[fantomas 10+ year member]

Originally posted by nswartley in anywhere except CA that will buy you a very nice sized house......

 

-nate

i agree, here in CT half that much will buy you a nice sized house. for a third of that you could get a 3 bed 1 bath ranch...

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

550k? ****.....for that i could buy a small mansion....u realize thats 1/2 a million dollars?....heh....120,000 would be enough for a decently sized house here in oklahoma.......200,000 for a nice/large one.....

 

[joshpoints 10+ year member]

Yeah the housing prices ****. It makes me wish that I grew up out in the country somewhere. I have lived in the bay area (San Francisco high populated lot to do) which makes it tough to adapt to the smaller cities. I have thought seriously about moving out of ca. but then I fear that I will want to move back. I'm thinking about moving to San Diego Ca. (southern California it's a little cheaper), Oregon, Seattle, possibly Ohio. I don't really want to move to the east coast because of the humidity and heat. Everytime I look at the housing prices it discourages me from planning to live here. It's going to take a lot of saving money and a good paying job to own any kind of house. I'm actually (as stupid as it sounds) trying to create an invention that explodes, that way I could get a house and spend the rest of my life increases my education in all areas, rather than going to work everyday. I have some ideas, I just have to think of getting some patents on the stuff. This is one thing that I think I'm good at. I can actually sit in a room and think up inventions. If I could figure out what the job title is for this. It might be research and development, but I'm not really sure. One thing that I should do is travel outside of Ca. that way I know what the other areas in the U.S. are like. I tend to like the political ideologies that other states have a whole lot more than Ca.

 

[Alaxan 5,000+ posts]

Ummmm I paid 85K for a 2400sq ft 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, and 1 acre yard.....You need to MOVE!!!!!!! lol

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Alaxan Ummmm I paid 85K for a 2400sq ft 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, and 1 acre yard.....You need to MOVE!!!!!!! lol

thats identical to my house....but my parents paid 750k ten years ago...it has been appraised as high as 3million...but the housing market has dropped off a bit.

-nate

 

[jlaine 10+ year member]

Originally posted by joshpoints What kind of job do you have? Did you just graduate from college recently? I'd like to buy a house by the time I'm twenty five. THat gives me six more years to save up a lot of money for a down payment. I'm trying to save up $30k (5%) for a downpayment. It will probably be a very small house at $550k to $600k, but it's better than nothing. I've almost paid my frugal 1997 saturn off (about 6 mo. away) and then I figure I'll really be able to save. I agree with you though. It is most important to get the necessities first and the toys second.

I'm an NDE Level II technician and a Maintenance Engineer - I live in rural Minnesota and for this area, make about twice the average wage - so it goes a long way in terms of land value and cash on hand...

 

[Moocow16 10+ year member]

Originally posted by nswartley thats identical to my house....but my parents paid 750k ten years ago...it has been appraised as high as 3million...but the housing market has dropped off a bit.

 

-nate

identical to my house too, only we don't have the acre of land and we paid something like 150K i think? the house was recently appraised for 280K, but that's mainly because we have two additions, one sorta looking like a church, i'll see if i can get some pics if anybody is interested

 

[nswartley 5,000+ posts]

Originally posted by Moocow16 identical to my house too, only we don't have the acre of land and we paid something like 150K i think? the house was recently appraised for 280K, but that's mainly because we have two additions, one sorta looking like a church, i'll see if i can get some pics if anybody is interested

lol, just post em on here if its not a hassle //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif i would post pics if someone wants to but i doubt it

-nate //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif