$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US

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Exactly where are the under $300K houses in PA?

If you want ''great schools'' and an SFH, you're going to have to up your budget to low $400,000s. Look in and around Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Harrisburg, Reading, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, York, and Philly.

You just rattled off some really economically depressed areas with terrible schools and no tennis club. Alllentown are you kidding? That place is a dump.

It’s not a dump and you missed the “and around” part. The suburbs of those small cities all have good schools.

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What about Cary or Morrisville, NC, in the Research Triangle Park area? There are some townhouses in the low 300s, good schools, near a highly ranked swim team (not sure about tennis).

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Exactly where are the under $300K houses in PA?

If you want ''great schools'' and an SFH, you're going to have to up your budget to low $400,000s. Look in and around Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Harrisburg, Reading, Pittsburgh, Lancaster, York, and Philly.

You just rattled off some really economically depressed areas with terrible schools and no tennis club. Alllentown are you kidding? That place is a dump.

West Allentown is nice as is most of Bethlehem and Emmaus. This house is pending, in OP’s budget, and in a great school system. The Lehigh Valley has any retail you want, nice parks, and most importantly it’s close to NYC and Philly if you need to take a weekend trip for more cultural or retail amenities. A lot of these other places PP’s are mentioning are in the middle of nowhere in the South or in Michigan. I’d rather be less than two hours from the best city in the country.

https://www.redfin.com/PA/Emmaus/331-Minor-St-18049/home/69134400

Cute house. I do like this area.

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Anonymous wrote:What about Cary or Morrisville, NC, in the Research Triangle Park area? There are some townhouses in the low 300s, good schools, near a highly ranked swim team (not sure about tennis).

Thanks

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10:23 again - maybe also look at the Greensboro and Winston Salem areas in NC. There are some good public schools and houses are slightly more affordable than the Raleigh area, but I'm not sure about the sports situation there. Generally, NC has a lot to offer with a relatively low cost of living. I think the job market is pretty strong, and people are polite.

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Anonymous wrote:Which part of upstate has 200k houses? We moved to the Rochester area and homes are closer to 350k in the areas with good schools. Plus the taxes are very high...

This is where I was going to suggest but prices have indeed increased dramatically in the past few years. I grew up in Brighton and highly recommend it

the main swim/tennis club https://www.midtown.com/schedule-a-tour/rochester/

(there are also country clubs)

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I haven’t read through the responses, so forgive me if it has been mentioned earlier but New Braunfels, TX which is located between San Antonio and Austin checks off most of your boxes. Excellent public schools, great community and job market, tons of recreation and swim opportunities. The Comal River Springs and Pool are there and are simply wonderful, best kept “secret” in Texas. Small town feel with wonderful amenities and fairly liberal for Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to downsize due to a divorce and am looking to move. I only have one gifted athlete and student soon to enter high school. We love the area but it's too expensive. Where can we move where I can afford to outright buy my house and still find decent jobs and schools and activities nearby? My friend lives in upstate NY and tells me to head up there where there are many houses for $200k. The schools there are hit or miss and the job market is a little low and it's cold. What other areas of the country can I look at?

Northville Michigan. Everything is cheap cheap cheap, schools are great, housing is affordable for sure you can find something in your price range and then The rest of the your cost of living will be cheap cheap cheap!! Of course it won’t be a mansion but nice small
Home in good safe area.

Never heard of this place but I looked it up on Zillow - not cheap!!! Homes are 750k+

I’m going to say +1 on Mt Lebanon - plenty of choices under $500k. Schools are amazing. My family is from there.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d rent in the best school district I could, familiarize myself with the real estate market then wait for the market to fall/buy when kid is in college.

+1

It's only 4 years away, just rent for now and buy when the school district doesn't matter anymore.

I need cash. I can’t afford rent and utilities and food and activities. I’d like to sell the house and buy somewhere with no mortgage

I think PP was saying to rent your next dwelling - not to rent out your current dwelling. Sell your house, get the money and then rent…

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Memphis suburbs - Germantown area. My cousin purchased a beautiful little house there in under $300,000. Great schools and really nice neighborhoods.

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PP here - look at Collierville TN

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There have been comments on DCUM related to UMC families moving to low income zip codes/ underrepresented states to position themselves favorably for colleges that seek geographical diversity. So, something to keep in mind. Kid may have better chances coming from Wyoming than Pennsylvania. Less competition too.

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Anonymous wrote:I have to downsize due to a divorce and am looking to move. I only have one gifted athlete and student soon to enter high school. We love the area but it's too expensive. Where can we move where I can afford to outright buy my house and still find decent jobs and schools and activities nearby? My friend lives in upstate NY and tells me to head up there where there are many houses for $200k. The schools there are hit or miss and the job market is a little low and it's cold. What other areas of the country can I look at?

Northville Michigan. Everything is cheap cheap cheap, schools are great, housing is affordable for sure you can find something in your price range and then The rest of the your cost of living will be cheap cheap cheap!! Of course it won’t be a mansion but nice small
Home in good safe area.

there is currently one SFH for sale in Northville for under $500k. It's currently listed at 497k, and is a "sold as is" home built in 1900. Try again.

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Anonymous wrote:Where do you have friends and/or family? I would move somewhere with a built in support system. Also - does your high schooler want to move? That's a pretty terrible time to switch schools.

This. Can you rent until your HSer is out of the house and then move to where you want to live? If you do this give your kid a heads up so they know once HS is over you’re moving.

You could use vacations to visit places you’re interested in and see if it fits what you are looking for.

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MT Lebanon Pittsburgh. Lots of jobs in Pittsburgh and great area to grow up. Two friends grew up there and they are both successful and the nicest people.