Disgusted/Deflated. We make combines $350 & can't afford jack

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Still sounds like the bigger issue is that this work situation is not conducive to owning a home anywhere

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Still sounds like the bigger issue is that this work situation is not conducive to owning a home anywhere

Still could have bought. My friend has a similar circumstance. He planned to retire Florida one day. So he bought a beautiful retirement home when he was 28 in Florida. Full time tenants in house paid mortgage. That was 28 years ago and he is retired in Florida and locked in 1996 prices.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Your definition of decent is what's flawed. You insist on living in high COL areas and only want to live in wealthier communities and then claim you can't afford anything.

You realize that even in the DC area, that the median HHI is around $85-95K in all three jurisdictions and that there are many people who make under $150K that happily own homes in the area. If you can't afford "anything decent" on $350K HHI then you are pretty terrible at money management.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Still sounds like the bigger issue is that this work situation is not conducive to owning a home anywhere

Still could have bought. My friend has a similar circumstance. He planned to retire Florida one day. So he bought a beautiful retirement home when he was 28 in Florida. Full time tenants in house paid mortgage. That was 28 years ago and he is retired in Florida and locked in 1996 prices.

This is what State Department and "State Department" families do all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Still sounds like the bigger issue is that this work situation is not conducive to owning a home anywhere

Still could have bought. My friend has a similar circumstance. He planned to retire Florida one day. So he bought a beautiful retirement home when he was 28 in Florida. Full time tenants in house paid mortgage. That was 28 years ago and he is retired in Florida and locked in 1996 prices.

This is what State Department and "State Department" families do all the time.

Yeah, OP if this is your situation, just buy an awesome house in a LCOL area you’d want to make your home base. Maybe North Carolina?

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Anonymous wrote:I’m always stunned by how many people defend these insane prices. Is this the forum for foreign investors?

Can I afford a shit shack on my $400 income? Yes, I can. But WHY would I spend $1.2 on a hideous 60s ranch house that needs to be gutted or a cheaply made, horribly designed townhome? But that’s about all I can get. Not wasting my money.

Your problem is that standards changed so much that every MC/UMC Joe and Jane now demands to have 5000 sq.ft minimum with his and her walk in closets, showers, baths, a bunch of useless sitting/library/gym rooms, a room for each kid, with dedicated office and dedicated guest room, nice finishes that are trendy (god forbid it's the dated granite of wrong color cabinets, the horror!), no smells of any kind, high fancy ceilings and spacious halls, perfect floors and everything from the latest HGTV videos or designer home catalogs. And if the house falls short they don't want it and don't want to deal with fixing and remodeling anything. Oh, they also want perfect immaculate outdoor spaces and not any annoying natural environment features like trees too close by or sloping or irregular shaped lots or busy streets or certain shape of cul-de-sac or whatever little nuisance irritates them.

I've been on this forum long enough to see all of these complaints over and over again from people you would think were born with a "golden spoon" or are making 7 figure incomes but then they are crying how they cannot afford anything and how older generations or those who bought decade ago had it so easy and got all these "golden nuggets". The "golden nuggets" are the old ranchers and split levels, cramped Cape Cods, and tiny colonials.

Curious- how old are you? Because we make a lot more than my corporate exec uncle did in the 80s but he could afford a really nice home and put three kids through fancy colleges. We’re renting in our 50s and if not for the GI bill, would be taking out college loans for the kids.

All these 70s ranch houses in the suburbs were built for single earner households and that person was likely a government accountant or retired Lt Col . To own that same house now, you need a combined income of $400,000 a year.

I just don’t agree that I’m entitled for thinking $1 million should buy me more than a run down 80s colonial with a squatter in the basement. I really dislike most new construction but I’m also not willing to be house poor over something untouched since it was built in 1982.

I’m old enough to remember when $150,000 bought you a nice house and $300,000 was fancy. Now I need $1.4 in cash and waive inspections. Crazy.

But I still don’t get how you can have that income and equity and feel like you can’t spend $1.4M on a house?

No equity. No family money. Job moved is every 2-3 years and sometimes overseas. Yes, we can stretch for a $1.4 mortgage, but here we get a 70s ranch or cheap, small new build. I don’t see the point. Houses are no longer investments. And we’d be outbid by people paying all cash over asking anyway.

Someone whose job moves every 2-3 years shouldn't be buying anyway

Right. But now we’re 50 and can’t afford anything decent.

Your definition of decent is what's flawed. You insist on living in high COL areas and only want to live in wealthier communities and then claim you can't afford anything.

You realize that even in the DC area, that the median HHI is around $85-95K in all three jurisdictions and that there are many people who make under $150K that happily own homes in the area. If you can't afford "anything decent" on $350K HHI then you are pretty terrible at money management.

When did they buy?

Good luck actually getting the house if you need financing. Someone else will pay cash.

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Who the heck wants to live in Alabama? Do you have any idea how many backward Trumpanzees live there? Good Lord, they aren't vaccinated, they won't let kids read books if a non-white person is in it and they have a very low tooth to mouth ratio.

I lived in Atlanta and while there is an educated part of the population there, you are stuck in a very small area. Once you leave that city, it gets scary fast.

By all means - take your toys and run off in a tantrum but you are going to be sorry.

Don't you know why it's expensive? A lot of people want to live here. A lot of educated people live here. If that's not your jam, then you should go.

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Anonymous wrote:Who the heck wants to live in Alabama? Do you have any idea how many backward Trumpanzees live there? Good Lord, they aren't vaccinated, they won't let kids read books if a non-white person is in it and they have a very low tooth to mouth ratio.

I lived in Atlanta and while there is an educated part of the population there, you are stuck in a very small area. Once you leave that city, it gets scary fast.

By all means - take your toys and run off in a tantrum but you are going to be sorry.

Don't you know why it's expensive? A lot of people want to live here. A lot of educated people live here. If that's not your jam, then you should go.

Lol, the party of love and tolerance strikes again!

Can't wait for the midterms so I can watch the shrieks of the ever-shrinking minority of liberal, DCUM women as the toothless racists take power. "I went to Cornell and make $130K in some nonsense government job. Why isn't everyone else as smart as me?!"

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Anonymous wrote:Who the heck wants to live in Alabama? Do you have any idea how many backward Trumpanzees live there? Good Lord, they aren't vaccinated, they won't let kids read books if a non-white person is in it and they have a very low tooth to mouth ratio.

I lived in Atlanta and while there is an educated part of the population there, you are stuck in a very small area. Once you leave that city, it gets scary fast.

By all means - take your toys and run off in a tantrum but you are going to be sorry.

Don't you know why it's expensive? A lot of people want to live here. A lot of educated people live here. If that's not your jam, then you should go.

Lol, the party of love and tolerance strikes again!

Can't wait for the midterms so I can watch the shrieks of the ever-shrinking minority of liberal, DCUM women as the toothless racists take power. "I went to Cornell and make $130K in some nonsense government job. Why isn't everyone else as smart as me?!"

Honestly at this point I just want you and that liberal in a cage match with jello and the rest of your cohorts shrieking like simians flinging poo. Meanwhile, maybe us sane people can have some real discourse and enact some productive change.

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Anonymous wrote:Who the heck wants to live in Alabama? Do you have any idea how many backward Trumpanzees live there? Good Lord, they aren't vaccinated, they won't let kids read books if a non-white person is in it and they have a very low tooth to mouth ratio.

I lived in Atlanta and while there is an educated part of the population there, you are stuck in a very small area. Once you leave that city, it gets scary fast.

By all means - take your toys and run off in a tantrum but you are going to be sorry.

Don't you know why it's expensive? A lot of people want to live here. A lot of educated people live here. If that's not your jam, then you should go.

Lol, the party of love and tolerance strikes again!

Can't wait for the midterms so I can watch the shrieks of the ever-shrinking minority of liberal, DCUM women as the toothless racists take power. "I went to Cornell and make $130K in some nonsense government job. Why isn't everyone else as smart as me?!"

Honestly at this point I just want you and that liberal in a cage match with jello and the rest of your cohorts shrieking like simians flinging poo. Meanwhile, maybe us sane people can have some real discourse and enact some productive change.

lol

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Anonymous wrote:We have 300+ in equity and credit scores in 800+. Also make ~$350+ and we cannot afford anything in this area. It sucks. We feel we need to move to lower COL area to live comfortably.

Thinking about moving to Georgia or Alabama for affordability.

Any suggestions?

OK.

Y'all must not be very smart with your money.

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Anonymous wrote:We have 300+ in equity and credit scores in 800+. Also make ~$350+ and we cannot afford anything in this area. It sucks. We feel we need to move to lower COL area to live comfortably.

Thinking about moving to Georgia or Alabama for affordability.

Any suggestions?

We did and have zero regrets but would move back once children are grown and gone to college and we become empty nesters.

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Anonymous wrote:We have 300+ in equity and credit scores in 800+. Also make ~$350+ and we cannot afford anything in this area. It sucks. We feel we need to move to lower COL area to live comfortably.

Thinking about moving to Georgia or Alabama for affordability.

Any suggestions?

No need to feel deflated or disgusted, just think out of the box. Life is give and take for everyone. Prioritize what matters most and go for that, mortal beings just can’t have it all.

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Anonymous wrote:What size house do you need?

3br, 2ba. Relatively newer build. minimum half acre

You can’t have your cake, eat it and gain zero pounds. Life doesn’t work that way. Something gotta give.