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

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Condo in CT

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Anonymous wrote:Look carefully at the taxes if you are moving to PA or NY. You are going to be surprised.

THIS!!!
They are often as high at CT & NJ.

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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

you’d still have to pay for utilities and food and activities if you bought a house. You wouldn’t have property taxes if you rented. Some families in Barrington and East Greenwich, RI rent there, attend the public schools and get an education almost on par with the $45,000 a year private schools.

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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.

No but we can’t afford the area anymore. He’s played sports down in North Carolina. It seems the most comparable to where we live now and there are great job prospects there. Even if I could stay in the area I’d have to switch school districts.

Does your soon to be ex spouse agree to the move?

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Round Rock, Texas

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh/719-Kewanna-Ave-15234/home/74558742

Pittsburgh? Who wants to live in Pittsburgh? It's cloudy 24/7.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh/719-Kewanna-Ave-15234/home/74558742

Pittsburgh? Who wants to live in Pittsburgh? It's cloudy 24/7.

Someone who’s trying to find a house for $300k.

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OP, will your job pay as much in another area as around here? Is the 300k based on your salary here, or your salary with a 20% haircut?

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

No but we can’t afford the area anymore. He’s played sports down in North Carolina. It seems the most comparable to where we live now and there are great job prospects there. Even if I could stay in the area I’d have to switch school districts.

Does your soon to be ex spouse agree to the move?

He's dead

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Anonymous wrote:OP, will your job pay as much in another area as around here? Is the 300k based on your salary here, or your salary with a 20% haircut?

About 80% of the salary here

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh/719-Kewanna-Ave-15234/home/74558742

Pittsburgh? Who wants to live in Pittsburgh? It's cloudy 24/7.

Someone who’s trying to find a house for $300k.

Seriously. Mt Lebanon is an excellent public school district. Thumbing your nose at a 300k house it b/c it's gray sometimes is nuts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

you’d still have to pay for utilities and food and activities if you bought a house. You wouldn’t have property taxes if you rented. Some families in Barrington and East Greenwich, RI rent there, attend the public schools and get an education almost on par with the $45,000 a year private schools.

+1

Don't forget about repairs too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tuscaloosa AL
Fayetteville AR
Tulsa OK
Dunwoody GA

Thanks

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.redfin.com/PA/Pittsburgh/719-Kewanna-Ave-15234/home/74558742

Pittsburgh? Who wants to live in Pittsburgh? It's cloudy 24/7.

Someone who’s trying to find a house for $300k.

Seriously. Mt Lebanon is an excellent public school district. Thumbing your nose at a 300k house it b/c it's gray sometimes is nuts.

Thanks

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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?

Swim/tennis communities are popular in the South. Check out the Atlanta region and Charlotte, NC area. You probably need to consider a townhouse as single family homes in a swim/tennis neighborhood are probably above your budget of $300,000.

Atlanta is the most active tennis community in the US.

Thanks. Is there a part of North Carolina or Georgia with less bugs and humidity? These are the only downsides I see.