Where does $500K buy you a nice house right now...

[Anonymous]

San Bernardino County, CA
Elk Grove, CA
Sacramento, CA

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:San Bernardino County, CA
Elk Grove, CA
Sacramento, CA

OP said no to Ca taxes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pittsburgh area

Not Pittsburgh itself obviously, but the "area" absolutely. Can even get a little closer in than some of these suggestions.

Why not? Plenty of nice areas in the city.

[Anonymous]

OP you should be aware of that what passes for “good housing stock” in many areas pales in comparison to around here. Expect lots of tile floors, carpeting & dark granite countertops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you should be aware of that what passes for “good housing stock” in many areas pales in comparison to around here. Expect lots of tile floors, carpeting & dark granite countertops.

Pretty much. There is very little inventory completely updated, unless the house is new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Portsmouth, VA
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4506-King-St_Portsmouth_VA_23707_M50676-84158

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/103-Bobby-Jones-Dr_Portsmouth_VA_23701_M59967-35477

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3201-Dogwood-Dr_Portsmouth_VA_23703_M50329-97789

Roanoke, VA
Danville, VA
Blacksburg, VA

Lots and lots of other places in Virginia:
https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Virginia/price-na-500000

Op excluded VA.

Whoops, sorry. OP could use Realtor.com to search state by state.
I assume areas with lower tax rates and more inventory will probably also be likely not to have updated houses unless they are almost new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you should be aware of that what passes for “good housing stock” in many areas pales in comparison to around here. Expect lots of tile floors, carpeting & dark granite countertops.

Pretty much. There is very little inventory completely updated, unless the house is new.

Flips are also a little odd looking—lots of Linoleum flooring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you should be aware of that what passes for “good housing stock” in many areas pales in comparison to around here. Expect lots of tile floors, carpeting & dark granite countertops.

Pretty much. There is very little inventory completely updated, unless the house is new.

I actually would think the opposite since a lot of “good inventory” around here is based on schools and not the actual house itself

[Anonymous]

Arizona.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Muskogee, Oklahoma

Bonus since they don’t smoke marijuana there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP you should be aware of that what passes for “good housing stock” in many areas pales in comparison to around here. Expect lots of tile floors, carpeting & dark granite countertops.

Pretty much. There is very little inventory completely updated, unless the house is new.

I actually would think the opposite since a lot of “good inventory” around here is based on schools and not the actual house itself

PP here. Look at the interiors of houses with nice exteriors in places like East Grand Rapids or Charleston & you’ll see what I mean.

Nicer (at least in terms of visuals) big new builders like Toll Brothers & Ryan Homes also only build in certain markets and not at in others. In many areas there are basically no new builds.

[Anonymous]

Ann Arbor
Cleveland/Cincinnati/Columbus

[Anonymous]

Allentown PA area

[Anonymous]

Mount Rainier, md
Brentwood, MD
Hyattsville, MD
Cheverly, MD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mount Rainier, md
Brentwood, MD
Hyattsville, MD
Cheverly, MD

OP said no MD