where to look for $400K in MoCo?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, stay put in DC until your DC starts pre-K. Go through the lottery process before moving to the suburbs. You are better off playing the lottery than moving to a county where there is no public pre-K option.

Yep. That's our plan. I'm just trying to get a better sense of our options to be able to better plan our finances now.

[Anonymous]

http://www.weichert.com/43557101/

[Anonymous]

We just moved to Capitol View in SS (borders Kensington) and like the neighborhood a lot. From the house below, it's just over a mile to either the Forest Glen stop or the Kensington Marc train, or easy bus ride to downtown SS.

Here's a 400K option:

http://www.remax.com/property/106366206-60450005/10001-MENLO-AVE-Silver_Spring-MD-20910/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We just moved to Capitol View in SS (borders Kensington) and like the neighborhood a lot. From the house below, it's just over a mile to either the Forest Glen stop or the Kensington Marc train, or easy bus ride to downtown SS.

Here's a 400K option:

http://www.remax.com/property/106366206-60450005/10001-MENLO-AVE-Silver_Spring-MD-20910/

Welcome to the neighborhood! We're off Capitol View too.

[Anonymous]

Are you going to tell folks about the train noise in cap view?

[Anonymous]

the 90s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you going to tell folks about the train noise in cap view?

Well we just hear the horn blowing at the Kensington station, kind of far-off. We're up the hill from Capitol View, not on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the 90s

Ha, cute.

But seriously, people who believe there are no homes out there for 400k are the people who think no one lives east of Chevy Chase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the 90s

Ha, cute.

But seriously, people who believe there are no homes out there for 400k are the people who think no one lives east of Chevy Chase.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the 90s

Ha, cute.

But seriously, people who believe there are no homes out there for 400k are the people who think no one lives east of Chevy Chase.

+1

This is the truth.

We live "out there" by choice on 2 acres. Each day, my kids come home from school and run around outside. And with the economy the way it is, we paid about $200,000 less. The appraisal, however, came in at about $150K more than the selling price. So we got a great deal.

You have to look. You have to be able to factor in commute. (Mine doubled, but I didn't have a bad commute even when were were "closer in.") And you have to accept the fact that the amenities will be different.

I have no regrets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the 90s

Ha, cute.

But seriously, people who believe there are no homes out there for 400k are the people who think no one lives east of Chevy Chase.

+1

This is the truth.

We live "out there" by choice on 2 acres. Each day, my kids come home from school and run around outside. And with the economy the way it is, we paid about $200,000 less. The appraisal, however, came in at about $150K more than the selling price. So we got a great deal.

You have to look. You have to be able to factor in commute. (Mine doubled, but I didn't have a bad commute even when were were "closer in.") And you have to accept the fact that the amenities will be different.

I have no regrets.

Where are you?