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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the taxes on the home? At that price, they may Be like an income appropriate mortgage that will never end. So at local rates around here that’s $20k per year on taxes alone. Plus upkeep, dues, etc. Why be permanently house poor? Buy a million dollar house and keep some money in the bank. [/quote]

One million home will really make you house poor cause it requires constant attention. 2 million gets you something more decent.[/quote]

This was us.  We just sold our house for $1M on the Hill.  The roof was on its last leg, although we did everything we could to maintain it while we were there - the inspector even noted how well maintained it was despite the age.  I would cringe every time the roll-up garage door was opened, hoping it wasn't the last time - we'd had it serviced over the years, and the service person who was also the original installer told us it was almost 20 years old.  Stairs and flooring were really beat up.  Bathrooms needed updating and it was on our list of to-do's for so long, but after having lived through kitchen and other renovations, we just never got around to tackling it.  We installed all new appliances when we moved in about 7 years ago, but they were basically the cheapest of the nice-looking models, and starting to have issues.  We preferred to something nicer and newer, as opposed to putting more money in a house that we no longer worked for us - no basement, very little outdoor space, poor storage, etc. [/quote]

But you don’t have to spend $2 mil to get an updated house! You were paying $1 mil for an old house because of the location on the Hill. OP has a million options to find a new or newer build for less than $2 mil. And if OP is just trying to make an investment she [b][i]should buy property near the Purple Line.[/i[/b]] [/quote]

Thanks for the laugh OP. Considering the contractors are about to walk off the job... no.[/quote]

clearly you have no head for investing because now would be the perfect time. it’s gonna get built eventually, so you just need to not be buffeted by headlines. [/quote]

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