Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:48     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
I do like Pittsford. It's near my friend and it's a Catholic stronghold and near a city while also being its own town with a bike trail.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:47     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Westchester County, New York 1965


So helpful thanks. I don't like that area anyway
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:33     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Westchester County, New York 1965
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:22     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:I was recently in Oak Ridge TN and loved it.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/156-Outer-Dr-Oak-Ridge-TN-37830/66904970_zpid/


Knoxville Area is very nice.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:21     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:This is such a weird post. If you have roughly 900K in equity, why wouldn't you just sell your house, continue to live where you are now, and then just move wherever you want after your kid graduates HS. Even with rents being what they are for a 2br, you'd still be able to pay all your bills.


I feel like if I move somewhere after my kid leaves I'll be a fish out of water. A single parent with no children and no roots. I'd rather get established in a neighborhood that my kid would like to return to as well. They are very social and can adapt to new places. I would like more cash flow for the next five years.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:07     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Syracuse? Not sure about schools but should be decent.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:04     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:This is such a weird post. If you have roughly 900K in equity, why wouldn't you just sell your house, continue to live where you are now, and then just move wherever you want after your kid graduates HS. Even with rents being what they are for a 2br, you'd still be able to pay all your bills.


I would assume there are other factors at play that OP isnt disclosing, resulting in her selling her house, paying off bills and netting $300k all said and done, and not being able to rent/get a mortgage due to credit or job issues.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:03     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Berkshires of Massachusetts are another option. Like this house in Dalton
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/40-Franklin-St-Dalton-MA-01226/60036034_zpid/
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 16:01     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
I was recently in Oak Ridge TN and loved it.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/156-Outer-Dr-Oak-Ridge-TN-37830/66904970_zpid/
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:59     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Here is one for $175k. 5 bedroom

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/366-Mendon-Rd-Pittsford-NY-14534/31029826_zpid/


Do you think this house could be fixed up inside for under $50k? The kitchen looks fine. Not sure what happened to the house. Looks vandalized.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:40     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Here is one for $175k. 5 bedroom

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/366-Mendon-Rd-Pittsford-NY-14534/31029826_zpid/
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:36     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/652-Marsh-Rd-Pittsford-NY-14534/31029146_zpid/

Get a work from home job and live here.


Love this house
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:36     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
This is such a weird post. If you have roughly 900K in equity, why wouldn't you just sell your house, continue to live where you are now, and then just move wherever you want after your kid graduates HS. Even with rents being what they are for a 2br, you'd still be able to pay all your bills.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:36     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Knoxville TN is a good call. We have friends whose kids went to the Maryville HS and thought it was very good. There is alot of construction around there and the mountains and river are beautiful
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 15:32     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
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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.


The North Georgia Mountains are cooler so humidity is comfortable.

A couple of weeks ago, national news reported that Gainesville, Georgia had the hottest housing market in the nation. (Fooled me as I thought that was Phoenix, Arizona.)

As a state, Kentucky has the weakest housing market in the country. $300,000 should go far in Kentucky.

but the schools...


You can’t have your cake & eat it too.

PP here.. agree.. I posted as much up thread.. something's gotta give.

For us, education is like #1 or #2 on the list, and diversity is just as important (we are a mixed race couple) so that limits our choices.