Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:56     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
OP - I lived in this neighborhood long ago. This is a suburb of Dayton and is where the Dayton airport sits.

Zillow:45377. Brindlestone house (pending) or anywhere near Brown School Road.

Walk to public swim club, rec center, golf course.

Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:50     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Tuscaloosa AL
Fayetteville AR
Tulsa OK
Dunwoody GA


Are you sure about Dunwoody, Georgia ? Wouldn't $300,000 just buy a small condo ?
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:47     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Try Nashville


And Knoxville
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:46     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:
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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


If you aim to put down $300K but have a mortgage of approx $200K can you swing that? It would bump up your budget


It would also defeat the purpose of this thread.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:45     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Try Nashville
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:44     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
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


If you aim to put down $300K but have a mortgage of approx $200K can you swing that? It would bump up your budget
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:42     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Try Fort Mill, SC. It’s the Charlotte suburbs but the schools in SC are not countywide like in NC. Good schools and the state gives really generous scholarships for instate students to SC colleges.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:35     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
There are also some homes in Frederick I can afford
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:33     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Wheaton, Silver Spring


And do the Downtown Consortium? The houses are pretty old there but it's a possibility
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:31     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Wheaton, Silver Spring
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:30     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Look into western MA


Agree with this.


I have a friend in Springfield. It is nice but not much jobs wise.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:29     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Look into western MA


Agree with this.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:29     Subject: Re:$300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
My child could likely get in TJ and we live in a really good high school district. I know I can't find TJ level schools but I'd like it to be a college prep type of high school.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:27     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:Look into western MA


Unlike the other areas posted, you will not need to get a condo, significantly downsize in living space, or live in a mediocre school district if you move to Western Mass.
Anonymous
Post 06/05/2023 14:27     Subject: $300k house near swim and tennis clubs, sports facilities, and great schools and jobs anywhere in the US
Anonymous wrote:
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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.


Friends who moved there absolutely love it, and I was completely charmed by it on a recent visit. It seemed like every street had another little house to fall in love with. I wouldn't write off the job market without a little more research, either. My family is from an eastern Pittsburgh suburb and yes, the winters are pretty gray but you'll be hard-pressed to find an affordable area of the country that doesn't have some sort of catch, weather-wise.