sonnyjane
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lulu|1375057713|3492137 said:sonnyjane, Southern California real estate prices boggle my mind. That's a whole different ball of wax. Ditto NYC. I'm astonished by how little you get for a half million dollars. Unless my family lived there the price would force me to move.
Agree. My husband is in military so we aren't here by choice. Our plan is to stay here for the next 11 years of my husband's career and then move to WA (no state income tax!) where houses are MUCH less. It depresses me to no end to do searches up there. As I said, our crap-hole 2/1 townhouse here is valued at $375,000 but in WA I can get a 4/2 with updated baths and kitchen overlooking the ocean (THE FREAKING OCEAN!) for about $285,000. We'd rather just wait and purchase a "forever home" than worry about buying a crappy one and selling it down the road for a marginal profit.