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Originally Posted by vash
my first house, i just about crapped myself. i think the first four monthly payments were soul sucking, but the fifth.got easier. it improved after that. why? i think i got use to dumping 40% of my paycheck into my house..and i got raises.
i kept working and accepting crappy night shifts that offered plenty of OT. i got by.
i think in general, pay is higher here. it doesnt match housing cost, but it is a step in the right direction.
i sold that house. took the major profits and bought another home..only slightly more expensive. i get paid more now and my wife works. so it was a no brainer.
i hope when i sell, it is worth a lot more. and then i buy somewhere else. cheaper..maybe a $40k cape cod somewhere..not in cape cod.
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That's basically what i said, but he didn't consider it an answer.
OK so howz this for an OBVIOUS answer:
$750k houses are not starter houses even in Ca.
If you ain't rolling in dough you start with a cheap fixer-upper farther out of town were you have to drive an hour but houses are $350k.
And you work your way up.
People make a lot more money here than in BF Egypt.
When I bought my house I was making $16 an hour. That's almost minimum wage here now.
It was just as hard to afford a house then, the numbers have just gotten bigger.
Nothing's really changed.