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06-22-2006, 07:22 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
I guess I failed on most of the items, except, I like where I live and it is in a great neighborhoos with excellent schools.
been in the new house for 2 months at 6X my salary and still making it work
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06-22-2006, 07:38 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
Following the 2.5 x's you salary seems far fetched. I am not sure (unless you are making 250k a year) that you could afford much house going by this rule of thumb. The others make sense. Just this one seems impossible.
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06-22-2006, 07:43 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
Speaking of how many times your salary, thought this was interesting from last week.
How prices in 317 metro areas stack up
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06-22-2006, 07:51 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
Thanks alot, Newbie....
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Virginia Beach-Norfolk, VA-NC $220,000
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That sucks.
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06-22-2006, 08:27 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
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Thanks alot, Newbie....
That sucks.
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Sorry, but we aren't any better off down here. What really sucks is the average FL house is really small too 
Orlando, FL $208,500
40.2%
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06-22-2006, 08:31 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
I'm just glad I'm not moving South 
Naples, FL $383,000
102.6%
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06-22-2006, 08:34 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
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Sorry, but we aren't any better off down here. What really sucks is the average FL house is really small too
Orlando, FL $208,500
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Trailer in a trailer park go for double that around here
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06-22-2006, 08:50 PM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
I can live anywhere I want.
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06-22-2006, 09:07 PM
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Trailer in a trailer park go for double that around here |
Whatever
Anyway, not talking about the $208K average, which is low for this area of town by a loooong shot, talking about the 40.2%.
Not sure about all the figures but I know the $208K was the Orlando average 9-12 months ago and was closer to $250K this spring. As far as I have seen, prices are not coming down so all of the figures on the list could be old.
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06-23-2006, 08:43 AM
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
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in my locale, you could buy just short of a palace for the monthly cost of the H2
i guess there are pros and cons to locations of every kind. where you're paying +41%, you probably have a peachy selection of restaurants, this's, that's, and scenic places to scratch your truck.
where truck > big house, you probably have a spanking selection of chain restaurants and 1-6 hour drives to interesting truck-scratching salons
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Re: 10 tips for buying a home
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in my locale, you could buy just short of a palace for the monthly cost of the H2
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So what is your locale???
I'm ready to buy me a palace!!! 
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06-23-2006, 02:18 PM
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So what is your locale???
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