How many people do you think have cash saved up?

[Trojan4Life]

Freddie, Proud USC Trojan

But you are looking at it in a myopic fashion, sdrealtor, which is why you’re on this board trying to drum up business. Since I’m renting and am limiting my residency to a defined duration (not staying for the kids to go to middle school), I can “cherry pick” the school my kids go to. This particular school is just as good as any school in SD. I could just as easily do the same thing in SD, but we’re going to HAWAII and taking it easy, not investing in RE. You are too wrapped around the axle about investing in RE to see the difference. Sorry if that sounded angry, but you’re not seeing the whole picture, just the parts you want to disagree with.

For that matter, renters can cherry pick their school systems as long as they are willing to move every few years, which isn’t too different than folks selling their homes on a 5-7 yr average. Hmmm….maybe I’ve stumbled on to something….

[sdrealtor]

T4L
You got the wrong guy. I’m not trying to drum up business on this board in fact I have repeatedly stayed away from doing so. I have family in Oahu that has been there about 15 years and raised kids there. Its a great place to visit and he has an awesome career there (surgeon) but it has been an awful place to raise kids. None of them came out well educated or ambitious. I view RE primarily as a place to live and raise one’s family. Sure investment opportunites arise adn I’ve taken advantage of a few but thats not the way I look at it.

Best of luck and I hope you have better luck than him.

[sdrealtor]

T4L
You got the wrong guy. I’m not trying to drum up business on this board in fact I have repeatedly stayed away from doing so. I have family in Oahu that has been there about 15 years and raised kids there. Its a great place to visit and he has an awesome career there (surgeon) but it has been an awful place to raise kids. None of them came out well educated or ambitious. I view RE primarily as a place to live and raise one’s family. Sure investment opportunites arise adn I’ve taken advantage of a few but thats not the way I look at it.

Best of luck and I hope you have better luck than him.

[Anonymous]

Aw, you Air Force types. USC is an OKAY school.

[Anonymous]

Aw, you Air Force types. USC is an OKAY school.

[CardiffBaseball]

Man this place is troll central lately.

sdrealtor has never given out any information as to his business dealings, you can’t even figure out how to contact the guy.

[CardiffBaseball]

Man this place is troll central lately.

sdrealtor has never given out any information as to his business dealings, you can’t even figure out how to contact the guy.

[Trojan4Life]

No harm, no foul and I’m sorry if I sounded upset. I’ve lived in Oahu as well and realize the school situation. I just don’t plan on being there long enough for it to be a big factor.

Freddie, Proud USC Trojan

[Trojan4Life]

No harm, no foul and I’m sorry if I sounded upset. I’ve lived in Oahu as well and realize the school situation. I just don’t plan on being there long enough for it to be a big factor.

Freddie, Proud USC Trojan

[Trojan4Life]

Yeah, I guess if you consider top 30 nationally ok, it’s okay. 🙂

Freddie, Proud USC Trojan

[Trojan4Life]

Yeah, I guess if you consider top 30 nationally ok, it’s okay. 🙂

Freddie, Proud USC Trojan

[hawk]

I am 27 and my husband and I make about 130k per year. My single girlfriends make on average about 65-70k, one that is a teacher less but a few more make over 100k. They have all been saving as well since they got their jobs. Maybe it is since we went to UCSD we skewed it upwards, but most of my friends live realtiverly frugally and still are able to save to buy a place when the market is right for them.

After paying off our car loan in a few months we will be saving 2500 per month.

I also know people who I work with that do not save very much at all.

With help from in-laws we should be able to put down 20% on a place.

I am an attorney and husband is a teacher fyi (not engineers)

[hawk]

I am 27 and my husband and I make about 130k per year. My single girlfriends make on average about 65-70k, one that is a teacher less but a few more make over 100k. They have all been saving as well since they got their jobs. Maybe it is since we went to UCSD we skewed it upwards, but most of my friends live realtiverly frugally and still are able to save to buy a place when the market is right for them.

After paying off our car loan in a few months we will be saving 2500 per month.

I also know people who I work with that do not save very much at all.

With help from in-laws we should be able to put down 20% on a place.

I am an attorney and husband is a teacher fyi (not engineers)

[sdrealtor]

Hawk
With that kind of income and a few years to make a little more you should be able to comfortably afford 450k to 500k with 20% down if you choose to. That is about where my wife and I started out in our current home several years ago and it has never been much of a stretch. Hopefully, there will be a day soon that it gets you something very nice.

[sdrealtor]

Hawk
With that kind of income and a few years to make a little more you should be able to comfortably afford 450k to 500k with 20% down if you choose to. That is about where my wife and I started out in our current home several years ago and it has never been much of a stretch. Hopefully, there will be a day soon that it gets you something very nice.

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