View, house, price or neighborhood, what is your priority?

[KIBU]

Dear TG,

This will be the chance of a lifetime to buy at the best deal possible. Go for the nicest house you can reasonably afford. You may be living there for a long time, you don’t want to get tired of it soon.

[34f3f3f]

1) Price always has to be first. If it has a beautiful view but you can’t afford it …well you can’t buy it.
2) House has to come in second. Since houses are more plentiful that either houses with views or neighborhoods, there’s more choice, and it’s the space within your house that you occupy most of the time, not the neighborhood. However, if you have kids you may decide neighborhood is more important. Also, you don’t want a mansion on skid row, but that usually doesn’t happen.
3) I would then go for view, since neighborhood in the sense of community is a misnomer in California, at least to me.
4) So neighborhood loses out.

In an ideal world where money is no object, these would not be mutually exclusive.

[34f3f3f]

1) Price always has to be first. If it has a beautiful view but you can’t afford it …well you can’t buy it.
2) House has to come in second. Since houses are more plentiful that either houses with views or neighborhoods, there’s more choice, and it’s the space within your house that you occupy most of the time, not the neighborhood. However, if you have kids you may decide neighborhood is more important. Also, you don’t want a mansion on skid row, but that usually doesn’t happen.
3) I would then go for view, since neighborhood in the sense of community is a misnomer in California, at least to me.
4) So neighborhood loses out.

In an ideal world where money is no object, these would not be mutually exclusive.

[34f3f3f]

1) Price always has to be first. If it has a beautiful view but you can’t afford it …well you can’t buy it.
2) House has to come in second. Since houses are more plentiful that either houses with views or neighborhoods, there’s more choice, and it’s the space within your house that you occupy most of the time, not the neighborhood. However, if you have kids you may decide neighborhood is more important. Also, you don’t want a mansion on skid row, but that usually doesn’t happen.
3) I would then go for view, since neighborhood in the sense of community is a misnomer in California, at least to me.
4) So neighborhood loses out.

In an ideal world where money is no object, these would not be mutually exclusive.

[34f3f3f]

1) Price always has to be first. If it has a beautiful view but you can’t afford it …well you can’t buy it.
2) House has to come in second. Since houses are more plentiful that either houses with views or neighborhoods, there’s more choice, and it’s the space within your house that you occupy most of the time, not the neighborhood. However, if you have kids you may decide neighborhood is more important. Also, you don’t want a mansion on skid row, but that usually doesn’t happen.
3) I would then go for view, since neighborhood in the sense of community is a misnomer in California, at least to me.
4) So neighborhood loses out.

In an ideal world where money is no object, these would not be mutually exclusive.

[34f3f3f]

1) Price always has to be first. If it has a beautiful view but you can’t afford it …well you can’t buy it.
2) House has to come in second. Since houses are more plentiful that either houses with views or neighborhoods, there’s more choice, and it’s the space within your house that you occupy most of the time, not the neighborhood. However, if you have kids you may decide neighborhood is more important. Also, you don’t want a mansion on skid row, but that usually doesn’t happen.
3) I would then go for view, since neighborhood in the sense of community is a misnomer in California, at least to me.
4) So neighborhood loses out.

In an ideal world where money is no object, these would not be mutually exclusive.

[sdduuuude]

Sandi makes sense regarding price – what is the opportunity cost?

Will you be burning cash that would sit unused in your bank account? Do you have a hobby that could use that cash which would improve your life more than a nicer home would.

Will buying the more expensive place make your time at home better, or will it be so nice that you will want to spend more time at home, or will it force you to spend time at home cuz you don’t have the money to do other things ?

[sdduuuude]

Sandi makes sense regarding price – what is the opportunity cost?

Will you be burning cash that would sit unused in your bank account? Do you have a hobby that could use that cash which would improve your life more than a nicer home would.

Will buying the more expensive place make your time at home better, or will it be so nice that you will want to spend more time at home, or will it force you to spend time at home cuz you don’t have the money to do other things ?

[sdduuuude]

Sandi makes sense regarding price – what is the opportunity cost?

Will you be burning cash that would sit unused in your bank account? Do you have a hobby that could use that cash which would improve your life more than a nicer home would.

Will buying the more expensive place make your time at home better, or will it be so nice that you will want to spend more time at home, or will it force you to spend time at home cuz you don’t have the money to do other things ?

[sdduuuude]

Sandi makes sense regarding price – what is the opportunity cost?

Will you be burning cash that would sit unused in your bank account? Do you have a hobby that could use that cash which would improve your life more than a nicer home would.

Will buying the more expensive place make your time at home better, or will it be so nice that you will want to spend more time at home, or will it force you to spend time at home cuz you don’t have the money to do other things ?

[sdduuuude]

Sandi makes sense regarding price – what is the opportunity cost?

Will you be burning cash that would sit unused in your bank account? Do you have a hobby that could use that cash which would improve your life more than a nicer home would.

Will buying the more expensive place make your time at home better, or will it be so nice that you will want to spend more time at home, or will it force you to spend time at home cuz you don’t have the money to do other things ?

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