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SFC B replied to the thread Home purchase.For reference as well, the house we just bought (almost as big as the one here in COS) on 1.5ish acres with a pond vs .18 acre uneven... -
I'm in central IN, but same deals are available in pretty much any of what are termed as the "fly over states", so long as you stay away...
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Houses don't SEEM too unreasonable around here, lots of starters under $100K, but I have no idea about local wages. I know of some...
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Dunno now being 70. Single , no kids. If I sold this place and started again? Tough. DOWNsize. 4th property I have owned. Outright. 1st...
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2012 was also the low in housing prices, Nationwide at least, and new construction had just started to tick up. You may have benefitted...
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All the midwesterners encouraging young people to move there for affordable houses are going to wake up to a cruel reality if the young...
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Same around here. $150k would get a nice starter home.
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Just did a quick Zillow search in the nearest town to us, pop 18k and very quickly found a dozen available homes for under $100k. Whole...
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Amen ! You can buy a whole farm with a house in the midwest or parts of the south for what some folks pay for a little home on a small...
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I'm out of touch with building costs, but I'd wager it would be tight. I don't know what 203,000 in building costs in 2012 equal today...
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SFC B replied to the thread Home purchase.The point was that to own a home (unless you are independently wealthy) you HAVE to make sacrifices....whether that is moving, or taking...
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Bought a 2.5 acre lot in 2012 for $38,000. Built our 3,600 sq ft house that year for $203,000. Did a lot of the work (wood floors...
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It gets a lot worse on fixed income. Retired 2012, built 2,000 sqft ranch style house on 5 acres with 30x40 pole barn in 2004. It was...
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In fairness though, that example doesn’t include a second income earner either.
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Exactly!
