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Hmmm....a house! Anyone want to buy me a house? or at least put a downpayment on one?
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that's why i wouldn't ever live in nj. My mortgage payment for my house with taxes in pa is probably lower than most people's taxes alone in new jersey. |
depends on where you live. you don't have to live in the sticks to buy a house for $73k (now worth $165K) with yearly taxes only slightly over 2k. i get by monthly for about $800, which is considerably less than most apartment rents. and people think you need to have big bucks to afford a house... |
you said it right there yourself. You can't buy a place there for 73k anymore i'm sure where you are.
but that's not bad, you're not all that far off of where i am. You probably just got in at the right time a few years back I'm guessing. The difference is you can still get deals like that here.
And I'm far from in the sticks. the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area of pa is definitely some of the highest property value in pa because of proximity to nyc and philly, not to mention it's one of the more populated areas in general. I think a lot of people have the impression that all of pa is farms and woods, not this area at all. |
i know where you are, and i can remember when it was sticks. my bad. i know not all of PA is sticks, just thought you were in them.
yep, it was the right time. as you can see from the approximate value now, it's not very easy to do anymore in this vicinity. but, the deals can still be had. handy with a hammer and saw? can you plaster and paint? throw a roof on a joint? yeah, you can still find the fixer-uppers.
the only thing that hasn't changed much recently is the taxes. and considering one of the neighbor towns (TR) they can be unbelievable. i've heard they
start around 4k per year, double what i am paying now.