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As far as the money, it's hard to say, but I'm not a homeowner right now and houses have increased in value by 45% in my area in the last year, I'm not joking.
by locusofself 4y ago
As far as the money, it's hard to say, but I'm not a homeowner right now and houses have increased in value by 45% in my area in the last year, I'm not joking. I'm renting a house that was 1.2 million and is now 1.95 million, in two years. So higher comp is definitely a partial motivation to move, along with the boredom. But I don't want a ton more stress either, and my wife doesn't want to move to LCOL area really. So I'm having a really hard time with the decision.
- blinded 4y agoWow I just looked at Redfin for the area. What you pay vs what you get is astonishing. Best of luck either way you chose. Seems like AWS work would be "cooler" and might provider newer things to work on and more mobility.
- locusofself 4y agoThe worst part about it for me is I made the mistake of selling my house in Spokane, WA (where my family is) to rent again for a while to start at Microsoft. I had a $1600/mortgage. Kicking myself for selling that house, which has also gone up more than 50% in just over two years.
- blinded 4y agoYa, I'm never selling, Image if you rented that sucker out.