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If it were me, I'd rent a couple years and hold out for something in the river district. You might even get lucky enough for a recession to come and the discounted pricing that comes with it.
OP, look into areas around Lake Wylie. Cornelius and Davidson areas also have 2 lovely high end neighborhoods, The Pennisula and River Run, but the commute from there might be awful.
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