Which one is more important, earning a good living for your family or stability?? - South Carolina (SC) - Page 5 - City-Data Forum

Tony1790 · 08-02-2007, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tony123

Our income left over after our mortgage is about 60,000. We live in a 300,000 house

Tony123,

Thanks again for the post, sorry for the confusion, the way your earlier reply read, it was that you had $60k left after the mortgage and a mortgage on a $300k house has got to be close to $2k per month.

No worries,

I've not been fortunate enough to locate any decent jobs, but to be fair, it's hard to do from a distance. I'll keep trying to line up something prior to making a decision.

And thanks to everyone else for their input, I'll let you know how things turn out.

Tony

tony123 · 08-02-2007, 02:47 PM

No problem. I think we're both thinking the same things, just a little complicated to get across on a forum.

We put significant down money on the house. Our payment is not close to that.

You hit the nail on the head though in that you have to be at a place to have a fair shot at getting a job there. But then, that's a scary thing to do too. But what company wants to hear in an interview that it'll take a month or two for you to relocate. If it's a good job, they need you NOW.

No easy answers. Being thorough in our research and forming a gameplan is about the best any can do. And you are.

tony123 · 08-02-2007, 02:49 PM

My apologies for taking your thread and using it as my platform. I'll back out so you can get some other opinions. LOL

Tony1790 · 08-02-2007, 03:18 PM

No worries,

It's all good stuff, I was thread jacked on another forum, but it's fun to get to ask people their opinions, helps to get other points of view to make a more informed decision.

Tony1790

PalmettoGuy · 08-02-2007, 08:36 PM

Not long ago we thought about moving to Columbia to live on one salary of $50K. I was encouraged to see what $150K could buy in the area. It will definitely get you the kind of modest home you are looking for.