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Old 11-24-2020, 07:44 PM
 
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It gets you 3000 sqft, more or less, sometimes on an acre or so.
In town, maybe it comes with a view, and certainly in a nicer neighborhood.
150k gets you into the same neighborhood in a smaller house (by modern standards) that I would consider more sensible. 300k would almost be kind of lavish around here.
Where to live? What you're describing sounds great.
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Old 11-24-2020, 11:50 PM
 
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I won't post any link because 300k gets you nowhere in LA
There are a few, but it’s slim pickings.

Out in Lancaster in Northern LA County (About 70miles, 2+ hrs during rush hour one way to downtown LA), you can get a 1500 sqft, 3/3 house for $299K.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...20299711_zpid/

Closer in, you can get this REO 860 sqft, 2/1 house in Watts, with tenants locked in for $325K.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9...0956768_zpid/?

For 315K, you can get this manufactured home in Sylmar, at the Northern edge of the Valley. It’s 2128 sqft, 3/2:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...50350525_zpid/

For 275K, in the SGV, you can get this 800 sqft, 2/1 condo:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...77541610_zpid/

Lastly, for $325K, there is this 469 sqft studio condo in downtown Long Beach, but no parking:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...21238591_zpid/
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Old 11-25-2020, 01:45 AM
 
Location: La Jolla
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There are a few, but it’s slim pickings.

Out in Lancaster in Northern LA County (About 70miles, 2+ hrs during rush hour one way to downtown LA), you can get a 1500 sqft, 3/3 house for $299K.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...20299711_zpid/

Closer in, you can get this REO 860 sqft, 2/1 house in Watts, with tenants locked in for $325K.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9...0956768_zpid/?

For 315K, you can get this manufactured home in Sylmar, at the Northern edge of the Valley. It’s 2128 sqft, 3/2:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...50350525_zpid/

For 275K, in the SGV, you can get this 800 sqft, 2/1 condo:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...77541610_zpid/

Lastly, for $325K, there is this 469 sqft studio condo in downtown Long Beach, but no parking:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...21238591_zpid/
Everyone likes to talk about how crazy home prices have gotten in their metro, L.A. is one of the few where that really does seem like the case. You have completely normal, non-trendy areas where every home is literally a million dollar house these days.


Conversely, here is a very nice looking 2/2 963 square foot condo in Chula Vista, CA for $310K:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6...7108218_zpid/?

In San Diego city, you can get this 2/2 876 square foot condo near the city border with La Mesa for $280K:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6...64908176_zpid/

Here is a 1/1 613 square foot condo in a sub-coastal area of San Diego with views of the La Jolla hills and that should be perfectly positioned for the new Mid Coast trolley extension:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...17199674_zpid/

People can say what they want but San Diego is still a bargain.
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Old 11-25-2020, 07:11 AM
 
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If you are including condos: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...2_M35767-35620 (a little over, in this Downtown district: Armory Square | Downtown Syracuse, New York )

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M44296-44394 (a little under, in this district just NW of Downtown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Square,_Syracuse , https://youtu.be/b-VhNQjROxY )

Other condos: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean..._NY/type-condo
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Old 11-25-2020, 07:41 AM
 
Location: 404
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I never thought of going that high. My home's value went up past the 100K mark in a few years. 300K will buy a big house (2000+ sq ft) in the midrange Detroit suburbs, or a midsize house (1200 sq ft) in the wealthier burbs.
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Old 11-25-2020, 09:40 AM
 
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Cincinnati metro

City of Cincinnati (desirable Oakley neighborhood)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...34209166_zpid/

City of Cincinnati (Downtown condo)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...78991576_zpid/

City of Cincinnati (gentrifying Northside neighborhood)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/4...34249810_zpid/

Suburb of Wyoming (desirable inner-ring suburb)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...34377960_zpid/

Suburb of Green Township (average inner-ring suburb)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/5...82323844_zpid/

Suburb of West Chester (middle/upper-middle class outer ring suburb)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7...33194704_zpid/

City of Hamilton (blue collar satellite city)

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...33209847_zpid/
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Old 11-25-2020, 11:28 AM
 
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In Illinois, options are aplenty.

4 bed bungalow in Brookfield: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...3_M84766-66217

3 bed colonial in the great school district in Vernon Hills: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...1_M72468-93600

3 bed ranch in downtown Palatine: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...4_M76904-37067

5 bed split in Shaumburg/HE: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...9_M87440-48835

3 bed ranch in Naperville, redone: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...5_M83516-45432

Even a 3 bed ranch in Hinsdale, one of the most affluent suburbs of Chicago: https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...1_M74662-91686

There are literally thousands of options in Chicago that include good schools, safe neighborhoods, nice main streets, and train access to downtown.
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Old 11-25-2020, 11:47 AM
 
Location: Wonderland
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Hmm, I didn't know Tyler, TX had suburbs.

TIL...
It does. I live in one, though my suburban neighborhood's price range is above $300K. Glad to be of assistance.

The metro area has about 225k in population. There are suburbs as well as a downtown core. You can buy anything or rent anything from a studio apartment to a garage apartment a loft to condos to single family homes ranging in age from about 120 years old to brand new, tiny to mansion sized, to apartments, to you name it.

There are also many bedroom communities, rather like Addison is a bedroom community of Dallas.

The cost of living is lower than in Dallas, but higher than in rural areas. About like any other mid sized city in just about any state.
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Old 11-25-2020, 11:54 AM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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In my imediate area pretty much everything under $300K is a 1br condo or mobile home. I thought there would be at least a few 2-br condos. This place is such a joke lol.

https://www.redfin.com/city/4150/CA/...178,no-outline
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Old 11-25-2020, 12:01 PM
 
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Phoenix Metro

North Phoenix:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Phoenix/36...m_content=link

Ahwatukee:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Phoenix/42...m_content=link

Mesa:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Mesa/1665-...m_content=link

Chandler:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Chandler/2...m_content=link

Tempe:

https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Tempe/1020...m_content=link

North Glendale:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Glendale/1...m_content=link

Central Phoenix:
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Phoenix/20...m_content=link

Surprise (new construction)
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Surprise/1...m_content=link

South Phoenix (new construction)
https://www.redfin.com/AZ/Phoenix/78...m_content=link
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