Relocating to LI for work, need to find a place to live

[Elke Mariotti]

Originally Posted by kris835

All great suggestions, thank you! Elke, I am getting a cost of living adjustment from my company for 5 years and therefore I will have plenty of money for taxes. I appreciate all the helpful advice.

Happy to hear that!
With that out of the way, the Huntington area and possibly Rockville Centre would be my suggestion as locations to explore.
Again, please keep in mind the length of time it takes here from contract to closing; I'd recommend to come "shop" before you actually move here, to stay within your 60 day rental limit (to qualify).

[kajimenez]

Originally Posted by kris835

I am open to either a house or a condo. I have an idea on a monthly budget but I have to wait and see exactly the figure because my company is giving me a cost of living adjustment for the mortgage. I am thinking around $1800.00 to $2000 a month.

I am moving to LI from RI so prices there are high too, although not as high as LI.

I will probably stay local for a bit and get used to my new surroundings and will travel into the city once in a while. Something central is probably good for me because I will be covering all of LI and Queens for work.

If you want your monthly mortgage payment to be about 1800 to 2000, you will probably be looking at a house around 275000 to 300,000 due to taxes. Someone else may have pointed this out already. I didn't read the all the postings. I may be wrong. I didn't take into consideration the ultra low interest rates available now.