Realistic to live in PHX area for $37,000/year?

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by FitnessPower

$1300 in the PHX area will get you more than just a modest house. For that price your looking at an 1800-2300 sq ft place with fully decked out interior and pool.

Where? Maybe living in Scottsdale has clouded reality for me, but a decked out 2,000+ sq ft home with a pool for $1,300/month?

[FitnessPower]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

That's not living a great life though. That's simply paying expenses and doing NOTHING else. No vacations, no shopping, no eating out, no entertainment, no hobbies, no gifts to family members, no sporting events, no nothing. That's just not enough income to live a good life.

You make that 2400 per month sound like 1200... $1000 for bills and $1400 etc cash should be more than enough for a single guy to life a good life... Hell I lived single in Hawaii netting 1500 per month paying 950 for a studio and it was awesome life. That's whats great about warm weather spots... there are so many things to do outside for very cheap or free.

[FitnessPower]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

Where? Maybe living in Scottsdale has clouded reality for me, but a decked out 2,000+ sq ft home with a pool for $1,300/month?

Well yeah scottsdale is a ripoff, paying more just for the city name... gilbert and chandler are just as nice and way cheaper.

[goodlife36]

Originally Posted by FitnessPower

$1300 in the PHX area will get you more than just a modest house. For that price your looking at an 1800-2300 sq ft place with fully decked out interior and pool.

Where?

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by FitnessPower

Well yeah scottsdale is a ripoff, paying more just for the city name... gilbert and chandler are just as nice and way cheaper.

No need to get nasty. I see value in paying to live here or I'd be elsewhere. I was just surprised that $1,300 per month can get you a "decked out" house with a pool. I'm still skeptical that it will buy anything more than a modest house.

[FitnessPower]

Originally Posted by goodlife36

Where?

Check out zillow... lots of nice houses for 1100-1300 all over the east valley

[goodlife36]

$1100- $1300 is too high for a salary of $37,000. However, I could make it work with an apartment renting for $850. I saw a nice apartment complex renting apartments for $850.. 12 month lease. I have lived off a lot less in the early days but I was essentially starving.


I did another calculation that included a withholding of 6% for 401k and an additional $150 per month for insurance. That leaves me with $1910.36.

Rent $850 + 150 (balance billing utilities)
Food $200
Cable $75 is this realistic??
Cell $55
Gas $100
Debt $316
Savings $50
Mine $100
Total: $1896...

It is doable but tight.

[Kimballette]

Originally Posted by FitnessPower

Check out zillow... lots of nice houses for 1100-1300 all over the east valley

Zillow's notoriously inaccurate.

[stizz44]

Originally Posted by Kimballette

Zillow's notoriously inaccurate.

i like realtor.com alot better