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Old 08-30-2011, 05:58 AM
 
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With little money to put in for fixing it up.. Where in SA would you move? Why?
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Old 08-30-2011, 06:10 AM
 
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What size/number of rooms needed?
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Old 08-30-2011, 06:39 AM
 
Location: San Antonio-Westover Hills
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Boerne.
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Old 08-30-2011, 07:08 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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If I had 300K to spend on real estate I would spend most of it for the land. It would be outside SA city limits. In my case it would be somewhere that has good soil. The house would be nice but not extravagant. But that's just me.
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Old 08-30-2011, 07:15 AM
 
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With little money to put in for fixing it up.. Where in SA would you move? Why?
how far to commute? I'd rather have a small house if it meant I don't have to drive too far to work.
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Old 08-30-2011, 07:16 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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If I had $300K I would buy a nice house with the biggest lot I could find in the Oaks of Sonterra. Not perfect but it is in my sons school boundaries, gated (cutting down some on through traffic driving too fast) and there seems to be tons of kids there. I wouldn't mind a pool in the backyard but the neighborhood has a nice one.

If I wasn't worried about changing schools I might head out toward Boerne. I love San Antonio but sometimes I feel like I'm not really living in Texas here in Stone Oak.
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Old 08-30-2011, 07:30 AM
 
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If that $300K was cash (as opposed to a mortgage), I'd use 100K to finish restoring our current house, put on an addition, and maybe add extra $50K to re-do the garage/add an apartment, and put in a pool. Then I'd pay off our current mortgage. I love where we live already and wouldn't live anywhere else in SA. And while there are house I covet in our neighborhood, I'd need more than 300k to buy them.
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Old 08-30-2011, 10:11 AM
 
Location: San Antonio. Tx 78209
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Oakwell farms, you can just squeak in a 300k. One of the best elementary schools in the city, has it's own library, less than 5 minutes to the airport. It's gated, inside 410, near Alamo Heights what more could you need.
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Old 08-30-2011, 10:36 AM
 
Location: San Antonio
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Hmmm...lessee...I'd move to Alaska but if I had to stay in S.A. it would be maybe in the Windcrest area. I don't think the houses would cost that much but I'd spend the leftover $$ on improvements since I live alone.
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Old 08-30-2011, 10:41 AM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Hmmm...lessee...I'd move to Alaska but if I had to stay in S.A. it would be maybe in the Windcrest area. I don't think the houses would cost that much but I'd spend the leftover $$ on improvements since I live alone.
Having just been in Anchorage a few weeks ago, I can attest to the fact that $300K won't get you much house-wise up there anymore...

I''m with SnappyBob, I'd use to money to buy as much land as I could get. Then I'd put a house smack-dab in the middle of it.

Unfortunately, even $300K doesn't buy you much land these days...

Cheers! M2
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