I wish we could move....

Alexz7272

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I've been TRYING to convince my boyfriend to move out a bit more or to another surrounding state! He is a mechanical & electrical engineer (genius) and could get a good paying job anywhere! I'll be done with my paralegal studies in a year and then we'd be even better off! Three years ago we bought the house for 460k well now it is worth 860k. It is 4bd 3bath 2500 sq ft house on 5 acres. Could you imagine what size property we could buy for 860k elsewhere?! I've been showing him properties in that price range trying to convince him. Just imagine how big of a machine shop we could have! ;)
Do you think we'd be crazy to move? We are small right now but hoping to expand, maybe wait a little bit longer? And we are still struggling to get the water rights, which is a HUGE issue for me.
And I HATE living in Boulder County. They would tax or regulate the air I breathed if we allowed them to. So yeah, am I crazy? :lol:
 

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I've been TRYING to convince my boyfriend to move out a bit more or to another surrounding state! He is a mechanical & electrical engineer (genius) and could get a good paying job anywhere! I'll be done with my paralegal studies in a year and then we'd be even better off! Three years ago we bought the house for 460k well now it is worth 860k. It is 4bd 3bath 2500 sq ft house on 5 acres. Could you imagine what size property we could buy for 860k elsewhere?! I've been showing him properties in that price range trying to convince him. Just imagine how big of a machine shop we could have! ;)
Do you think we'd be crazy to move? We are small right now but hoping to expand, maybe wait a little bit longer? And we are still struggling to get the water rights, which is a HUGE issue for me.
And I HATE living in Boulder County. They would tax or regulate the air I breathed if we allowed them to. So yeah, am I crazy? :lol:

Um, how about showing him how much your original $460K would buy elsewhere?? Assuming you didn't hit the Powerball, you have a mortgage. Why carry it to a new place?

You would need to do what @Latestarter did. Find the state that best suits your financial situation. In his case he was looking not only at sales and property taxes but also at income tax on Social Security (though he isn't there yet) and military pensions. Some states look good because they have no "this" tax or "that" tax but will kill you on "this other" tax and "that other" tax.

But do it fast, that sort of increase in that short a time is a housing bubble just waiting to explode as we saw in 2007/8. That $860K house today might be a $200K house when the bubble blows.
 

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Yeah I would have to agree with that. Being free of a mortgage and starting a farm would be amazing! What states are you looking in primarily?

Brown... Ugh. I couldn't live there.
 

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Yeah, we are in a stupid high housing bubble. Great if you're selling, you will get bombed if you are buying, especially at those prices. Sell, take the money and RUN! Y'all come on down to Texas, it is GREEN and you own the water that falls from the sky onto your roof or property. (I never heard such a bunch of crap in my life--not owning the water that falls on your property)

Smith county Biggest town is Tyler. Work there, but live on the outskirts in a smaller town. Lindale has the best school district.

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/21343-FM-1995-Lindale-Texas-75771/3422609

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/22571-CR-2138-Troup-Texas-75789/3504511

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/18010-County-Road-356-Winona-Texas-75792/3037679


Van Zandt county. Biggest town is Canton, also home to a HUGE Trade Days held once a month

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/552-VZ-CR-2313-Canton-Texas-75103/2616438

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/965-Vz-County-Road-2317-Canton-Texas-75103/2882470

http://www.landsoftexas.com/property/4405-FM-1995-Van-Texas-75790/2380069
 

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We used to live in the " democratic peoples republic of davis" about 30 years ago which rivals with Colorado in their restrictive living. So , W E M O V E D !!! Much better now !!!
 
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My state's motto is "Live Free or Die". Can't complain about that!

Could complain about other things about my state, however.
 

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In two words... GET OUT... adding another; NOW! Take advantage of the recent increase in property value while you can and use the profit elsewhere. I have a really bad feeling about the financial direction this country is going, like real soon. With the profits from that sale you could buy a really nice brick home on 50 acres down here and PAY CASH! And STILL have money left over for improvements! You could be living in the country and be 20-30 miles from a major metro area where either or both of you could make good money working and STILL have your homestead! But as has been mentioned... you really need to do it as a team. It can't be one sided.
 

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