Originally posted by Whiiteboys7thst
DEFINTELY don't consider NYC/Long Island. It is the most expensive real estate location in the WORLD. I live here, in a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom 2 floor with basement and attic with 40x100 ft property. I believe my parents bought it for $850,000 which is really common in the area. But with all the renovating we've done, it can sell easily for $1 mill+. There are even apartments for several hundred thousand dollars here. Plus the violence is increasing too. Hoods and ghettos are around NYC and the violence committed by these kids, some I am even friends with, are increasing around the area. My friend from elementary school just got locked up for 9 years for robbing a Mercedes and then crashed it. He had like 13 felonies at 17 years old. Basically the nicer the neighborhood, the more expensive it is. Never saw a house of any size for sale under $400K. The really really small homes are $500K+ and I mean they're really small, too small for a family of more than 3
Originally posted by Rath
Don't live in New York state, California, or Florida. Those are probably going to be the top three most expensive places to live. Albeit, you could probably find some cheaper property in the more northern parts of Florida. Especially out in the boonies. I reckon property could be dirt cheap in Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and maybe Minnesota.
Im living in New York right now and houses are not that expensive. You can buy a nice 2 story house with 4 bedrooms , 2 bathrooms for around 95,000