I am considering an opportunity to move to the Central Coast of CA for work. I currently make about $115k which is good for this area and that would increase about 15% with the new job. My 3BR, 1400sq ft. house here in a good neighborhood is worth about $165k. When I start looking at houses out there, $165k gets you a mobile home...maybe. Since we'll be empty nesters soon, we can downsize some, but even 1-2 BR houses half the size are $4-500k and up. Everything else there is more expensive too, but the housing prices are what really made my heart stop. I'd love to move there to get away from the harsh winters, but I can't even conceive of how regular people can afford to live there with those kind of prices. So, how do they do it? How would I make this transition without selling a kidney?
Submitted January 21, 2019 at 10:35AM by DLS3141 http://bit.ly/2CyWypm
