^ yeah but who would want to move out of california? My friends did exactly what your talking about and now they are dying to move back and cant afford to. So they are going to sell there home that they own out right and find a place to rent out here, and start over.

 

ya its differnt if youve lived here ur while life u just cant get up and leave the best state in the U.S. :P

 

curious....how much is a house like that over there in Texas. Dont mean to pry but seems like middle of country is sooooo cheap.

edit: i see u responded to that question already! damn 350k! what the hell, thats ridic. thats over a mill here in CT all day. u need to make 300k to afford a house like that. Do people get paid less over there. The reason i ask is b.c i wonder if the income level is proportionate to the size of house one can afford. For eample that house is 350k...now i would think that that house is sort of upper class for lack of a better term. Having said that u need to make atleast 75k to afford a 350k house....does that mean 75k is making bank over there? Understand my question? Just seems like its easierr to get ahead in some part of the country.

 

As for California...the neighbors to my left, right and 2 of the 3 across from me are all from California.

$75K is good money, but $165K is a lot better

The houses in the community I live in range from $200 to $1 million.

The community is Lantana...5 pools, a waterpark, 4 playgrounds, 10 tennis courts, 2 work out facilities, championship golf course w/ club house, elementary school, day care, and lots of water....

 

Seriously, I'd invest that $100,000 in a house instead of fixing up cars unless you make some serious income maybe like 7-digits (100,000-999,999). Back to the topic, nice house.

Equity, my friends.

 

i wish i was rich i want 1 fd more or less fuken 2!! haha

 

I bought this for $197K last october, in Ontario, Canada. that's at $40K a year (plus $20K renting to 4 students)

I'd love to make $165K a year. 1st thing I'd do is get rid of the students!!

 

Damn I knew I should have had James charge more for the polishing ! ! ! LOL just kidding nice to see it compliments the other fine piece you had to go with the work. Congrats on completing the projects and like eeryone else (nice house) Jack

 

come on people.. more talk about the fd lol

 

This thread has gone nuts

 

One story, one basement, right? Damn, you got it for cheap. Cost of living in Cali just kills you.

 

nice house man, and nice cars. so uhh want to show us pics of your girlfriend too??

 

it's a raised bungalow, which gives a lot of light in the basement and doesn't feel like a typical basement. I just finished renovating my basement (hmmm $18K on a basement, or $18K on a nice FD???) I put two big bedrooms, a livingroom, full kitchen and bathroom down there and rent to 2 people. upstairs I have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and I rent to 2 more students with me living there.

yeah, you don't need to make "that much" because the cost of living is quite reasonable.

I want to see more pictures of the FD and the inside of the house...
Leigh

 

You people dont know how lucky you have it, this is what you can buy round my area of the UK for the equivalent of about $180,000. It only has 2 bedrooms, downstairs bathroom, back yard (NO garden), NO garage, not even a front garden, step straight from your livingroom into the street!



Lovely!.... NOT!

Anyway, a fantastic set of FD's you have there!

 

that's the reason we moved from England in 81' to Canada. sooo much room to stretch your legs, and wallet.

 

man that is dirt cheap... I really need to move out of San Diego.

 

That a new one for HKS Twin Power install.. Where's the FPR? Nice by the way..

 

pfft... try 2 bedroom $400,000 USD.

 

WTF?! WOW! 350k? you can hardly buy a decent house in NYC with less than 400k! our house is worth 550k but its nowhere near that! NICE! that thing is worth over a million here!

 

lol wait till you find out what the cost of living in NYC is.

 

No contest at all, around the london region someone bought a 1 bedroom flat for the equivalent of...... Wait for it...... $1,350,000.

I think when it comes to being ripped of on the property market England wins hands down!