Originally Posted by
satchip
I just wasted 30 min of my life that I will never get back by reading this entire thread.
some observations,
the median household income for the entire USA in 2005 (the latest census data available) was $46,326. So yes, $50,000 is a lot of money to more than half the country.
A very nice home in San Antonio in a great neighborhood with good schools can be had for well under $450k
http://sanantoniohomesforsale.yourkw...rget=idx_url_1
At the low end, pilots are grossly underpaid. At the high end, not so much. But these pay rates are market driven as all pay should be.
If you can't live like you want to in NJ, CA, MD, or where ever, move. High cost of living does not equate to high quality of living.
CE sounds like a snob
Just my humble opinion
Two...
And as a native Arizonan and close follower of real estate, just because you can't buy a house here doesn't mean that you don't make enough, it just means that the idiots have bid the prices of the houses too high. Look at renting a house until the craze blows over. Rents are at all time lows and landlords are dieing for good tenants.
But if you need to buy a house I can assure you that there's plenty of 3br 2000sq foot houses available for $300k or even less.