null
...
My new place in DC.. Ill take the the high ass rent..lol. my wife and I still have our house, but the amenities are amazing here
where is that? what area?
$100,000 Annually, doesn't stretch as far in the DMV like it use to. SMDH!!
- Thread starter Stuntone
- Start date
where is that? what area?
The Point.. SW.. by Audi Field
It's only going to get worse because this country loves greed. Buy up what you can to protect yourself and your loved ones...forget everything else...assests, assests, assests..thats it
Perfectly content with renting my entire life.
Problematic Pat
Superstar
Bmore metro definitely gonna have you looking at the DMV housing prices sideways.You can still live nice, but you aint buying a house or saving shyt!
10 years ago, you could have a nice 3bd 2.5bath 2 car garage Townhouse and a nice SUV or 50k car and still have money to dine out and shop and trick off.
Now, not so much. Let's say you're making 100k, that's around 2600$ bi-weekly after taxes. So you have about $5,000 monthly to work with. A nice 1br about in $2000 + utilities. That's almost half of your earnings. I was told you should only use 30% towards housing. Good thing my car is paid off, so 2000$ a month wont kill me but it's hard paying that much in rent. That use to be a good mortgage. Maybe I should buy, but i'm hoping the market corrects itself soon.
I just moved back to DC last week from Louisiana. I don't know how all these people can survive these prices, must be a lot of shacking. I didn't come back up here to not be banking and saving. My house is paid for down there, so it's weird looking at this high azz rent. I haven't paid a mortgage or rent in years. I'll see how things go for a few months, if not well, i'm heading back South.
Who Not How
Superstar
I like DC but for how expensive it is, it ain’t worth it to me. It ain’t that fun or awesome after a few years of living there.
Spade
Superstar
That area is going to get wild after they build the stacks. I don’t blame you though as that is a great area. But DC is ridiculous and it doesn’t seem like it is getting better.
You really have to go outside the beltway to get anything good and affordable. Don’t bother with Silver Spring, Bethesda, or Alexandria and Arlington as they are approaching DC prices. At the same time, I have zero desire to live outside the beltway and I am not in any rush to get a car.
You right about The Stacks. Yeah, I agree about the others. I couldnt find a place that wowed me enough in Silver Spring, Arlington or Alexandria with relatively the same price range. I considered all 3 before DC.
what would make the area better?
an entirely different work culture and a hard stop on coming to the area trying to turn the area into super portland
A nice rowhouse in a nice area of Baltimore will probably be around $300-400k. The same house in a comparable area of DC will be atleast $750k with some reaching $1,000,000.
How are the women in the building?My new place in DC.. Ill take the the high ass rent..lol. my wife and I still have our house, but the amenities are amazing here
Nice.. a cool mix of black and white chicks
Black women here dope. Maybe Ill take a pic of some at the pool later.
