This is a choice I have to make in the next month, so I glommed onto this article like an aquatic spiky thing. Unfortunately it requires more inputs than I currently have (the crucial "how long will you be in the area" ... no fucking clue).
What do y'all think? I think I'm going to rent for a while first, scout the housing market (never been to this city), build capital.
Yeah I'm thinking of buying suddenly. The reality it, it costs 3k-5k/month to find a dog friendly house with a backyard here. I'm done with roommate and apartments. There are houses one town east, and some even on the border between my town at the east town, that are 500k-600k, which is about where they were in '08.
The reality is, I'm not having kids in the next 5 years (hoepfully) so the fact that the schools are shit one town over makes no difference to me.
I'm going to keep my eyes open and when something worthwhile comes along, snatch it up.
I'm probably 6 months from having a down in my chase account so... Yeah. I figure I better start spending.