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- Leaving the bay area Assuming I figure out the pay part and I'm ok with what I make, what are the top places to leave the Bay area for? I don't want to move to Austin or Seattle. Honestly, I don't see the Bay area being the place where we can live, raise family longer term. Reasons - cost, housing etc. What are my opt
- vote Bay Area vs Austin Does it make sense to move to Austin just so that I can afford larger homes? Personally I’ve lived in Bay Area for a while now and love it here except for housing. What do you suggest from long term career prospects, raising a family point of view
- vote SFH in Bay Area A lot of the single family homes (SFH) in the Bay Area are old, built before 1970s. Do folks generally have a liking to newer construction relative to them? Some reasons why we are hesitant to buy old SFH. - low ceiling height - floors on occasions creek when you walk - crawl space underneath th
- Bubble in bay area Case-shiller home price index is a leading measure of home price valuations. Currently Case-Shiller Home price Index is at all time high, higher than 2008. EMI(30 year fixed)/Rent is another measure and that is also currently at 3x while close to 1 is sustainable. I have bought 4 homes in last few y
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- Price drop in Bay Area > Pleasanton Have never seen a price drop in Bay Area last 2years at least in Pleasanton Potential buyers, wait for 2-3 months. https://www.redfin.com/CA/Pleasanton/4115-School-St-94566/home/1782112 TC: 320k YoE: 18 #housing #bayarea
- Goodbye Bay Area, goodbye America After 5 years, my Bay Area stint came to an end. Made crazy amount of money, bought a big home in Vancouver, moving there as I got Canadian PR. Some points before I leave as I see lot of people struggle with same questions again and again. This applies everywhere in the world. I have learned that t
- link Diary of a Bay Area tech worker Monday, 8am Drive to work, cross the bridge. $7 toll. Up a dollar since last year. Monday, 8:35am Made it across the bridge. Traffic sucks, pay another $9.35 toll to use the Carpool—err, Express—lanes so you’re not late for your 10am meeting. Monday, 10:03am Parking spots are all gone at work, so
- Living in Bay Area Hello blind community, I will be moving to the Bay Area in a few months and up till now, I was planning on living in Menlo Park or close to there but I've been told by people that there is like almost nothing to do there and people live as far as like San Francisco because there is just so many be
- vote Bay Area Housing Planning to relocate from Seattle to Bay Area due to Seattle weather and looking for housing options. We have a 6 month old kid so School District will be a factor as well in few years. Currently exploring Fremont, Newark, Milpitas, and Dublin. Prefer SFH over condo due to better appreciation over t
- Where is a housing slowdown in bay area? 1200 sf house in San Jose/ Cambrian park was sold for 2.2M when stock market was already down and interest rate was up. https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/4925-Bel-Escou-Dr-95124/home/1215379?1280460695=variant&600390594=copy_variant&231528114=control&utm_source=ios_share&utm_medium=share&utm_noove
- Retirement in Bay Area $2M NW (which includes house). No mortgage. No debts. Sick of corporate life. It seems my life is running past me and I am not getting the time to do things I love. Planning to do something on my own and travel. Single guy and not planning to get married ever. Can’t move out of Bay Area. I like the
- vote Is the Bay Area the biggest fraud ever? This week marks my 10th anniversary since I moved to the Bay Area. Over all these years, I've met some of the best friends I've ever had, only to see them move out of state a few years later due to cost of living. Today, I just got word from another person on my social circle who is moving to Color
- vote Bay Area to Dallas Got an offer for a remote role at Salesforce (home office would be in Dallas). For those who made the move from Bay Area to Dallas - any regrets? My current company is forcing RTO but I refuse to pay so much to rent out in a Bay Area suburb (pleasanton). COL is 55% less in Dallas than it is in the B
- House market - Bay Area Anyone noticing price drop or atleast not crazy bidding in buying house in Bay Area? #housing Seeing few Townhomes/Condos in East bay still in market for 2 weeks. Will it happen for SFH also soon? TC: 150k
- Recommend me neighborhoods in Bay area Here are the things we are looking for; - 1.5hr commute at rush hour to mountain view - School rating avg 7 - 2.5M max for the price - 3000 sqft, 4+ bedrooms - Low crime rate - Reasonable proximity to restaurants, shops, kids activities (gym, dance, swim, etc.) - Nice to have— friendly neighborhoo
- Bay area housing market has gone crazy Today put up an offer on https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/2685-Middleborough-Cir-95132/home/1270150?utm_source=android_share&utm_medium=share&utm_nooverride=1&utm_content=link Our final offer was 1,405,000 amd offer accepted at 1,420,000 Lost by 15k but we stretched our limit. Have been tracking
- vote Bay Area house: sell or rent out? Need to move out of Bay Area in a few months, we have a house that we are not sure whether sell or rent out. Monthly rate in my area is around $3500, mortgage and property tax is around $4500. It makes more sense to sell from the numbers, but we are not sure how long we will stay in the new city.
- vote Bay Area housing Are you waiting for the housing prices to fall down to buy houses in Bay Area?
- 350K Midwest vs 400K Bay Area? I’m mid 30 in Midwest. Is it worth moving? Update 1: worth buying good weather in the Bay Area. The winter here sucks. Update 2: Minnesota
- Bay area housing is a bubble Buying a house right now, you would pay far more for mortgage interest and prop tax than for renting the exact same house and by that I mean paying a lot lot more. So a rational person would buy a home only because it might go up in value. So the utility of the house is that it goes up in value. Ot
- SFH Bay Area Price Cuts Examples: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Sunnyvale/899-W-Washington-Ave-94086/home/1785397 (150K) https://www.redfin.com/CA/Sunnyvale/1386-S-Wolfe-Rd-94087/home/761007 (300K) https://www.redfin.com/CA/Saratoga/12162-Woodside-Dr-95070/home/805035 (350K) https://www.redfin.com/CA/Saratoga/18759-Cabernet-D
- The Bay Area/Silicon Valley culture sucks I have never worked for a Bay Area/Silicon Valley company before. But I now work with a lot of people who are live there and are used to that culture. As someone used to living in the real world, it seems like people there are spoiled brats and cry babies used to companies giving them lots of stuff
- vote Bay area vs Austin Where would you stay if you are given a choice between Bay area and Austin? Why?
- vote Bay area housing I have paid the deposit for new construction 4 bed 4 bath townhome in Hayward CA Could not bid in Fremont and Union City since the bidding war is going crazy. Also I dont have much down payment so cannot overbid. Hayward is equidistant from SFO, SF, Milpitas, San Jose Is Hayward an upcoming hot pr
- The pricing of Bay Area housing is nuts. At this price, I can literally buy an entire apartment complex in many Midwest states. And they are not small complexes too: 16 units, 24 units, etc. WTF #housing #rant
- Bay area is a trap Folks here make 500k living in 2m house that’s built after ww2. Actual QoL is so much lower than other parts of US where people live in new houses with big yards even though bay area people are richer… Tc 350k living in 1.3m fixer
- Bay area location suggestions Moving to bay area from east coast in July. What are some of the areas to be considered for rent? Top criteria - Young population Mixed race Safe for girls PS - will be new to the area. So if any girls want to meet/hang out, dm. New to Blind No trolls please
- Bay Area housing When will panic selling start?
- vote Bay Area: Remodel or Wait? I bought a beautiful but older home in San Mateo. We were planning to make an addition, but learned that bringing the house up to code looks expensive and we'd have to tear down a non-code sunroom. We are considering a smaller remodel of the interior instead and save the larger work for later when
- vote Bay area vs Austin TX If you have the chance to pick a city to live in for the next couple years, which one would you choose between Bay area and Austin? We are a married couple both working, and a 2.5 years old son. My TC is 206K (new PhD grad) My husband is a cofounder for a startup 160K salary and 10% Equity. We cur
- Investment house- Bay Area Hi all, Need some advice on buying a house for investment. Want to get an old one and spend some time and money to renevate it. Is it worth it? Where in Bay Area is a good place to do this? I was thinking about East Palo Alto. Any suggestions or comments are appreciated!
- Bay Area housing market Will Bay Area home prices ever come down? Last year houses were appreciated by 19% mainly due to low interest rates, stock prices were ATH, IPOs, crypto surge. Now with the stock market down, Russia-Ukraine war uncertainty, ATH inflation, rate hikes do you think the housing market will slow down??
- Bay area Housing market is showing cracks already Hearing from friends and realtors. The bay area housing market is showing significant cracks already. Condos and townhomes are getting priced lower and staying in market for longer. I am in market for quite some time. Is this a good time to buy? TC :$250k (2 YoE)
- Studios for around 2k in Bay Area? Any decent apartment complexes in the Bay Area where I can find studios for around 2k? TC 160k
- Evaluate my L4 Bay Area Amazon Offer Just received an offer from Amazon in Bay Area for L4. Is this a strong offer? What areas should I negotiate? #amazon 165k Base 60k Sign on year 1 40k Sign on year 2 55 shares over 4 years YOE 2
- Bay Area housing is 🔥 Inventory is very low. Year over year avg sale price went up crazy. With this data I only think spring is going to get worse Who is in market to buy? What is your strategy to win bid? SCC - Santa Clara County. I don’t have data for other counties TC 400k
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- Housing market bay area - 4 million house Friends bought their third house in bay area without selling any of the old house, which is good. ( previous properties are also in bay area prime locations) The thing that shocked me was new one is 4.8 million house. Is it worth spending so much on house? Am I doing something wrong in my life? I
- vote Bay Area Condo Investment - Sell or Hold? I moved to a different state last year, rented out my Bay Area condo to a friend (actually, friends of friends and no property manager so far). This investment is cash flow negative by approx $1k a month due to tax + hoa but appreciation on price offsets it. Selling it last year would have been a lo
- vote bay area low inventory! https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/NEWLISCOU6085 march listing in 2022 is even 200 higher than march 2019 and march 2018... where is the supply shortage gentlemen?
- Bay Area What advice you will give to someone who wants to move to Bay Area? Looking for better TC and social life.
- vote Leaving Bay Area - what are my options? I am sick of the bay area housing market (and frankly the overall vibe) and planning to go full remote. I am moderately outdoorsy - I love hiking, camping, biking and have recently picked up climbing indoors. Don't mind the cold as long as it's not horrible like Chicago or Minnesota! I DO NOT like h
- Bay Area New Grad Monthly Budget Coming to the bay area very soon, with a 124k base and a TC of ~ 170k. I'm in the process of making a budget chart, and am looking for feedback on whether my current budget idea is reasonable. I've already found an apartment to live with another professional. After-tax Monthly Base: ~$6800 Rent: $
- Is Austin a new Bay Area? #tech
- Is Bay Area doomed? With WFH getting more accepted and Bay Area getting super expensive and also pretty unlivable (much warmer than before, very crowded, wildfires), do you think people will move out?
- Bay Area housing market summarized Pretty much also applies to LA, Seattle, Austin, Denver, etc… #housing #sanfrancisco #mortgage #bayarea
- Monthly expenses bay area Combined tc - 970k Mortgage (including prop taxes 7k), 2 kids (under 5 years) and an average lifestyle i.e no fancy cars, once or twice a week eating out. our expenses come around 15-17k. Trying to understand what other households spend. pls share. I feel anxious looking at our expenses but oft
- Wtf is wrong for the Bay Area housing market Just bid on a house. Beautiful, but far away if u need to commute. List as 1.25, slightly higher than its neighborhood, but sold at about 1.6. This is insane, how people can afford it. For first time home buyers, it sucks. Will the government control the price? Even the stock market will halt if th
- Appraisal Gap - Bay area Hi, We are considering purchasing a house in the bay area. Likely in peninsula or fremont. Preferably 3 bed 2 bath SFH. For those who bought a house in the bay area in the last year or two 1. How much was the appraisal gap? 2. With reference to the asking price, how much over did you bid? Any reco
- vote Microsoft Bay Area vs Google Bay Area Food which has better food? #microsoft #google #bayarea
- vote Do Bay Area residents actually like living in Bay Area? Are you a bay area resident and are you living here because you like to live here or are you living here because of good job opportunities or other reasons? I’m wondering what would happen to the real estate market as more and more companies hire fully remote employees? I understand that companies w