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Housing Severance
- Renting is cut throat in the bay Finding a decent 2 bed apartment or condo in North San Jose/ Santa Clara/ Sunnyvale/ South Milpitas area is so hard. Especially if you want to stay within 3.2K. Must have - gas cooking range, off street parking for at least 1 car. Good to have - Stainless steel appliances All good options on Zi
- vote Offered severance or staying My startup is small and has cash but they need to do lay-off since revenue and growth is slowing down a lot. They’re trying to be has nice as possible given covid. They’re offering 4-8 months severance. I’ve been given the option to either take the severance or move to a team that really needs help
- Is anyone here renting property for extra $? I am not talking about airbnb, I mean I just realized that I can utilize my income cash to pay for mortgage of extra house (with the help of tenants paymemt) and make decent extra cash flow. One of several things I get worried is, is it hard to find a tenants for 2, 3 br house in the MTV, Palo alto
- Post-Truth Posts on House Crashing in Bay Area Every time some bad economic news happens, I see several posts jumping to imminent house crashes. Here is the list I see so far: WFH will crash housing price 0.25% hike will do it 0.5% hike will do Lower immigration will do it Stock drop will do it Tech stock drop will do it Meta drop will do it D
- Selling our condo to buy bigger house We need to move to a bigger house and should sell our condo to get the down payment. Given that the search could take a couple of months (or several), where should we keep the cash to be safe from inflation but also don’t risk loosing the money?
- Adderall or no? I’ve used adderall in college occasionally and it helped me get stuff done. Haven’t used in several years but feels like I’m forgetting a lot of things and demotivated to pick up around the house and what not. Been seeing these ads from done adhd and wondering if it’s worth getting prescribed. Not s
- Is realtor screwing with me? Offered 851k fixed on a house that we knew had a 850k offer. The two realtors are on good terms and we got a bit of a inside scoop apparently. Our realtor has been great over last several months in house search. Stopped us overpaying at times. For this house, I asked her to include escalation multip
- vote Lake Forest home in Orange County on market since October 2017 This home seems to be competitively priced and is in Lake Forest South. Looking at the Redfin history, it got listed in April 2018, but prior to that got de-listed several times since October 2017. Recently had a price cut as well, and the Redfin estimate still says that the house is overpriced. Is
- Indian neighbor spanking kid A few nights ago, I was taking out the garbage at midnight. I heard screaming coming from inside the next door neighbor's house and what sounded like several hits from a belt. This went on for 10 minutes, and then it got quiet. We have never spanked our kids, although my parents spanked me, incl
- Hiring help for random tasks? I need some hourly help for some random tasks around the house.. anyone have suggestions on how to find? Is TaskRabbit good for this? Basically, have some heavy stuff can't move around house by myself (ideally I wouldn't move it at all even). Could also use help disposing of several buckets of old
- Feeling proud I’m feeling really proud of myself today and I came here to say it. I grew up pretty poor. My dad is severely handicapped from being hit by a drunk driver and my mom is a teachers aid (makes $21k/year). When I was pretty young, my mom would often joke that we would be homeless one day. My family wa
- Job in Research Triangle, NC My company WillowTree Inc. is hiring in Durham, NC. We're a digital product agency (native iOS, Android, web apps. It's a booming tech scene, and cost of living is amazing. Several of our team members relo'ed from the Valley. Great option if you want to buy a house, have a yard, save $ 😏
- Thoughts about CNN? I went to cnn.com today (after several months). And the BREAKING NEWS tag was unavoidable. The breaking news was Britney Spears wins some court case against her conservator. Is this breaking news worthy of the front page of a respectable media house like CNN? Thoughts? (This post has intentionally b
- Where do people come up with 2M for a house. I keep seeing and crazy stories how people bod 2.2M on a 2M house only to get outbid by someone putting 2.5-2.6M and all cash. P mortgage. Where are people coming up with millions of dollars in cash? I could see a 500k down payment and cover 2M with a mortgage but not several million cash upfron
- Move Austin from Bay Area I was thinkinggo move to Austin to save $$ and buy decent house rather waiting forever in Bay Area. However, recently I saw news were several protestors against stay-home orders reached congress buildings fully armed. Now, I am reevaluating my move to such a non-liberal society. Is that a big risk f
- Looking for rental investment advisor You can be professional or just have a lot of experience in house investing (proof needed). I want to buy several houses over US for long term rental investment. Need step by step guide, legal and tax advice based on your experience, want to make it as hassle-free as possible for myself and avoid co
- working for two companies at once How feasible is it to work two swe jobs? I can coast in one and try in the other. Maybe get a nice severance package if I get fired. It seems possible with wfh situation. I was thinking both g and fb. Basically, I want more TC to afford a nice house. 😌
- Noom is hiring! Series F… :) Noom is a wellness tech company using technology to influence human behavior to make healthier life choices. We are currently hiring for: TLM / EM for Mobile Must be a people manager 80% people manager / 20% developer TLM/EM for several roles on the product side of the house Sr. to Staff softwa
- Home purchase surprise So, I purchased a home in Bay Area and only after I purchased do I get to know that it’s considered historic since it is built prior to 1941. So, if a home is considered historic, there are restrictions on exterior changes etc. This severely limits my options and potential resale in the future.. I a
- Why the Bay Area? I first came to the Bay Area in 1993 and I loved the freedom and openness and strong economy. I now sit at home in a virtual lockdown that is authoritarian at best but realistically fascist and wonder where things went wrong. I’m about to take a generous severance package and move to a state with mo
- vote Mobile home Worth it, early carrier. I see several mobile homes in the silicon valley, and they are quite cheap than the normal homes. I have heard that you just get the house in that amt(~200-350K) and not the land. So I was curious to know how much would be the lease or monthly rent for the land in mobile parks or communities. Consid
- Doing Yoga inside Tesla ?? I have a neighbor (few houses down the lane), who always sits in his Tesla (model Y) every morning with the lights ON. He will be there for several minutes. Out of curiosity, I finally asked him what he is up to. To my surprise, he told me that he does Pranayam (a form of yoga which involves breath
- Extremely low housing inventories in the Bay Area Not another post to show frustration on the insane cost of house ownership in the Bay - perhaps that always make others outside the Valley happier. When I lately check housing inventories in several neighborhoods I find there are not many listings appeared, even for $1.5-2.0m range. In some cases t
- Fremont: good areas to buy sfh for around $1.8m? We're looking to upgrade from our small condo in sbay to a sfh. Most houses we like in sbay are well outside out affordability range, so we are now looking to expand our search into the east bay. (We've done several affordability analysis including selling our current house and using the equity towa
- Your predictions on snohomish - mill creek area homes in coming years I am planning to buy a home for just over a million in snohomish area (mostly the border of mill creek starting of city of snohomish). I see several large communities like glacier view by lennar etc over there. But the prices are huge. Just want to know what do you guys predict on those areas? Do yo
- link Tax Bill = Housing Bust? How do you interpret the tax bill to affect housing in the Bay Area? Do you believe prices will drop? Less people will sell/buy? More people will rent? Or do you think there’s enough people who make good money that they’ll still buy? The bill has already affected home builders, dropping their stock
- Severance VS LOA/FMLA I’ve been at Amazon for over four years now. I’m in my 6th role after going through several re-orgs and my own planned rotations. I’m burnt out and looking to take a few (3-6) months off to regroup, work on my house, travel, and be with family on the other side of the country. I’ve been tanking my
- What should be my home budget? First time home buyer. No debt (except minor car loan). Prefer SFH but open to townhomes as well. I looked up several online calculators and they seem to suggest really high budgets (1.6m) but I don't want to end up house poor. What would be your budget if you were in my position? Single, male, 2
- vote Looking for advice on how much house we can afford in Bay Area? Household TC: $400k ($275k base) Have $300k cash for down payment/closing costs That leaves us with $30k in cash for emergency/renovations and $300k in stocks. Been looking around at homes with a budget of $1.1M but can’t find anything. How do you go about calculating a budget? We’ve used several
- Bay area housing price hike will slow down with prop 19 in April Effective April 1, 2021, homeowners who are over 55 years, severely disabled, or the victim of a disaster can transfer the tax base of their home to a replacement home located anywhere in California that is purchased within 2 years of the sale of their original home. There will be more inventories
- Feeling depressed after moving to single family home Moved to an old sfh in a quite street with 80+ olds staying in old sfh in the heart of silicon valley. We bought it because it has a good flip potential and the house is in great school district. But i am feeling a bit depressed after moving here. Its really quite around here and previously in my to
- How do I get recover from all this mess? I live in the US for 10 years. All these years I’ve been leasing and living paycheck to paycheck. Within 10 years I spent ~$200k in total on a lease. Freaking nuts!!! Never really invested money anywhere because barely ever have cash left after all the spendings. I have $20k debt on my CC that I sl
- How much do people usually pay for Apartment rent based on their TC? I live in Austin, my TC is 126k and I just don't plan on buying a house for a few years. I pay 2.5k/month for my apartment. It's really nice and new. I'm happy with it. But I've had several people tell me I'm paying too much. On the flip side I see people around my apartment complex and they don't
- Thinking of building a house in Calgary What's up everyone. I've connected with a builder in Calgary and I'm looking to get a house built there for myself. I'm able to afford a nice new house there by leveraging my equity in my current Ontario house. Can someone who moved from Ontario to Calgary, or anyone who lives in Calgary enlighten
- Can the situation at the White House get any worse? It seems like we are reaching a point where objectively speaking we can say bad news are coming from the White House several times per day. Just today: Sean Spicer quits abruptly Sessions reportedly could have lied about not talking campaign with Kislyak in 2016 Trump's personal lawyer no longer he
- MSFT RTO New Employee Advice For starters::::: YOE: 2 TC: 250k I'd love some advice from this community please. Just heard of Microsoft's RTO for Redmond, WA, is for February 28. I will be a new grad (L60) employee full time starting May 2022. Several things have happened in the last 6 months that I'd need to share for my si
- vote Seattle or Austin I am currently in Bay Area working for relatively low TC ~ 200k with a PhD and experience in ML (~ 6 YOE after PhD + 3 Y in India). I had an offer from Facebook MLE last year (~300k TC) but had to decline due to GC (EB1) processing. I will be free to move in 5-6 months (AC21). Want to leave Bay mai
- $1m NW, 350k income - how much would you afford? We have around $1m in net worth and a $350k household income with zero debt. I am very conservative and don't want to spend more than $1.2m on a house, but in the Bay Area that's not a lot of money for a family of 5. Several affordability calculators have shown that we could afford up to $1.8, some
- Secret or unusual tips to buy houses? Hi, I am already working with a nice realtor who is an older person but maybe not so "tech savvy". I'm keeping the realtor since I believe he will do an excellent job reviewing paperwork and taking care of any "issues" that could come up. He is however sucking at trying to find me a condo where I a
- Amazon, can anyone verify if I am blacklisted? Worked at Amazon for several years and was looking to boomerang but am getting bad signals... I left when I had reorg'd into a role I hated with a manager who was cleaning house, I left, but strongly suspect my last manager left a stain on my progressive record (IC to manager, L5 to L6), but ended m
- vote Should I buy a house in the Bay Area? I plan to be here forever. Grew up here, have family here and I like my job. I don’t plan to ever leave the Bay Area but obviously house prices are ridiculous. I’m 31 and have been renting with my partner for several years. We want to make a financially smart decision and wonder if it’s better to continue putting all of our
- WFH extensions and implications for US workers Multiple companies just extended their WFH policy til Q3 next year. Heard somewhere yesterday that this forced digitization made multiple organizations realize that majority remote workforce is doable. While I know several tech workers happily staying in Airbnb beach houses or working from Hawaii,
- Crazy amount of Cyberattacks Right Now! Widespread internet outage took down multiple websites Tuesday morning, including Amazon, Google, Reddit, CNN, CBS News, USA Today, Instagram, & Twitter. New York City law department hit by cyberattack. Capitol Hill vendor hit by ransomware attack - Almost 60 House offices, from both parties, have
- New grad considering buying house in Bay Area New grad, 1 year in the area so far, TC 230k. Currently renting for 1700/mo, living with two roommates in a nice apartment complex. Been toying with the idea of taking out a mortgage, putting 10-20% down and buying a two or three bedroom place and renting out the bedrooms. Rent should hopefully be
- Can I afford this home? Me and partner's combined TC: $800k House we're interesting in is listed for $2.8M (surprise: it's a home in the South Bay) I expect that after the usual runaround we'll end up paying $3M. I've used affordability calculators and it looks like the suggested monthly mortgage related expenses goes up
- Uber remote policy Went through an interview loop at Uber and it seemed to go well. I asked the recruiter about Uber’s remote policy and she said I need to relocate to Bay Area or an Uber office location post covid. I’m currently remote. What’s Uber’s remote policy now? Is it following Google or FB? I don’t mind relo
- Down payment: where to save? Currently have ~200K cash on a 1.3% saving account. Have another ~160K on stock. Mostly my vested FB stocks. I didn’t sell my RSUs yet. I am going to use these funds for down payments to buy a house. I still need to save more for several months. What’s a good strategy to keep these down payments f
- Northern Nevada - Good option to move from San Francisco? Looking to move during covid and WFH. Because I enjoy CA and SF, I’m trying to stay close and find a better CoL while escaping CA income tax. What is Northern Nevada like to live? Would Carson City or Reno be a good place to live for someone that’s spent the last several years in SF? What are the
- Recommendations for townhouse communities in east side Seattle We're growing our family and thinking of moving to a townhouse in the east side. We are interested in rentals in townhouse communities, where there are several townhouses in the same area with some sort of shared amenities like playground or something, to make it easier to meet new people and for th
- Microsoft - how is recruiter performance measured? How are Microsoft in-house recruiters measured on their performance? When they begin working with a candidate, are they incentivized to get that person hired? Or does it not matter to them as long as “someone” they provide to the HM ends up in the role? I’ve had the same recruiter introduce me to se