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Amazon couple, living in Northshore area (Edmond, Lynwood to Bothell, Milcreek - removing specificity) for past few years! Now with both of us doing well in tech, our projected tc for 2018 and 2019 is at 480k+ for each of us and both of us are closer to L7. Quite surreal as it was less than 180k in 2015. Anyway the commute is killing us everyday and we are looking at houses in Mercer Island / West Seattle / Queen Anne where 3k+ sqft ones cost $1.8-$2m. The question is - is it worth to buy these high priced houses? How do these fare in a recession? Also at this price point - does it reduce potential buyers to very few?
1mil Household income? Get a mansion bruh!
Subtle Brag? Who the fuck can't afford a $2M home when your household TC is almost a $1M? 2/10 for trolling.
We are supposedly at high L6s (TT for last three years) - it’s 480k per person.
480k tc at L6. Sounds unbelievable. Plus there is 2 of you. Two data points from Amazon L6. First let me answer your question, yes, by all means buy a 2M house or 3M if you choose so. Now tell us in return what is TT (top performer?). With all the horror stories we hear from Amazon, can you please advise how you succeed in Amazon? Is it mostly good relationships with executives or combination of good luck in projects, working your ass off, etc?
We were lucky to have great managers who shielded and helped us to grow. Literally just focused on our work and that’s it - it’s luck!
Yes, but I won’t.
What are your thoughts? I am from financially conservative family from a poor country, drive Honda and never thought of spending this much on a house.
Which country?
Buy something you will still be able to afford the monthly payments on if interest rates go up 2-3% and one of you loses your job.
You could easily buy a 4m+ house, yes there is lots of demand, short term fluctuations is minimal. Queen anne is great however if I were you I would continue to save and then buy a house on the lake on the eastside or in laurelhurst.
No way possible even with stock. Bullshit at 480
I have heard of L6 320k-360k but 480k is another dimension. Considering Seattle base caps at 160k. I want to hear more in the stock/bonus breakdown as I am inclined to believe OP.
I have 200+ stocks for 2018 and 190+ stocks for 2019. Amazon has no bonus and base is $160k.
Lol wtf. Yes you can afford it. Should you? I’d say not right now. You can definitely find a $1M house or less in West Seattle (for example). If you’re moving to shorten your commute I don’t know why you wouldn’t just live downtown. Do you have kids?
Yes we have kids and would like to have space as our parents visit often. We also would like to have public schools that are rated atleast 8+.
Well if you have kids and insist on public school then I see why you’re budgeting 2M. However, I don’t think that because you can afford it you HAVE to do it. I think there’s some expectation of a recession in the next couple of years. Or what happens if one or both of you prefer HQ2. Move closer to work for your health but I don’t think you need to spend 2M.
WTH ... if you can’t who can
Each of u making 480k per year and not L7 yet? Or you mean 240k/year/person?
Maybe it’s with stock appreciation as opposed to TCT
Yes it is due to stock appreciation.