Redmond-based Microsoft L62s and lower: where do you buy houses?

Baird
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Aug 16, 2021 11 Comments

Entertaining a Microsoft L62 offer in Redmond, but having a hard time accepting while looking at the house prices within a reasonable driving distance of Redmond. This is a substantial increase in TC for me, but I don’t want to go from stable home owner for a non-tech company to a renter at a tech company.

Is it reasonable to think I’ll be able to afford a single family house with an L62 TC that’s not a rundown shack, with goodish schools, and a reasonable commute? Or are those pretty much all bought by higher level Microsoft employees?

Current TC: ~120k in mid CoL location
Current offer(initial offer, still negotiating): ~170k not including sign on. Plus Microsoft benefits are major upgrade for me. Don’t plan on accepting this low offer.

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