Thinking of leaving SF Bay Area for Sacramento

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Apr 17 17 Comments

We are looking at some houses in the Fair Oaks area of Sacramento ($600k). SF Bay Area house is valued at $1.7 million, owe $330k. We are both remote at the moment, but it’s possible we’d have to RTO 1-2 days a week (2 hour commute each way from Fair Oaks). No school aged kids. 5 and 10 years to retirement age respectively. We’d have no mortgage with the move and a huge chunk to invest or even buy another smaller house for work purposes/investment. We have no family in the SF area. But our Bay Area house could be very valuable in the next 10 years as it’s near a planned Google campus.

Any advice? Thoughts? I’m also worried we’ll get laid off and have to RTO and be stuck commuting from Fair Oaks (Sacramento) but it is at least a short period of time.

It’s weird to be thinking about this. #housing #mortgage #sacramento

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  • Apple
    pMzU42

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    pMzU42
    Rent the Bay Area house and buy in Sacramento with 3% down … the rent in Bay Area will easily pay for your 300k mortgage and maybe even a bit of your Sacramento home.

    If RTO … then come back to Bay Area and rent Sacramento home
    Apr 17 0
  • Tesla
    tarpit

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    YMMV!
     tarpit
    Just give it a try
    Even if you get laid off,if new company has RTO in full swing, you can get a Tesla with auto pilot to reduce the driving stress, it’s definitely not gonna be easy but I know someone who did that for 6 months until they got another remote job
    Apr 17 4
  • Google
    kyujt23

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    kyujt23
    Where’s your house?
    Apr 17 1
  • Yelp
    townhome

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    townhome
    Only do it if you don’t have to RTO at all. Commuting 2 hrs each way even twice a week will wear you out in no time.
    Apr 17 0
  • Autodesk / Product
    dsegdwaz

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     dsegdwaz
    Yeah, we are living in Folsom since last three years now and loving it totally. We both work in Bay (remote or go like once a month). Though it’s bit expensive (prices are same as Tracy or more), you will have amazing life here.
    Apr 18 0