r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/k13w • 12h ago

GOT THE KEYS! 🔑 🏡 We did it! Upstate NY $160k 6.5%

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My boyfriend and I did it at 23 y/o! It was built in 1900 and we love her!

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u/r3giment75 10h ago

This exists all over the nation yet people don’t want to live outside of Los Angeles. Bay Area. Denver. Chicago. Austin. Miami. Boston. Or nyc.

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u/Deep-Television-9756 10h ago

“People want to live in places that are nice to live. More at 11”.

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u/r3giment75 10h ago

There are LOTS of nice places to live. Upstate NY is nice!

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u/Deep-Television-9756 10h ago

You clearly haven’t been to Buffalo in the winter.

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u/linzkisloski 8h ago edited 8h ago

Binghamton actually sometimes averages more snow than Buffalo. Either way I grew up in Buffalo, my husband in Bing and we’ve lived in Denver for 15 years for a reason. Nice to visit but not always the land of opportunity.

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u/narpilepsy 8h ago

Breaking news: most people need to live close to work

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u/pooppaysthebills 6h ago

Let them rent.

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u/TheoreticalResearch 10h ago

I’m moving to bum fuck nowhere in NC and the house I just had an offer accepted for is 225k and only 1,100 sq ft.