beware the bursting bubble..... Loathe wrote: > Yeah it's weird. We have $30,000 in equity in our house the day we close, > because the assessment has gone up that much just since they listed the > house. > > > -- > Tim Heald > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-300-3911 > -----Original Message----- > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:44 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: frustrated... > > I use to work in DC and took the VRE (train) from Manassas. > Took an hour by train and about $75 a month but beats the H3ll out of > driving. Plus housing costs are not bad where I am. We purchased our house 3 > years about for about 300k and Now is assessed for about 550k. > > Talk about equity!! WOW! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:40 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: frustrated... > > I don't have a degree, and make significantly more than $80K right now. > > BTW I lived her eon $60K with two kids and a wife and two car payments. > It's not as expensive as some people are making it out to be. I mean, you > live in the burbs and ride a train, it isn't that bad. I just went to > contract on a house here for 482,600. It's in Columbia MD, So it'll be a > commute, compared to the rental we live in in Alexandria. > > -- > Tim Heald > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 703-300-3911 > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: frustrated... > > Keep looking, I don't have a degree, and while I'm not making $80k I'm doing > alright.. > > > > Thanks > > Scott > > Scott A. Stewart > Webmaster/ Developer > GlobalNet Services, Inc > > http://www.gnsi.com > 11820 Parklawn Dr > Rockville, MD 20852 > Voice: (301) 770-9610 x 335 > Fax: (301) 770-9611 > > The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your > computer. > > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: frustrated... > >> I'm telling you man, you need to move to DC. The salaries are much >> better than that, the killer is the housing costs though. > > I'm talking to recruiters about jobs in DC. > > I was actually thinking about a company that I contacted directly because > I'm personally interested in the company (not because I saw them post a job > description), where the hiring manager told me not only that they don't hire > people without degrees (with one exception), but that he didn't think my > min. DC salary of $80k would be reasonable and that he'd be hard pressed to > get me $70k for a full-time job. I can't live on less than $80k in DC! I've > checked the market and done the math, and asside from the fact that I can't > pay bills there for any less, $80k makes me a bargain in that market! > > Admittedly, it doesn't help that I still have 2+ hrs drive to get there and > at the moment have no money for relocation. I didn't have any money for > relocation when I came to Charlottesville, I got an advance, and then had to > take a pay cut to work here, so you can imagine how much I've saved up to > help me move from here to DC. But if they discount me for not having a > degree, their not paying relocation becomes moot. > > > s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 > new epoch : isn't it time for a change? > > add features without fixtures with > the onTap open source framework > > http://www.fusiontap.com > http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm > > > > > > > > > > >
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