Doesn't matter, we plan on living in this house for 20+ years.
-- Tim Heald [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Ray Champagne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: frustrated... 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201158 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
