This time of year is usually heavy, wet snow

I make roughly 60-62k (bonus dependent) and my fiancé makes 90k exactly. We got an fha mortgage bought our home for 250k last year. Both have car payments, I have private student loans. No help from anyone aside from moving help, and a few small cash gifts (totaling maybe 4-600). Just gotta learn to budget properly. I personally divide all my monthly expenses by 4, and pay, or squirrel away let’s say $100 per month/4 so $25 a week. Works great!

Are you bragging or complaining?:)

Snow way to be sure

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Was he talking snow??

I’d say west hartford but I think it’s frowned upon to suggest that in this sub. So not west hartford

That’s only ~14% down. They’re probably paying PMI for a few years.

I’m salary, not hourly. Was making ~$140k when we bought in 2017. 3/2, 1200 sq ft coop in lower Fairfield County. Paid $480k. It was really, really tight for a while there.

I know it’s not helpful to say but it really depends. What town do you plan to move to? Some towns suck without cars while it’s much more doable in more urban areas.

I earn about $62k before taxes and own a 3 bed, 1.5 bath Cape Cod and still am able to afford everything (including a car payment, usual utilities, and insurance for everything including two cars) and put away about 8% a month into retirement/savings.

I was lucky and got my house about 6 years ago before the market went crazy.

I probably wouldn’t be able to afford my house now in the current market (the value of my house has increased about 40ish% in the last 2.5 years) but it is possible to own below 70k.

Gotta entertain the kids on those snow days somehow

I’m just surprised that no one has had hysteria / panic / rage over concern that the snow is going to carry the Ohio train derailment toxic cloud our way.

how much is your car insurance right now?

It’s not hard. You just fill out an application for the university you want to go to and request official transcripts to be sent. A transfer admissions counselor can advise you on how the credit transfer will work.

There have been a ton of anxiety posts flooding the sun since the Ohio derailment. People are on edge, apparently.

Medicine. Gotta love that I’m being downvoted for answering your questions.

Partner was stay-at-home when we bought. Was paying off $100k+ in student loans. Not a penny from family. Did have decades working, though. It was really tight for several years until my wife went back to work FT. It wasn’t the housing costs, it was childcare when she was PT.

It is hard more often that not, but it's worth the budgeting to have a secure place for my family.

To answer other questions, it's a ~1700 Sq FT house in Tolland. I paid 135K for it, 0 down, no PMI.

Your employer buys your car and puts bald tires on it?

I heard it's rain and snow. Which would be slush. Not cool.

You’re more than welcome to misconstrue what I said however you’d like. I’d think if you can’t afford to put appropriate tires on your car for the regional weather we experience perhaps you should either 1) relocate 2) take the bus. It’s irresponsible to be driving in a blizzard with bald tires in a shitty car.

My 260k house that I bought 3 years ago is estimated to be worth 330 now. I know the market will correct but that is insane.

Always after unless you want a bigger mess to clean.

This is the answer. It's not so much about what ur income is, rather how u manage ur income.