Getting married soon..looking to buy a house. Do I spend 250k for suburbs with long commute to downtown? Or $450 for house closer to downtown? 1h v 30m commute. But no guarantee I'll work downtown.

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Damn as a fellow analyst, I can't even decide where to have brunch on Sunday. How are you looking for a house with kid considerations already

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I would say buy closer to downtown and save commute time, plus lots of fun activities to do. Once you have kid and he /she is 4-5 years old, move to Suburb with good school district

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Rent downtown, buy REITs, enjoy life without stress of homeownership! 👍🏼

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I'd say go the $500k townhome route if you can afford it and if it's a decent size...

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Live close to the airport., like 10 to 15 minutes. You will thank me every time you have to catch that 5 am flight to your client or arrive home at 11 pm.

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Any school district considerations?

Where do you spend most of your time? Do you plan to have kids? If so, which has a better school district? If you buy in the city, can you rent out if you move to the suburbs and make a profit? Use logic here!

Most likely will send kids to catholic school til high school.. if we can afford it.

@D1 - looking to have 3-4 kids...450k house closer to city has good schools. I spend more time now in the city but travel a lot on the weekend not as much. So future not as much. But only 25 minutes away from good bars on a Friday or Saturday night. I'd have to buy a town home even closer in for $500 to get into the rental market

@D2 what if there was a 450k - 500k was closer to town and in a good school district? But older house. Suburbs would get me a brand new home for $250. Commute would be bad if I was on a project downtown, but if not, commute could be easier. Or if I and staffed out of town it wouldn't matter as much where I live.

Where do you live that homes are this cheap??

Houston

Unless you are O&G, buy a house in the woodlands. You will thank me every time you have to catch that 5 am flight.

I am oil and gas

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