im sure i could, but i didnt know if anyone had some advice on the area on some hot spots that are growing..... I prolly have around 250,000 to 300,000 to spare... any help would be great...
2006-07-28 04:48:43 · 2 answers · asked by chopstik 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Seattle
Unless you already have a job in the seattle area, go up I-5 another hour + to Bellingham. It's a booming, cultural small city (80,000 + outskirts), also on the water, with a lot of building going on in the city, along the shore, and in other little towns north. The property values are somem bit lower than the seattle area. And you are only an hour+ from either seattle or vancouver BC.
2006-07-29 14:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The average house in Seattle costs about 500,000. Our house out in the country which is an 1900 sq ft house on hardly any land (a new house with new construction) would sell for about 400,000 right now and we are about a hour to an hour and a half outside of the Seattle area. I would suggest looking at Gig Harbor and you would need to either do a lot of your own work or possibly put a mobile home on the land for you to be able to do both. It's a great investment, but the housing market here is crazy. If you have 300,000 to in your account and are willing to get a loan too then it's feasible. Or look in a different area of Washington. If you go south towards Tacoma/Graham/Puyallup you will be able to find cheaper land and will be able to build a house with that amount of money. But anything close to Seattle would be pretty costly.
2006-07-28 06:34:25 · answer #2 · answered by Serena 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋