My salary didn’t change at all, but homes went up 82%. The money I saved for a down payment and my salary no longer are good enough for this home and many others. This ain’t even a “good” home either. It was a 200k meh average ok home before. Now it’s simply unaffordable

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    82%, feel lucky. I bought my house in 2015 for $85k. Last assessment was almost $300k

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      When the stock market doesn’t perform as much as a fundamental need

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      I keep thinking that it would be a great time to sell but then I realize there isn’t a lot of other worth while places to go.

      Unless you are ready to move to dead mans land