Nziom@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoYou randomly get a free 50k no catch what do you do with it?message-squaremessage-square259linkfedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1139arrow-down1message-squareYou randomly get a free 50k no catch what do you do with it?Nziom@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square259linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 months agoI’m doing ok but 50k would let me put a down payment on a house which would still be life changing.
minus-squarejtrek@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoYou’re making me grapple with how expensive housing is here. A down payment for a two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn is going to be like $100-200k. It’s fine, I tell myself. I can walk to everything I need and take transit to everything else.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoIf you’re living in Brooklyn and not making six figures, you don’t need to be living in Brooklyn.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoWhat does that have to do with it?
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoAs a child or in college?
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoApartments here are ridiculous. I can get a home loan with payments half of a comparable apartment. Yes, I would be responsible for maintenance but I’ve owned before and it is still less expensive than renting even with maintenance.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoMy thoughts exactly. It wouldn’t change things day to day for me other than going from renting to owning.
I’m doing ok but 50k would let me put a down payment on a house which would still be life changing.
You’re making me grapple with how expensive housing is here. A down payment for a two bedroom apartment in Brooklyn is going to be like $100-200k.
It’s fine, I tell myself. I can walk to everything I need and take transit to everything else.
If you’re living in Brooklyn and not making six figures, you don’t need to be living in Brooklyn.
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What does that have to do with it?
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As a child or in college?
Apartments here are ridiculous. I can get a home loan with payments half of a comparable apartment. Yes, I would be responsible for maintenance but I’ve owned before and it is still less expensive than renting even with maintenance.
My thoughts exactly. It wouldn’t change things day to day for me other than going from renting to owning.