LI residence.

prices keep coming down....but keep your eyes pealed...Suffolk is a bit cheaper then Nassau and I am not sure about condos....good luck.

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Posted by little34

prices keep coming down....but keep your eyes pealed...Suffolk is a bit cheaper then Nassau and I am not sure about condos....good luck.

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Really I didnt know Suffolk was cheaper than Nassau

the reason i'm asking you girls is that i don't know LI, and since alot of you live there, maybe u can recommend certain neighborhoods. The only place i know thats in LI is Roosevelt field mall

I've been looking online at 2 bedroom condos in Nassau and the cheapest I've been able to find is around $350,000. And then of course add in at least $4,000 a year in taxes and additional maintenance fees. I've only looked in Nassau so Suffolk might be different. This is the website I've been using:

http://www.mlsli.com/

How do you feel about Queens?
Maybe Howard Beach or Bayside...I think they might be more reasonable than LI.

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Posted by BlueEyes

Have you feel about Queens?
Maybe Howard Beach or Bayside...I think they might be more reasonable than LI.

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I agree with J here. As I do my pre-shopping on mlsli, I feel like Queens may be the better option for me.

Queens is a good choice for co-ops and condos. We currently rent in Astoria but since it's right next to Manhattan co-op prices are really high.

If you go a little further into Queens to Jackson Heights, the prices are a lot better. You can get a 1 br for $200,000 there.

Forest Hills is a little further into Queens but completely subway/LIRR accessible. It's also gorgeous there and becoming really popular recently. You can get 1 bdrm co-ops in the $200-$250K range.

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Posted by FutureMrsLehmann

Queens is a good choice for co-ops and condos. We currently rent in Astoria but since it's right next to Manhattan co-op prices are really high.

If you go a little further into Queens to Jackson Heights, the prices are a lot better. You can get a 1 br for $200,000 there.

Forest Hills is a little further into Queens but completely subway/LIRR accessible. It's also gorgeous there and becoming really popular recently. You can get 1 bdrm co-ops in the $200-$250K range.

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I'm considering that area. I know forest hills is very pretty. I'll pretty much consider and area thats affordable. I though LI would be less expensive becase its further from the city. Sometimes i want o mive to a dif. state but i'm scared of such a huge change and leaving my family.

I've thought about leaving NY too, especially after watching those house-hunter type shows on HGTV and seeing that you can buy an actual house for $200k in other parts of the country.

But I really don't think I could be away from my sisters and family, etc. I went out of state for college and was fine, but moving permanently is a lot different. I can't imagine raising a family without my own family being somewhat nearby. It's tough.

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Posted by panjay

I've been looking online at 2 bedroom condos in Nassau and the cheapest I've been able to find is around $350,000. And then of course add in at least $4,000 a year in taxes and additional maintenance fees. I've only looked in Nassau so Suffolk might be different. This is the website I've been using:

http://www.mlsli.com/

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thanks for the site, i'll check it out. I just use craigslist.com They have alot of listings

Why dont u check out where I live in Queens. Rockaway. They are building new houses as we speak and a lot of people are moving down south and selling their houses.

I live right near the beach if u like the beach...Rockaway use to be considered Long Island (since we are on the long island sound) but now we're are considered Queens. It's right next to Howard Beach, broad Channel, Cederhurst, and brooklyn is a bridge away. And it's country out here...

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Posted by kabo0831

i dont know where im going to move to but some where we can afford it LOL

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LMAOOO SAME HERE!!!!

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Posted by Ms SunnShinne

Why dont u check out where I live in Queens. Rockaway. They are building new houses as we speak and a lot of people are moving down south and selling their houses.

I live right near the beach if u like the beach...Rockaway use to be considered Long Island (since we are on the long island sound) but now we're are considered Queens. It's right next to Howard Beach, broad Channel, Cederhurst, and brooklyn is a bridge away. And it's country out here...

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my fh actually live sthere right now. I love the beach but i dont love the neighborhood because of the commute, and it get so cold there during the winter because of the ocean.

but i also agree with the 2 of you i'll live wherever we find a plac ethats affordable. Starting a life in nyc *****

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Posted by ilonka020

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Posted by Ms SunnShinne

Why dont u check out where I live in Queens. Rockaway. They are building new houses as we speak and a lot of people are moving down south and selling their houses.

I live right near the beach if u like the beach...Rockaway use to be considered Long Island (since we are on the long island sound) but now we're are considered Queens. It's right next to Howard Beach, broad Channel, Cederhurst, and brooklyn is a bridge away. And it's country out here...

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my fh actually live sthere right now. I love the beach but i dont love the neighborhood because of the commute, and it get so cold there during the winter because of the ocean.

but i also agree with the 2 of you i'll live wherever we find a plac ethats affordable. Starting a life in nyc *****

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OH YES I've been out here all of my life...the COMMUTE *****!!!! And the winters out here a crazy cold.

I'm looking for a house that has the rent with the option to buy...I think that would be cool...but wherever is affordable is cool. I'm trying to talk my mother into letting us live here at my house since it's a two family house until we save up some money...but we'll see