Personal Question Regarding Income...

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Posted by NYCHICK

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Posted by cooky11111

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Posted by NYCHICK

Cooky FH cousin did the same thing we are gonna go see it in April...........I would definitely think about it.....................but he said it is a bit dull up there is that true?

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It depends what you like to do...If you ski or tube it is great!! If you like the outdoors great....in the winter it can get a bit boring but I also doing things up here that I never thought I would like .....like going to Auctions and Pancake breakfasts...that the firestations and churchs hold..

You are more then well come to come visit and see....I live to have company!

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I think she lives in New England....FMIL can't stop talking about all the antique stores she wants to take me to. I LOVEEEE horseback riding, do u have tha up there.............o cooky now you have me all excited to go up in April

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We live right near ANTIQUE ROW ABOUT 15 minutes...when it gets closer to when your coming FM me and tell exactly were your going if you aren't far...stop by!

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by MarcellaBella

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by cooky11111

Ok everyone....move upstate with me !!

We bought 18 acres for $20,000 and built our own house for a quater of what it would have been on LI....

I can use some friends....come on up everyone!!!!

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18 ACRES WOW!!!!
I am lucky if we get 1/4 acre...lol!!!

That's awsome Cooky!

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You know! Lol I WISH! lol

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Right Marcella?

We are looking at plots over 50 X 100, and she is looking at 50000 X 1000000...LMAO!!!!
HOLY MOLY!!!

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LOL!!! exactly!!! and I have a view of my next door neighbor! LOL!!!

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Posted by MarcellaBella

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by MarcellaBella

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by cooky11111

Ok everyone....move upstate with me !!

We bought 18 acres for $20,000 and built our own house for a quater of what it would have been on LI....

I can use some friends....come on up everyone!!!!

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18 ACRES WOW!!!!
I am lucky if we get 1/4 acre...lol!!!

That's awsome Cooky!

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You know! Lol I WISH! lol

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Right Marcella?

We are looking at plots over 50 X 100, and she is looking at 50000 X 1000000...LMAO!!!!
HOLY MOLY!!!

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LOL!!! exactly!!! and I have a view of my next door neighbor! LOL!!!

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Yeah but you know what, I actually miss neighbors

Hey the property next to me is 10 acres and she might be putting it up for Sale...any one interested?

Sage
Mrstc
Merf

My dh and I are moving to Scotch Plains in Union County NJ next month. I really like what I have seen of the area and the commute is great.

We were looking in LI, but the prices were better in NJ.

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Posted by cooky11111

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Posted by MarcellaBella

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by MarcellaBella

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Posted by Sage10.03

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Posted by cooky11111

Ok everyone....move upstate with me !!

We bought 18 acres for $20,000 and built our own house for a quater of what it would have been on LI....

I can use some friends....come on up everyone!!!!

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18 ACRES WOW!!!!
I am lucky if we get 1/4 acre...lol!!!

That's awsome Cooky!

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You know! Lol I WISH! lol

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Right Marcella?

We are looking at plots over 50 X 100, and she is looking at 50000 X 1000000...LMAO!!!!
HOLY MOLY!!!

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LOL!!! exactly!!! and I have a view of my next door neighbor! LOL!!!

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Yeah but you know what, I actually miss neighbors

Hey the property next to me is 10 acres and she might be putting it up for Sale...any one interested?

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ooooh.. very interesting!

Honestly though, you have an unbelievable view!!! =)

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Posted by Crisco718

Sage
Mrstc
Merf

My dh and I are moving to Scotch Plains in Union County NJ next month. I really like what I have seen of the area and the commute is great.

We were looking in LI, but the prices were better in NJ.

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Scotch Plains is supposed to be nice...I was looking there myself when I first started house hunting in NJ. Good luck!

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Posted by Crisco718

Sage
Mrstc
Merf

My dh and I are moving to Scotch Plains in Union County NJ next month. I really like what I have seen of the area and the commute is great.

We were looking in LI, but the prices were better in NJ.

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Crisco - DH and I keep hearing such good things about Scotch Plains and how up and coming the town is....It's on our list!!!
Congratulations and Good Luck there!

Sage
There was an article in Money magazine that Scoth Plains was one of the most undervalued communities in the country. For the price that you pay for property it is a great community. The schools are also rated 9.5 out of 10!!!

Here is a link to the article.

article

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Posted by Crisco718

Sage
Mrstc
Merf

My dh and I are moving to Scotch Plains in Union County NJ next month. I really like what I have seen of the area and the commute is great.

We were looking in LI, but the prices were better in NJ.

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cool! maybe someday we can all be neighbors and bring our kids to play group
Sassyz75 - you're in too, right??!!

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Posted by Crisco718

Sage
There was an article in Money magazine that Scoth Plains was one of the most undervalued communities in the country. For the price that you pay for property it is a great community. The schools are also rated 9.5 out of 10!!!

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Crisco - when was this article printed? I would love to read it.

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Posted by MrsTC

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Posted by Crisco718

Sage
Mrstc
Merf

My dh and I are moving to Scotch Plains in Union County NJ next month. I really like what I have seen of the area and the commute is great.

We were looking in LI, but the prices were better in NJ.

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cool! maybe someday we can all be neighbors and bring our kids to play group
Sassyz75 - you're in too, right??!!

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I like that idea!!!

MrsTC - did you get my FM?

I'm in! I am always up for meeting more people in NJ!

Top 10 undervalued towns
Plus: Wedded to fix-ups, high-cost state
By Steve Kerch, CBS.MarketWatch.com
Last Update: 12:03 AM ET Feb. 28, 2003


WORCESTER, Mass. (CBS.MW) -- Housing prices are rising fast, especially in the most desirable cities. But within each metropolitan region can be hidden bargains that offer all the good qualities of an area without the high prices.


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'Undervalued towns are towns with many premium-qualities -- like good public schools, low crime rates, and educated neighbors -- but where median home prices are surprisingly low compared to other area towns,' says Andrew Schiller, president of Location Inc.

Schiller, a geographer, has studied America's 61,000 census tracks using data from the Census Bureau, Department of Education, Federal Housing Authority and FBI to create NeighborhoodScout, a neighborhood-matching database. From his analysis, he derived the top undervalued towns in the country's 10 biggest metropolitan areas. They are:

Scotch Plains, N.J. (New York)
Simi Valley, Calif. (Los Angeles)
Mundelein, Ill. (Chicago)
Silver Spring, Md. (Washington, D.C.)
Dublin, Calif. (San Francisco)
Havertown, Penn. (Philadelphia)
Sharon, Mass. (Boston)
Lathrup Village, Mich. (Detroit)
Colleyville, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth)
Sugar Land, Texas (Houston)
'People want good places for their families, but prices can be prohibitive. Using these simple criteria, I discovered great options for real people right in the metro areas in which many Americans live and work,' Schiller said. All of the undervalued picks are within 40 miles of the center city.

The family that rehabs together

Contrary to popular wisdom, more couples find working together on a home fix-up project to be a positive experience for a marriage rather than a prelude to divorce.

Fifty-four percent of U.S. couples say the enjoy working with each other on home-improvement projects, and that proving they could work together was a key point of satisfaction in doing the job, according to a survey from hand-tool maker Great Neck Saw Manufacturers.

'Believe it or not, 9 percent say fixing up their homes together is a romantic experience,' said Steve Maltese, director of marketing for Great Neck. 'Only 6 percent say that they fight like cats and dogs.' And seven percent said they would never attempt a joint renovation again.

'We gave them a chance to vent and talk about their biggest complaint when working together, and it turns out that 41 percent say that they have no complaints,' he said. 'But it's not all rosy. Of those who were dissatisfied, 20 percent think that their partner can be too bossy and 16 percent complain that their partner is too much of a perfectionist.'

High-priced state

Far from collapsing, the luxury-home market in California performed remarkably well in 2002, with prices for houses valued at $1 million or more rising 3 percent overall, according to an index that tracks prices.

All three of the state's top markets showed increases, including San Francisco, where prices of million-dollar homes rose 3.6 percent for all of 2002 despite showing a slight decline in the fourth quarter, First Republic Bank said. The average sales price of those houses was $2.23 million.

Upscale-home prices in Los Angeles rose 3.6 percent as well, reaching their highest point in a decade, $1.34 million. And San Diego saw a 3.3 percent increase, enough to push the luxury-home average to $1.45 million, the highest in the 17 years the bank has kept track.

'Luxury-home values in California held their own in 2002 in spite of continuing economic uncertainty,' said Katherine August-deWilde, chief operating officer of First Republic Bank. (FRC: news, chart, profile)

'Because of the unknown nature of world events, we remain cautious about values in 2003, but we see no significant signs of a decline in values in metropolitan Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco,' she said.

Steve Kerch is the real estate editor of CBS.MarketWatch.com in Chicago.

Sage - FM

The made a mistake here.

Silver Spring, Md. (Washington, D.C.)


Silver Spring MD is expensive. My sister lives there and you are lucky if you find a townhouse for 300k and you have to sell one of your kidneys to get a single family. The taxes are also very expensive in that part of MD.

She loves it b/c she has school age kids and the schools are excellent in that area.

She also loves it b/c the area has a lot of diversity and she likes that for the kids as well.