[Backyard_Wildlife_Lover]

Originally Posted by airics

Where in Florida are you headed? We moved to Florida in June and so far so good. I have another property to sell in Vegas which may happen as early as November.

I'm flying into Fort Lauderdale so somewhere in that general area but in what city specifically I end up long-term will depend on the location of my job.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

Takes 17 minutes to get to the airport from the Summit.

Virtually anywhere in that part of Summerlin will make it in under 20.

This is a rather compact city with some pretty good freeways. I use doctors who are diagonally across town. 32 miles. Generally takes 40 minutes.

You should simply find an acceptable house on an acre in the large lot areas. Then build whatever else you want as outbuildings. Safe a fortune compared to a full custom "blue heron" place.

No. He should find a place in a different state. Perhaps then we would stop receiving expert advice from someone that lives 900 miles away.

[airics]

Originally Posted by Backyard_Wildlife_Lover

I'm flying into Fort Lauderdale so somewhere in that general area but in what city specifically I end up long-term will depend on the location of my job.

I'd also look north of Orlando or Tampa.. if you can handle a 50 minute commute, you could be in a house for under 150 easily..

[Backyard_Wildlife_Lover]

Originally Posted by airics

I'd also look north of Orlando or Tampa.. if you can handle a 50 minute commute, you could be in a house for under 150 easily..

The thing is, salaries for medical imaging technologists outside SE Florida are not competitive they're very low.

[BBMW]

How much has the population of NV grown over thee last few decades? I really don't think it could have grown any faster than it did.

Originally Posted by Willy702

If cost of living and low taxes were the only thing that mattered then 40 million would be living in Nevada. Plenty of room for them.

[JonathanLB]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

Takes 17 minutes to get to the airport from the Summit.

Virtually anywhere in that part of Summerlin will make it in under 20.

This is a rather compact city with some pretty good freeways. I use doctors who are diagonally across town. 32 miles. Generally takes 40 minutes.

You should simply find an acceptable house on an acre in the large lot areas. Then build whatever else you want as outbuildings. Safe a fortune compared to a full custom "blue heron" place.

Do you have any builders you know? I don’t need an acre, just 0.4 acre lot or even 0.30 could do with a semi-custom plan (for instance something you can buy online for $500, that’s what my accountant did). To my knowledge it’s both tough to find land in places like MacDonald Highlands that isn’t developer owned and tough to find builders. Unless that’s all smoke and mirrors, but you also take some level of risk building something that’s may go over budget.

Blue Herron - except their resale homes (I’ve seen $1.2M or so) - are out of my budget anyway at the $2M range. Beautiful homes but at present more than I’d care to spend.

[Willy702]

Originally Posted by BBMW

How much has the population of NV grown over thee last few decades? I really don't think it could have grown any faster than it did.

Sure it could have grown a lot faster if so many people who moved in didn't leave a few years later.

[BBMW]

If all the people who left stayed, and all the people who came still did, a lot of people would be sleeping in tents in the desert.

NV's population growth rate was something like three + times CAs for 2017.

Originally Posted by Willy702

Sure it could have grown a lot faster if so many people who moved in didn't leave a few years later.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by Willy702

Sure it could have grown a lot faster if so many people who moved in didn't leave a few years later.

Like most cities?

[TJUSN]

Just to add to ridiculousness of living in CA...

I grew up in California. All of my close family and old friends live in California. My company is headquartered in San Diego. One might think that I would want to live in California very badly and easily could with a clear ticket there via my company.

We bought a nice house in one of the nicest areas in Henderson last year (Seven Hills) which we can afford on my income comfortably and my wife can stay home with the kids. To transfer to work the same job in San Diego and make the same or slightly more money would be a massive pay cut due to rent/mortgage alone. Even to promote and make a good chunk more would still likely leave us worse off than here. I can see it with my company; the wages/salaries just do not fit well enough there. We would have to commit to a larger mortgage and/or have a severe downgrade in lifestyle, such as a worse commute, worse house quality, less going out/on vacations, less money to spend on the kids, and worse neighborhood quality.

I am not saying that here is the most desirable place either, but for us it beats California.