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[IR5FORMUMSIE 850]

That's crazy, it isn't worth more than 40 million tops. Unfortunately many rich NY urbanites have their country homes in NJ, it's been that way for years. Alpine is always in the top ten list of most expensive counties to purchase real estate in the US.

Nick lives near by there and took me driving through. I was amazed.

Then when we started looking at homes, we looked (for fun) online at those houses and were like "Oh perfect, We'll take 2" LOL

Then we went and looked at the crappiest pieces of ####### that was on the website and had a good laugh too.

We had fun that day.

I have a friend who lives in Manhattan and he pays $1400/mo. in an apartment subsidized by his employer. NYC and vacinity has probably the most expensive real estate in the US and it is incredibly difficult to get anything decent for the money. Don't feel bad though, Jerry Seinfeld paid $32 million dollars for Billy Joel's house on Long Island and spent another $10 million just to make it habitable.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I have a friend who lives in Manhattan and he pays $1400/mo. in an apartment subsidized by his employer. NYC and vacinity has probably the most expensive real estate in the US and it is incredibly difficult to get anything decent for the money. Don't feel bad though, Jerry Seinfeld paid $32 million dollars for Billy Joel's house on Long Island and spent another $10 million just to make it habitable.

Yeah...I'm sure we'll find something.

[Flames9_RN 358]

Good luck house hunting, and sorry about the job!! Were starting to look at houses as well. Wife is tired of her 45 min commute (times 2) each day, so either sell or rent out or condo, prob rent it out. joy joy

[Leafgal 3]

Sorry about the job Laura, but remember everything happens for a reason and you are going to be moving so you will get a better job here. Hope Nick finds you guys a great house.

Flames good luck with your house hunting too.

We have a slum landlord who lives 3 houses up from us and his tenant who lives across the street from us is going to moving this summer as he bought a house so the owner (the slum landlord) is likely going to be moving to across from us. He is not well liked on our street, has confrontations with all the neighbours so we have already discussed if it gets bad we will sell and move. Praying he decides to stay 3 doors up so we don't have to move cause it is such a pain.

[trailmix 77]

Yeah...I'm sure we'll find something.

Maybe I missed a post, but why is Nick looking for a house now instead of waiting until you move?

[Krikit 1,164]

Buying a house in NJ when you are in Canada SUCKS!

I want to be there

You're buying a house? Did I miss something?

Nick is looking at homes, yes.

I didn't get the promotion at work.

He is house hunting and I'm here.

Oh, okay. I know what that's like. My husband was house-hunting here while I was there. It sucked. I had him take pics and send them to me so I could be semi-involved too. As it turned out, he was able to weed out the ####### so that by the time I got here and took over, the real estate agent had a good idea of which houses to take me/us to and which ones not. It's a long, tiring, nuisance. After a while you begin to think "If I have to go into one more stinking house I'm gonna scream." It takes forever to find a place, so just think of it the same way. Nick is weeding out the ####### so you don't have to.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

Yeah...I'm sure we'll find something.

Maybe I missed a post, but why is Nick looking for a house now instead of waiting until you move?

Because he wants to have a house before I come down. I have all my stuff....we'd have to move twice and he doesn't want that.

I don't want to do that either...I have a lot of stuff!

I trust him and his sister and mom, they will find us a great house...I'm very involved, he sends me pictures and everything.

I may take a trip down if he finds one he REALLY likes just to make sure

[Krikit 1,164]

Yeah...I'm sure we'll find something.

Maybe I missed a post, but why is Nick looking for a house now instead of waiting until you move?

Because he wants to have a house before I come down. I have all my stuff....we'd have to move twice and he doesn't want that.

I don't want to do that either...I have a lot of stuff!

I trust him and his sister and mom, they will find us a great house...I'm very involved, he sends me pictures and everything.

I may take a trip down if he finds one he REALLY likes just to make sure

I had to move twice. It really sucked.

[~Laura and Nick~ 5]

I had to move twice. It really sucked.

Completely, that's why we aren't doing it...lol

[Krikit 1,164]

Well, I am officially sick to death of the Off Topic Forum. It's either politics or racism or people making sexual innuendoes at each other. I've decided to stay out of it for the sake of my mental health. Guess I won't be on here as much anymore. LOL

[trailmix 77]

Well, I am officially sick to death of the Off Topic Forum. It's either politics or racism or people making sexual innuendoes at each other. I've decided to stay out of it for the sake of my mental health. Guess I won't be on here as much anymore. LOL

Aww, you can just post more in the Canada forum!!

Laura, makes complete sense!

I have a name for our upstairs neighbour. I call her 'woman who walks like horse'.

[Krikit 1,164]

I have a name for our upstairs neighbour. I call her 'woman who walks like horse'.

Maybe she is! Maybe she lives with a Republican who makes her wear a saddle and threatens to send her back to the mother country if she doesn't perform!

( See. I told you I need to stay out of Off Topic. )

[L_n_O 3]

SOMEBODY HIRE ME!!!

[Krikit 1,164]

Liz! Did you get a $47 trip to Buffalo?

[Cassie 8]

Got to walk in the Atlantic Ocean for almost 2 hours on Sunday -- yay!

Today is my last day here in Canada for a while -- boo!

Going home to see my poor lonely hubby -- yay!

My poor lonely hubby is still waiting to hear if he's got the managerial job he's done two interviews for and hasn't heard a thing in two weeks -- boo!

We think my sister-in-law is having a boy -- yay!

I don't trust ultrasounds as far as I can throw them -- boo!

I'm feeling weird today.