I wanted to set this up as a poll but couldn't find the option for that, so oh well.
We're thinking about buying something around the end of the year, after our lease is up and are finding tons of condo's in our price range, and some houses.
We want to stay in the NW side of Cols, like Worthington, Powell, Dublin, Hilliard, Westerville, Polaris, Lewis Center, etc.
We think $125k is a good range to stay in.
We'd like either 2 bedrooms and a basement or at least 3 bedrooms. Must be 2 full baths.
I'm looking for people that have experience in the Columbus area with houses/condos and what you guys think?
I hear Condo's are bad investments and whatnot, little appreciation over years etc, but at this point in our lives we're both so busy with work and school, I'm kind of afraid of all the extra responsibility of owning a home and the upkeep. But then again, I haven't found out the average price of Condo fees that would offset the price of houses.
I'd say we'd probably stay in this place 3-5years. Maybe more, but definitely not less unless something crazy happened. We're most likely going to put 10% down, unless we can get our parents to help chip in and get us to 20%, but we're just talking at this point.
School districts are of importance, we've got a soon to be 2year old so she'll be starting kindergarten in 3 years...
thanks for any thoughts on which to go with, the market in general, area's to avoid or check out, etc etc.