Property: What Can You Buy For $500,000?

[bwana devil]

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bedrooms 4
bathrooms 3
square feet 20,037
list price $479,990
est prop tax $8,000

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unless this white house is blocking the view of a huge mansion, there is no 20,000 sqft property for sale.

[guids]

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bedrooms 4
bathrooms 3
square feet 20,037
list price $479,990
est prop tax $8,000

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unless this white house is blocking the view of a huge mansion, there is no 20,000 sqft property for sale.

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batcave, ldo

[kyleb]

Seattle, WA


$490,000, 3 bed 1 bath, single family home. 1570 sq. ft, built in 1954.


$459,950, 4 bed 3 bath 2130 sq. ft. built in 1928

Hmm, that last one is in a pretty decent area and it's reasonably priced.

Anyway, a decent house in the city of Seattle (and not Shoreline or some other [censored] suburb) will cost you $350,000 - $600,000.

When I lived in Cleveland you could get a really nice house for $200,000. But then you have to live in Cleveland, I guess.

[CharlieDontSurf]

I'm pretty sure you can buy plenty of beach side houses in either Aruba or Domincan for under 500K

[prohornblower]

Downtown London. This one-room fixer-upper can be yours for 517K American. The views are incredible and always changing. Cat not included.

[IAGTTAYM]

Håkanskär, Sweden
3 properties for $520k, plus 9,5 acres of land on 4 different islands.

Some overview pics:







The 3 properties:

Summer House:



Old cottage, from 1830:


Guest house:

[talentdeficit]

i didn't think we were getting screwed quite as hard as we are in vancouver until i read this thread. this is $560 cdn and in a mediocre area about 40 minutes from downtown:



if you want in the city, this is $510 in strathcona (near downtown, crappy neighborhood):



or this condo for $590 in mt pleasant (nice neighborhood, near downtown):

[prohornblower]

So I'm guessing a lot of people have interest-only mortgages right?