Move west young man.....(a little long)

I did some research. Foreclosures are usually cash only. And they're usually trashed when people know they're losing their home.

A good deal on fixer upper wouldn't be so bad if the deal was good deal. So far I haven't seen anything to be a good deal.

While I understand everyone wants equity and value. I just don't see the sense in paying old home value when brand new can be had for the same price.

You wouldn't pay new car price for a used car.

Everything in life loses value. Except for property.

And property right now. Seems to be made of gold.

The sucky thing is what's going to happen when the bubble bursts again. And it will. It always does.

 

Snowwy . From your last post - sounds like bubble is close.

 

According to cnbc.

We just completed the only decade in the history of America to NOT have a recession.
We're also on the longest expansion in the history of America.

Wouldn't know it though with all the layoffs and companies shutting down.

 

Please Chinatown.
Stop fooling these people into thinking Las Vegas
Is some affordable place to live.
It's just like any other big city, low pay and high cost
Of living.
The city is filled with 40 year old people, 3 deep
In apartments. Splitting the rent because none
Of them can afford a place themselves.

Local trucking jobs pay ####.
I lived and drove locally in Vegas for a couple years.
Every local driver I worked with had a wife who had
To work full time, so they could make ends meet
And he didn't have to go back on the road.

This ain't the old Vegas of 25 years ago.
Those days are long gone.

 

Nah the FEMA trailers were about half that size.

 

Me and the wife have looked at it a while now Elko NV winnemucca NV Reno NV Cheyenne WY at some point we may move west. NV WY are both no income tax. Some replys from others on here spot on. I dont have enough otr only 6mos, now doing local propane class b work because need $$ and it paid a lot more, but with your tanker yanking experience you could sign on a lot of places that have 401ks good benefits. It's so pretty in it's own ways out there even if it's a big jump. I have a family and a lot of people older that is holding us back east right now. I envy anyone a little like yourself with lots of options regardless how old you are dont regret what if find it and do out west for a bit even if only 5 or 10 years I am sure it would add a great chapter regardless compared to the east coast

Ps I dont know how far you got but two companies i looked near those area were savage and dy no nob le. You might be surprised some companies have mentorship type deals with people under 2 years tanker experience that willing to hire if the person willing to move to a more remote location.

 

I would argue that recession point. The economy was starting some recovery around 2010, but not really gaining momentum. Some growth was accomplished, but it was small and slow. Thats not a bad thing. Slow and steady is better than fast and uncontrolled, the boom to bust cycle if you will. Over the last few years, the economy really has not grown, it has been mostly flat. Production and exports have not increased, they have actually gone down. Then imports are also down. This does some number magic.
If you export 50 percent less goods and import 50 percent less goods your overall trade numbers are smaller, so if you run a deficit number, the new number looks smaller, but really is numerically the same.

 

Here's my bottom line on "The west". People move here and are willing to pay more to live for a reason.

We are too busy having fun, enjoying some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, to care much about politics, the 24x7 news cycle and other BS.

Like days of old, the west is about moving away from the old, and living day to day, always looking forward,

Sure, I could move to some burned out, hopeless, opiod infested city and buy a fixer upper for 50k.. But what is the point?