[westcoastaggie]

My HOA is $420 a year and the price for that home in the clip is more than what I'm paying with my new construction home at 5 bedroom and 3 full baths. I'm 25 minutes outside atlanta. That's crazy.

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Well, if you want to live in Southern California, you have to pay whatever the property is valued at. In San Fernando Valley, the price for that condo is actually pretty good...........................especially considering the HOA fee is only $400. Most places in Tarzana are $600/month+. If you live 25 minutes outside Atlanta, you're in a pretty rural area so, no wonder your house is less than $400,000.

My home's value is creeping to $400k and I'm 30 mins outside.

[thatd@mnYOGI]

^^^Where you moving too Yogi??

I closed on my house in McDonough in April, J.

Ivan, the housing market are plenty of new construction in the Henry County area now. If you travel down 75 through Stockbridge, down to where I am in McDonough to Locust Grove, the amount of new communities is shocking. The communities are mostly retired military, affluent African Americans and white people. My neighbors is former army. The houses in my community and a couple of streets down are ranging from high $300s to mid $400s. The difference is the houses are bigger than what you're stating Ivan in Cali. Most people wouldn't consider living this far down from Atlanta, but now there are a lot of opportunities and new shopping areas.

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[j1908]

^^Gotcha. You're 2exits from me. 1 of my co-workers bought a house out that way 2yrs ago and is looking to move into Crystal Lake. I haven't been that way in a min. I use to go to the outlet a lot.

[thatd@mnYOGI]

^^Gotcha. You're 2exits from me. 1 of my co-workers bought a house out that way 2yrs ago and is looking to move into Crystal Lake. I haven't been that way in a min. I use to go to the outlet a lot.

There's a lot has changed in the area. There's a lot of growth. My cousin was just re-elected as County Commissioner for Henry County. I was actually looking at the new homes on Camp Creek Parkway to be closer to the airport due to my travel back and forth to the corporate office in DC. Sadly, that didn't happen. The property manager was too ghetto, the prices was way more than the initial pricing of the homes and they were dragging their feet on building on the homes. I had to look around and landing on McDonough which is fine. I can drive home to see my mom 45 minutes south more often.

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