A 960 Sq. ft Garage-Shop!!

[woodchucker]

Feel pretty blessed tax wise. My place 2800sf house, with 1100sf garage, and 2100sf shop on 15acres (twenty miles from town) is $800 a year. Normally it would be $1600, but in our county when you hit 65, your property taxes are lowered by 50%. Now the ski area (Steamboat Springs) is a whole nother ball game. My house on three city lots would be closer to 10k, but would also be worth 1.5-2 million. Would still much rather be where I am. Mike

When my wife and I were looking to move out to Colorado we were amazed at the taxes. I wanted to become a ski bum but have a real job.. None of the ski resorts would hire me... I wasn't bubbly enough... you have to have that personality, even for a backroom job.. I was looking for an IT job, at that time I was a software engineer. But they wanted the same personality that they present at their front desk in the back room... So we retreated to the Boulder area, figured I can still commute to the slopes.. A bigger house than what I have now was 800 a year. then the next year we went back, the price for houses was off the charts... the Californians were moving in, in mass, driving up the prices.. Oh well.

 

[Janderso]

I'm really thankful I cashed out of my home in San Francisco (Sea Cliff), and moved to Portland OR 10 years ago. Cost of living here is SO much lower, but my house here has tripped in value in the 10 years I've owned it. Real Estate is on a tear. Good luck on your purchase - I've always liked the Chico area.

We have friends that sold their Novato home and moved to Port Orchard WA. I would say they upgraded considerably for less money.

 

[davidpbest]

We have friends that sold their Novato home and moved to Port Orchard WA. I would say they upgraded considerably for less money.

Nice shop space you'll have there. Here's what you can do with about 1,000 square feet.

 

[Janderso]

I'm really thankful I cashed out of my home in San Francisco (Sea Cliff), and moved to Portland OR 10 years ago. Cost of living here is SO much lower, but my house here has tripped in value in the 10 years I've owned it. Real Estate is on a tear. Good luck on your purchase - I've always liked the Chico area.

Portland is one of our favorite towns.
Too bad about all the craziness of late.

 

[Janderso]

When my wife and I were looking to move out to Colorado we were amazed at the taxes. I wanted to become a ski bum but have a real job.. None of the ski resorts would hire me... I wasn't bubbly enough... you have to have that personality, even for a backroom job.. I was looking for an IT job, at that time I was a software engineer. But they wanted the same personality that they present at their front desk in the back room... So we retreated to the Boulder area, figured I can still commute to the slopes.. A bigger house than what I have now was 800 a year. then the next year we went back, the price for houses was off the charts... the Californians were moving in, in mass, driving up the prices.. Oh well.

I don't know what it's like now but about 10 years ago an average working man's home in a bad neighborhood in Sunnyvale (Bay area) was around 1.2 million.
I feel bad for our young families. How the hell can they buy a first home?
My wife's best friend lives in a Dell Webb community in Manteca of all places.
Her daughter is in marketing and makes over 400K per year and her son is a personal chef. makes over 500K.
These kids are in their late 20's to early 30's.
I just don't get it.

 

[woodchucker]

I don't know what it's like now but about 10 years ago an average working man's home in a bad neighborhood in Sunnyvale (Bay area) was around 1.2 million.
I feel bad for our young families. How the hell can they buy a first home?
My wife's best friend lives in a Dell Webb community in Manteca of all places.
Her daughter is in marketing and makes over 400K per year and her son is a personal chef. makes over 500K.
These kids are in their late 20's to early 30's.
I just don't get it.

What don't you get? Those ridiculously high wages for what they do?
I don't get that. Are they marketing drugs, is he working for the "Stars" wth...

 

[Janderso]

Nice shop space you'll have there. Here's what you can do with about 1,000 square feet.

Love your shop space.
Very well thought out.
I never imagined you could fit a metal shop and a wood shop in an 1,100 sq. ft space.
A basement??
How did you get all those machine tools down there? Is there a carriage door I missed?
Nice top shelf equipment!

 

[Janderso]

What don't you get? Those ridiculously high wages for what they do?

Who would pay a half a million for someone to cook their meals?
This is just crazy man.

 

[woodchucker]

Love your shop space.
Very well thought out.
I never imagined you could fit a metal shop and a wood shop in an 1,100 sq. ft space.
A basement??
How did you get all those machine tools down there? Is there a carriage door I missed?
Nice top shelf equipment!

yes, I saw his video a week or 2 ago, and it was very impressive.

 

[woodchucker]

Who would pay a half a million for someone to cook their meals?
This is just crazy man.

ok we are on the same page...
yea, I don't get it.... I don't get the 400k for marketing either? is she selling multi million dollar equipment that's hard to sell? or is she selling something that sells itself?