I’m sorry, but you will just have to forgive me. I love looking at beautiful homes that I will never be able to afford. This is probably the most perfect “English Country/Tudor” cottage ” I’ve seen, right in the heart of Downtown Dallas. It’s so immaculately decorated, I saved most of the pictures into my Interior Design file.
Something To Make The Californians Vomit
So, there’s this town about 10 minutes south of where we are currently living. For people in Dallas, this town of Arlington is known as the “trashier” side of the Dallas suburbs. What they mean by this is that it doesn’t have an award-winning school district and has a “higher” crime rate (which means that they have a couple car break-ins every year). They also have a higher Hispanic population. In truth, it’s just another version of Whittier, but with lots more trees. This is also the town where they are building the new Cowboys Stadium next to the Six Flags.
Due to these factors, Arlington prices are cheap. I’ve always known this, but I decided to actually do a home search a few weeks ago. And I just have to hear stories about all the vomit you will produce once you see this.
How about a 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath condo with a garage and 900 sq. ft.? How much would you guess this costs??
Wanna try…………
Did you guess??
$42,000
Yup. Less than an SUV. Including property tax and insurance, the monthly payment for this condo would be $300.
Barfing yet?
Let’s say you don’t want a condo- how about a house?
Now, of course, houses cost a little bit more. But you get a nice big yard and stuff, so it’s worth it. How about a 3 bedroom, 2 Bath 1400 sq. ft. house?
How much….hmmm….how about $74,000?? That, of course, would bring the total house payment up to a whopping $600/mo.
And now I will leave you to throw up and wish you lived in Dallas 🙂
Breakfast with the High School Besties
Yesterday morning, Tess, Steph and I convened at the Beef Palace in Templeton. In case you don’t know, Tess and Steph are my two best friends from high school. Actually, it goes back further than that, seeing as I’ve been friends with Tess since I was four, and remember Steph chasing me on the playground in the 1st grade. Tess was also the Maid of Honor in both of our weddings:)
Speaking of Real Estate…..
One of the reasons I am so ecstatic that I found an apartment with such cheap rent is that Jesse and I are hoping to save around 30% of our earnings this next year in hopes of buying a house. Take a look at this one: the fact that you can buy something like this in the downtown area of an upscale section of a major city is astounding to me. Plus, it’s only 7 minutes from our church!!
Check out this one, right around the corner. It even has its own elevator!!