I think the smaller place in Bethlehem (the ones I posted in the beginning) would be fine for just me. I know I would be sacrificing square footage...but I would be able to walk to so many great places to shop/eat etc. The other townhouses and condos...though they are cute...they are in residential neighborhoods. I wouldn't want that if I was going to move into a condo out on my own.
Of course, I am not going to jump on anything right now. I can wait until this summer and start looking seriously if I want to. On Sept. 1st, my salary goes from 55k-65k and I will have approx. $30,000 saved up. I could use $20,000 as a 10% downpayment on a place and still have $10,000 saved up to furnish it...and the mortgage would be low enough that I could still send money to my roth and have money left over to save.
It's just a thought. I will keep my eyes open.
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