Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area?

Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by Rapzid on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @11:59PM (#13182552)

And closing/financing fees! If you end up taking a job out of area and decide to sell(understandable as now isn't the right time to be purchasing a rental) you're out the fees.

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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by smsm42 on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:39AM (#13182698)

Oh yeah, those. You pay through the nose when you buy and when you sell. Can easily knock several percentage points off the price you thought you're selling for, or add the same to the price you though you're buying for. One has to be very careful to include those in all calculations. Renting is mostly flat-rate experience, and owning has much higher variance of payments. But owning has its own benefits :)

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Re:Does It Make Sense for Programmers to Move to the Bay Area? by vonmoltke on Thursday December 15, 2016 @08:56AM (#13184544)

If you live in an area with closing fees on rentals, like I do, rhat's a wash.

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