Damn he hit it big! Depends how close to Aurora (Aurora is still gross and sucks) it is but yeah it probably is at least 900-1.1m if it's that big.heyzeus wrote: One of my best friends, who I grew up with in STL, bought a pretty big house (2 stories with a finished basement, 4 BR) just north of Phinney Ridge (around Aurora and 90th St) with his wife in like 2004, I think they paid 400k for it. Then the recession hit and they got divorced. My friend kept the house in the divorce, which at the time looked like an albatross. He took on some roommates to pay the mortgage. Now it's probably worth double that.
The one I just bought was listed at 550k and escalated to 620k. This is a damn 2 BR with half finished basement. It's two blocks from the main Phinney drag and a few blocks from Green lake. Has 11k sewer problem right off the bat. Knob and tube wiring that I gotta fix (doing it myself because I have experience rewiring attics). It will be a big project but my fiance landed a nice job downtown and my job pays well so we'll be fine. It'll be about the same as our rent in Madison Park was. It's already appraised at 700k, so I'm hoping it does nothing but appreciate. It's a 1914 house. Fiance was real nervous because I am borrowing so much. (deep breath)
