I have watched too many foreclosures where the opening bid was ridiculously high and go back to the bank.

Every builder I see is throwing everything at buyers to get homes sold — rate buydowns into the 4’s, appliance packages, closing costs, you name it.
I know this is happening across the country, but how long can build...

So, not sure who you are getting quotes from or if your property manager insists you use their painter and getting a cut, but $11,000 is ridiculous!!

Quote from @Ramon Colon: Quote from @Adam Bartomeo: I would be very careful on buying any property to rent in Lehigh.

Because here is the reality, coming from an industry insider: the tax professionals who take such audit protection cases from those national tax companies are paid ridiculously little money for these jobs.

If you start with something local, not in a war zone but not too expensive that maybe needs some TLC, and you don't ridiculously overpay and keep your ownership costs within your ability to pay with your W2 jobs, it will be hard to go wrong over time.

This isn’t as ridiculous as it sounds.  

As for the ridiculous notion of having to wait decades to get there, well that's just nonsense.

It's kind of a ridiculous bet because all I have to do is make $1.00 in profit and I win, lol. 

That's on top of the hundreds of other tech/biotech companies in the area.Yes, not all degrees are created equal, and yes you may have to move to where the jobs are, but to say the economy is not kind to new graduates is ridiculous.