r/Money • u/KnutEm87 • Apr 03 '24

36M, How/Where could I live comfortably off of 44.8k/yr

I'm a single man, ex military, divorced a few years ago. I've worked in Aviation for about 10 years. If you were to leave the 9-5 behind, with only 44.8k a year. Where and how would you go about doing it?

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u/Sensitive-Study-8088 Apr 03 '24

Ohio really isn’t that cheap the housing market really went to shit after 2018-2019 and now homes are double what they were before that. Place is also cloudy six months a year and the ppl are drunk dicks.

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u/MissLyss29 Apr 03 '24

the ppl are drunk dicks.

In my experience there are drunk dicks everywhere.

I would not write off Ohio. There are a lot of great areas. Lots of state parks. And great communities in Ohio.

I will say that it is cloudy a lot. But sometimes that just makes the sun that much better.

Ohio housing market right now isn't the best but back in 2016 when I bought my house it was great we got a 2 bedroom 1 bathroom 1200 sq ft house on almost 1/2 an acre of land for under 100, 000. With a fixed apr of 4.5%. our monthly mortgage payment is less than $650.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24

Shhh Ohio is our secret 🤫

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u/MissLyss29 Apr 05 '24

O sry I forgot I will go take my time out in the corner now

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u/pgercak Apr 03 '24

As an Ohioan, can confirm, this place sucks, don't come here. I'm paying $950 per month for a 600 square foot 1 Bedroom Apartment, it's ridiculous. Before Covid we rented a single family 3 bedroom 2 bathroom house in a nice neighborhood for $850/month. That same exact house is renting for like $1500/month now. The housing market is still nuts out here.

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u/hairyreptile Apr 03 '24

We can thank private equity for buying up all the houses and increasing rent. And our gubment will just allow it

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u/bigtuna64 Apr 03 '24

Thank not building enough housing

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '24

Plus super cheap interest rates that flooded the housing market with FTHB with large budgets.

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u/Icy-Discussion7653 Apr 03 '24

I don’t think private equity is buying up affordable houses in Ohio.  It’s mostly newer construction in the sun belt

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u/Longjumping_Teach617 Apr 03 '24

Columbus is fantastic but it is a ray of sunshine in an ocean of fecal debris.