Where are the lowest home prices around the country?  lowest cost of homes/living? anyone?
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Kansas.\nAlot of stupid people here,\nBut living expenses are lower than hell.\nEven car insurance costs less here.\n\nThese suckers think people making $14/hr are wealthy\nHahaha\nMan you can buy a decent home here for 60
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Hi Christian!\nNow that the housing market is finally looking up, it's the perfect time to seek out a new place to live. This summer you need to shake off that "lucky I even have my folks to live with" mentality, polish up your shoes, and explore your living quarters options! There are fun, flexible, fantastic places out there just waiting for someone like you!\nNow, get out there and pound the pavement. Beat on some doors until you latch onto that incredible tree house or fort you always wanted!\n(I heard the esperanza area is a great place to find a cardboard box near the dumpster behind a pizza joint?)\n-zealnik
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Hey! I grew up there! \nIt's a very small community, but I'm sure if you look hard enough you can find something. You might even be able to rent privately. My grandparents rented out their place, my friend is renting a house for like $800 a month. But you want something closer to civilization try finding a place in Hinckley (a 10-15 drive from Sandstone).
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Fort Worth, Texas.....It has the lowest cost of living with the highest salary ratios in the country.  A 3000 square foot home in California costing $600,000 can be purchased in Fort Worth for less than $250.000.  In addition, Texas does not have state income tax as most other states do.  You will bring home more money in Texas than in most other states.  NYC and California are two of the most expensive places to live in the U.S.  Fort Worth is growing rapidly and there are plenty of opportunities for a variety of careers.\n\nGood luck and live well!
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impossible to do.  There are too many factors to deal with.  First problem what is the cost of housing compared to the suroundings because families with school age kids can't afford high cost housing and will move to cheaper neighborhoods while you will get a few you will get more with lower home cost.  How is the neighborhood in terms of zoning new developments to poor schools will get less families than those zoned to better schools.  Take Reno, NV huge construction boom almost a zero student growth because the median home price is up to $330,000 most families can't afford that it is usually upgrades and transplanted retires from other states.  Of course the year before huge student growth.  There is no magic formula you can predict there will be growth but it comes down to cost of homes and jobs for the parents and that is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Home prices in CA will never go down.... even if the entire housing market crashes around the US... Ca will stay the same or go up. The wealthy will always have money to buy what they want there.
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Do a Yahoo! search using that phrase or search google or just look up low income apartments on apartmentguide.com...just put in your zipcode and look up apartments for cheap...or just apply for housing assistance thru your local housing authority...
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That is a tough one to answer on the basis that you would not want to live anywhere, e.g. cheapest is probably next to a nuclear power station and I doubt you would want that.\n\nI would start by selecting the areas you like.  Then for each of these find out what the local property prices are.  One useful site to help find the recently sold prices is ourproperty.com.  I do not have any affiliation with them but find it a useful site to look up property prices that people have paid - not want estate agents ask for.\n\nGood luck with your search.
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Zillow.com has most houses in big cities on there.  Some homes in smaller cities are not valued, but you can still see aeriel views of them.  Goodluck!
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Place an offer based on what you're willing to pay.  If they're insulted they'll refuse but it's definitely worth the risk if you want the house at YOUR price.  They might even counter offer since the market is so desperate right now.\n\nAround here people are paying amazing low prices as compared with asking prices and some sellers are dropping their asking prices several times because there just aren't enough people looking.  This is normally an area where a good house can "turn" in a week or so.
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You can't get a 3 bed/2 bath home for 150k in St. George/Hurricane anymore! You're best bet in Washington County, Utah is a development called Rainbow Canyon in Hurricane:\n\nhttp://gemstoneproperties.com/rainbow.html\n\nIt's the best value in the Washington County market right now, I believe.\n\nIf you're looking for slower pace, however, may I recommend Cedar City? It's only about 45 minutes up the freeway from Washington County. It's more community-oriented than St. George. St. George is kind of like a mini Vegas. To check out real estate in Cedar City, check out:\n\nhttp://www.homes4utah.com/\n\nHappy house hunting!
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Yes I heard San Fran is insane. I am from Long Island, and the average house price is about the same as that. I think that upstate NY is beautiful and reasonable...Saratoga Springs is to die for and the average 4 bedroom 2.5 bath is around 200k....the town is booming! If you are looking to move to the east coast...its definately somthing to consider.
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have you considered buying.. if this is the going price for what you are looking for, in your area, then you could probably buy a home.. besides there are many 1st timer gov money (lot free $). programs you can web search or check with a realtor... i have no problem in paying a realtor their commission they work hard for it you too may want to talk with one ( i suggest using a well established firm.\n\ni would suggest that you check for the sellers list, owners  where you shop ect (network your desire to buy a home )
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I found 33 homes that meet your criteria on www.realtor.com.  Also check out www.zillow.com for recent comparable sales (not asking) prices.\n\nVisiting these web sites before going on too many trips with your realtor should speed up the process and I think you'll be happier with the results.\n\nGood luck!  There are a fair number of homes in your price range there.
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Missouri Has the Best Cost of Living and would be nice, I'm  told the weather is modest..however Washington State has the Highest Minimum Wage and they have it good there with your option of Ocean, Mountain,etc and a wide varity of job Markets.
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Low end in Orlando seems to be around $65,000 (which seems shockingly low to someone in the DC area) but you would have to check with a realtor in your area to see what, if anything, you can buy for $40,000.
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Go to money.com  they have a site to compare relocation areas.\nOr Google  "cost of living".\n\nNo matter where you live, $36k with kids will be tough.