19. "Figure out where you're going first" In response to In response to 0
It might not make sense if you're staying local. We bought in a good school district, and paid more than we would have in a neighborhood that we actually preferred. Four years later, our house is worth about 100,000 more than we pay for it, the catch is that those other neighborhoods now cost as much as ours did when we bought. We could cash out, but our monthly housing expense would be just as high as it is now, and the public school option would be completely off the table, and we may not be so keen on paying for private school for two kids.