New tract homes, built by a builder? No. Built yourself, semi-custom, on land you own? Yep. Bought from existing homes from the plentiful supply of such houses in the midwest?
Definitely.
If you can find work in such places (important caveat, I know), you should go there.
However, when you start digging down into what you have to do to get there, you start running into roadblocks. Put aside zoning restrictions and building requirements(again, dependent on where you're located at) - have you tried buying land as of late? Undeveloped land? With nothing on it?
That entire experience was eye-opening for me, and yet another example of 'Oh, THIS is why we're fucked.'
New tract homes, built by a builder? No. Built yourself, semi-custom, on land you own? Yep. Bought from existing homes from the plentiful supply of such houses in the midwest?
Definitely.
If you can find work in such places (important caveat, I know), you should go there.
Yup. That's the dream, right there.
However, when you start digging down into what you have to do to get there, you start running into roadblocks. Put aside zoning restrictions and building requirements(again, dependent on where you're located at) - have you tried buying land as of late? Undeveloped land? With nothing on it?
That entire experience was eye-opening for me, and yet another example of 'Oh, THIS is why we're fucked.'