Is the housing boom over?

[Halon]

Originally Posted by Goat Blower

The only downside of a townhome is that you also have to pay $150-$250 for association fees, which covers lawn care and snow removal. It's actually much cheaper to do it by yourself even after spending $1000 on a decent snowblower and lawn mower. It does allow you more time with the ladies though...

The ones i am looking at have 100-150 association fees. Yes it kinda sucks, but the ones I'm looking at, the fee not only covers lawn/snow, it also covers all exterior maintenance and so you don't need any insurance for the exterior which saves you a few bucks, includes hazard insurance, also it covers the garbage removal. And townhomes usually have little bit lower property taxes due to the very small amount of property they are on. So in the end, it's really not costing you a ton more. Plus with my job I travel up to 75% of the time, and so having the lawn care and snow removal will be nice since I may be gone for 6 weeks at a time.