However, with travel suspended amidst the pandemic, our plans – just like so many of you cuties – completely changed! Because we didn’t have a definitive location (outside of NYC) where we currently wanted to live – we began to look for fun vacation/rental markets where we could be close to family, friends and offer something that the city didn’t. Our original pre-pandemic 5 year plan was…Ģ – Buy a vacation home & continue to rent here in NYCģ – Start a family and live here in NYC (with a vacation home elsewhere)Ĥ – Move to our forever home (wherever that is) We were living on top of each other and confined to our apartment but still weren’t sure where we wanted to move and if we were ready to trade our city lives for the suburbs. We felt all that & more as our concerns were amplified by the global pandemic. We came to harsh realization of what it costs to buy a home in New York coupled with the understanding that our needs might change as you get older, start a family, change jobs, etc. We’ve been wanting to buy a home for a few years now (even before I shared) but that comes with the question: Where do we want to live forever? Something every young New Yorker faces eventually. Well nearly a year later, we are happy to share that we are OFFICIALLY home owners. I love renting in New York (both for work & play) and we have no intention of leaving at this point … but we will be splitting our time between the city and our first home together!Įarlier this year (January 2021), we shared that we were planning on buying hopefully this year….BUT we didn’t realize we would be entering one of the craziest housing markets LIKE EVER and we definitely didn’t understand what we were in for. First things first, we will be keeping our place in New York City.

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