>>>About one year ago I saw a similar job offer from The University of San Francisco, offering $28k. Full time, VFP, etc.
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>>>In the Bay Area things are interesting. A couple (no kids) has to make $80 k a year according to a recent report. You will have no savings. If you make $160 K a year you can afford to buy a house (bottom end of market).
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>>Kinda makes you want to move out of California doesn't it?
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>>Parents home (3200 sqft, 4 bdr) in Irving, TX (Valley Ranch, home of my Dallas Cowboys) was appraised at $285,000. Wonder how much in California.... :)
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>In my neighborhood a 1200 square foot house built in 1960, with termites, goes for over $900,000. SICK!!!

My parents sold a 1200 sq/ft house in Sunnyvale CA. for $50,000 in 1974.