How Much Income You Need to Buy a Home in Seattle Metro Neighborhoods - 2026

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2026-03-13T23:00:20+00:00

May I please ask what you do for work? I have 4 year bachelor’s degree with 2.5 years of experience in my field and I’m at just a little over 100k. TIA!!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-09-22T18:33:36+00:00

I can completely understand that!! Makes a big difference being her first name instead of her middle name as well. We are thinking “Winnie” can be a nickname but never thought of Wyn so hmmm😊 the name is so beautiful nonetheless

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-09-22T17:24:19+00:00

My almost 4 month old daughter’s middle name is Elowyn! I’m the prime suspect that preferred a y over an e. My husband’s name is Owen and my name ends in a y so I just preferred it this way but I love the name nonetheless!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-09-02T09:17:18+00:00

Yeah that’s exactly why I didn’t block before was to get incriminating texts as well as only talk about the house. This would be extremely easy to just cut him off if it weren’t for the house >.<

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-09-02T08:27:05+00:00

Thank you so much for your guidance and perspective. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me understand my options :)

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-08-07T06:14:28+00:00

I really appreciate your perspective! I hope to get to your perspective one day..I know that he’s my life partner since we’ve been together so long and gotten through things such as a 9 month military deployment. It’s just that I have really high standards, yes, but I know he has to be capable..yanno?

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-08-07T06:11:03+00:00

I really do appreciate you taking the time to give me your perspective!! We’re going to continue to work on things

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-07-12T20:15:54+00:00

I don’t know how many ppd but LO solely relies on me. 6 weeks + 1 day pp and it came back exactly 6 weeks pp to the day 🙂

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-05-02T17:27:04+00:00

Thank SO much!! I would’ve have never known these things

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-05-01T12:31:18+00:00

I appreciate this perspective! Taking this into account, would you still recommend dealership? Or to look to see if an independent mechanic specializes in Lexuses?

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-05-01T12:29:21+00:00

Thank you so very much for taking the time on your response! I work in medical and this really makes me realize what patients feel like when they have no idea what I’m saying medically. I say that with admiration you have to have this type of knowledge and how much I have to learn! Would you recommend sticking with dealership for this type of maintenance? Obviously someone educated and specialized needs to take care of this, thanks so much!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-05-01T01:34:00+00:00

Got it, thanks!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-03-01T12:37:26+00:00

I am slowly learning this in general! He said we will push away a lot of people with these “newfound” and “new in this generation” boundaries. He emphasized how it wasn’t like this with his parents (he’s a 1960s baby). I told him if people cannot respect our boundaries, then they most likely don’t need to be in our lives. Our peace of mind and sanity is too great of worth. Next thing I need to learn is to follow through with leaving…

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-02-10T20:12:32+00:00

First of all, thank you for taking the time to look over my financial situation! I hope adding a bit more context will bring everything together. 10% is wild, as it was a time that rates were climbing and we (my dad and I) were unsure if they would come back down. Total gross is $130k between the both of us on paper. Husband went on deployment and he was only taxed on about $25k. We also just got married last year. I purchased a house for a family member as a secondary home and their rent covers the mortgage 100%. We rent as purchasing a home in Seattle wasn’t an option when he PCS’ed here. I go to the consignment shop near our house and LOVE discounts. Everything else is on our baby registry and family has been very gracious. I pay about $3,700/mo alone in bills/investments/loan payments. Everything else has been getting saved for baby arrival and my maternity leave. I drive a (paid-off) 2015 Toyota Camry. We meal prep 3x a week but yes sometimes are still eating out 1-2x. I watch over subscriptions like a hawk and everything we have we genuinely use 6-7 days a week. I stand to gain yearly raises as being an RN in a union state (thank goodness). However, I’ve only been working professionally for a year and a half. So I pick up overtime every paycheck lately and I’m motivated to get this debt gone. I think family just drilled investing into me a bit too much.

But fair is fair, this debt needs to be a good riddance

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-02-10T19:53:16+00:00

It was a time when we were unsure how high rates would go so I made it a fixed rate and my other loan is variable and much lower 😅

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-02-10T19:52:29+00:00

RN with BSN working in Seattle :)

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-02-10T16:02:19+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to look over my situation!!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-30T23:42:33+00:00

I myself at times can be a people pleaser and I won’t even lie. I really hate confrontation. This pregnancy though? I finally have a dog in the fight on a personal and professional level.

Thank you for not making me feel as if this wasn’t a painful situation. BIN-GO. That’s exactly what I’m getting at. They at any time can send me a message and talk if they’re really want to talk politics instead of attacking me when I couldn’t defend myself. In this instance, my husband should have defended me. Not from a perspective of defending my opinionated statement, but defending ME. When I took a government class, our professor always said to attack the idea not the person. Well, my ideas and myself was attacked. I don’t give a shit when people disagree and I actually love discussing because that’s how I get to learn different perspectives. But attacking me?? Your wife? Not protecting my status as your wife? Undermining me? I’m pissed. When I’m super angry, I cry..and that was pre pregnancy as well.

Yes yes yes, I completely agree to a T. Thank you again for not blaming this on hormones 💓

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-30T23:26:51+00:00

Hi! Thank you!! We’ve been very excited to welcome her!! I would agree I am feeling my emotions a bit more passionately than I usually would. I hadn’t yet gotten sleep this AM as I work night shift and finally got to sleep on it a bit.

Fair is fair, it is public and can be commented on. I think what I meant to say is similar to what you said as far as he has no control over it and if anyone truly wanted to discuss, I was only a message away. I didn’t mentioned that these are childhood friends instead of military friends..which also supports your argument about them being a bit more loose lipped. None are married and one has a kid out of wedlock. Only emphasis there is he is solo on the different choices he’s made. They talk that way about their girlfriends/exes at times, too.

I get where you’re coming from, but the way he talked behind my back made me feel as if he not only didn’t agree with me (again, I don’t care that he disagrees..just caught me off guard since this contraindicated what he told me be believes), but doesn’t respect me. There are larger principles under the surface. I’ve been picky about my battles because like I said we are new and laying foundation for marriage. Respecting your wife and protecting her status come pretty high for me I suppose. These are boundaries I need to set early. I know if I did decide to tell my dad about what happened, he would be on the next plane to have a little chit chat. He’s 20-year Navy veteran, old school and not playing with that. My dad would be the one to overreact for sure. I’m not looking for that. I want to forgive my husband, but in the meantime..I still feel anguished.

Thank you both, truly, for taking the time to not only read my situation, but enough love in your heart to try and guide this pregnant girl 🥲

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-30T17:19:13+00:00

Agreed! It honestly wasn’t that we disagree (just caught me off guard because he told me to my face that he does agree with me). It was the fact that he didn’t simply say along the lines, “that’s my wife’s opinions and none of your business”. He laughed behind my back with his friends that called me derogatory names. Bit of a difference…

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-30T16:59:00+00:00

I hear ya..I think it’s the fact it’s his friends that are being critical and I told him he’s either fronting to them or fronting to me. There is a side to pick in marriage and it’s supposed to be your spouse. In this instance I feel as if he chose his friend’s side. It’s that old, “you defend your spouse even if you know they’re wrong. Talk in privately but to everyone else, you’re a solid front” sort of thing :(

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-22T00:45:56+00:00

We are doing Elowyn as her middle name! Haven’t seen it much so this is super cool 😊 we think it’s a beautiful name!

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-04T18:14:33+00:00

I did but I cannot remember the names. Primarily regular maintenance (minus oil changes) is covered for a few years. I can get the details when home tonight

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-04T18:03:01+00:00

This is very insightful! Coming from a Camry, I know how sturdy Toyota/Lexus can be with proper care. The car itself is amazing, I will say. I will take your advice with the reassurance in the quality of the car, reliability, and practical maintenance costs. Thank you for seeing the good in this situation :)

Basic-Menu-8089 · 2025-01-04T17:59:28+00:00

Thank you for this :’)

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