Catpiano

5 yr to pay off mortgage??  most mortgage nowaday is 30 yr ..  

Good luck man ..  250K principle ??  so that is assuming you have $500K as downpayment??  ( average house price in Van is $700K plus )

Your math doesn't work ..  my friend ..  

It sounds about right to me, $100K per yr is about right for some basic expense per year nowaday .. . and yes, that is ~$160K income before tax .. which sound about right too ..   of course, lots of couple make more that that amount nowaday as well ..

[ 本帖最後由 Catpiano 於 2008-5-24 18:54 編輯 ]

Catpiano

~ $300 a month for gas is minium for average driver la      say doing  ~2,000 -2,500km a month ..  average 12L/100km to drive around town  .. so need 250L-300L gas a month and $1.4 / L  .. will be like $400 a month ..   and that is just average driving .. for those who drive big SUV .. and put 5,000 km a month ..  can easy to spend more then $1K a month on gas ..  

Catpiano

That is good la .. pakring in downtown is $300-450 here la..  

Catpiano

原帖由 Catpiano 於 2008-5-25 11:09 發表
That is good la .. pakring in downtown is $300-450 here la..  

At least .. I dont work in downtown ..     but my wife does ..

Anyway .. I guess most of LYK are just living with parents .. so no need to worry about living cost ..  no mortage .. already big diff la..  and most houses in Van ( Richmond ) are big enough for 4 plus people anyway ..  

Catpiano

True .. ( to ST )   living cost in Canada is rising like crazy ..   and even worse in Aust ..   

At least, we can still do cheap shopping from USA ..