{"id":16949,"date":"2017-04-05T12:16:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=16949"},"modified":"2017-04-05T12:16:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T16:16:58","slug":"next-gen-views-if-i-had-a-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/next-gen-views-if-i-had-a-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"NEXT GEN VIEWS: If I Had A Million Dollars"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Wyatt Savage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, first of all I want to get things straight: a house in Aurora currently costs way too much!
\nAll because of a
\ncrazy hot seller\u2019s market – it is ridiculous how much the average house costs in Aurora. The average house being about 2,500 square feet costs around a million dollars.
\nThat\u2019s exactly what inspired my title – the song \u201cIf I Had A Million Dollars\u201d by the Barenaked Ladies. Today\u2019s version of the song could include the lyric, \u201cI could buy a shack in Aurora in the middle of Sheppard\u2019s Bush.\u201d
\nIt is insane how many cool things a million dollars could have bought you in the past \u2013 even five years ago: like a yacht, a Lamborghini, and even an 8,000 square foot mansion. But now, you get an average house and maybe a somewhat fancy car. You have no chance at getting a yacht.
\nI went on Realtor.ca and looked at average size houses in Aurora. The average price, as I said before, was about a million dollars. I then looked at houses in Saskatoon. There were about three houses for sale at just under a million dollars and they were the Prairies\u2019 version of the Taj Mahal.
\nDown the street from me a house sold for $1.6 million! Here, you sell your house for, say, 1.6 million dollars, then move west and you could be known as the richest person in Saskatoon. So, why not?
\nI\u2019ve heard of and seen many people do it in the past couple of months. They sell their house for way more money than it\u2019s actually worth and then they rent an apartment or a condo waiting until the housing market crashes. It\u2019s genius! The profit you could make from that if you buy a house of the same size, after the housing market crashes is a lot.
\nOr you could simply sell your house for a lot of money and buy a mansion after the market crashes.
\nIn both situations, you are gaining a lot! There might be one problem though; if the market doesn\u2019t crash for another 15 years then I\u2019m going to be living in my parent\u2019s basement as an adult.
\nMath time: I earn $40\/month delivering this very newspaper. $1,000,000.00 divided by $40 = 25,000 months = 2083 years before I can afford a house in Aurora.
\nIf only a magic serum existed that could keep me alive to see the day I can purchase my own home in Aurora!
\nUntil then, I should probably find more ways to earn more money because something tells me that my Mom doesn\u2019t want me living in her basement.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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