buying real estate

[SomethingClever]

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I have about $140,000 in liquid assets. I am hoping to start my PhD in America in 9 months. How expensive a property would I be able to afford given that my only sources of income will be phd funding (scant), potential tutoring $, and potential poker $ (uncertain)?

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What city are you moving to?

And how much of that 140k do you want to use as a down payment?

I think you'd have no problem getting something in the 200-300k range. Depending on the city, that's either totally sweet or really lame.