i want to buy a condo, can i earn the kinda $ this takes as a messenger?

how much of a condo?

$250,000- $300,000

*sigh*

can't you get those at the department of health services?

oh wow

ha ha ha ha ha ha you better be really fast really professional and you better bedazzle some people man

or better yet get a job where you make moneys that is good and do the mess thing on the side for kicks

the guys i know who work downtown scraaaaape by living as efficiently (*cheaply) as possible....

no

there are only three guys I know that are messengers that make decent money other than that they barely live

only if you get sponsored by puma

Do you have a degree?

... from the School of Hard Knocks

I don't know where in NYC you're gonna find a condo for 300k but you're looking at a $1600/mo mortgage if you put down 10%. Now.. on top of that, you're looking at maybe $400 for condo fees. So about $2000 total. 4 weeks a month, you gotta make 500 cash a week just to pay for that, that doesnt include insurance, food, savings, etc.

Both my gf and I have professional degrees and we have a hard enough time paying for rent. I suggest being a messenger if you can stomach the life style.

you are not going to find a condo under $350K, that is the bottom line for developers. Co-op is a different story.

Well, I knew a Messenger in NYC, by face as I saw him everyday making deliveries to my company.

He worked for one of the busy services. Urban Express.

He worked for 17 years and was paying a mortgage on a house.

He did really well.

So I guess it depends on the city, courier service, and your desire.

Do you know how cheap a mortgage on a 17 year old house is?

No... he did not buy the house 17 years ago... he had put 20% down about a year before we spoke. That was about 3 years ago.

#1 tip...get out of NYC

I think a condo or house in the $350,000 range is possible if you have a wife who makes as much or more then you.

He's a drug dealer.

OK, maybe I'm wrong. My point is that just because one guy riding a bike who you know can buy a house doesn't mean it is a plausible career path for others.

Maybe he just works his A$$ off!!! Why is it impossible? If you have the determination, you can achieve anything.

The guy is a family man. I worked at my job almost 11 years and he zoomed by with his packages several times a day. He left for home at 7pm every night.

This reply is to let the OP know that someone did it! Whoever else doesn't believe it, who cares!

What we have here appears to be that the topic starter is making a little joke and being the devil's advocate, as he usually does. I doubt he was looking for any serious answers. But incase he is: anything is possible if you believe in yourself!

Was this one of those cheapo $250k HUD homes? Or his wife is helping him?

That's actually more plausible than a messenger buying and affording an average mortgage for the average home in NYC, which is about 600k+. 20% down is $120,000 cash, on top of taxes, fees, utility, food, he's looking at forking over $2000+ cash a week himself and I sincerely doubt a messenger can reel in 2000 cash a week consistently.

What's more likely is his wife supplements it and probably his insurance too, which is nice. Like right now if I wanted to be a messenger, if I get hitched, I can latch onto my girlfriend's medical insurance policy so I'll be good on that.

I've managed 30k+ US on a bike alone, & subsidized most years with 5k worth of side jobs. If I can do it it can be done, I'm not an exceptional athlete or particularly bright.

But 300k in NYC, What's that less than 1000sf?