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Should a VFX Artist Buy a House?
« on: July 13, 2010, 02:09:02 PM »
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Re: Should a VFX Artist Buy a House?
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2010, 11:53:00 PM »
Well, certainly not THAT house.

My 2 cents:  It's a crazy industry, with even huge firms going under or not paying.  Solo guys/small firms gotta fight even harder.  Bottom line, it's a tough market.

That said, much of the work is (potentially) possible to do from home, wherever that might be.

Land/houses are a little bit like the stock market:  you want to buy low/sell high, but either way it's a very long term investment - 10 years min.

And of course, we already know what one sfx genius thinks on the matter - don't we?

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Re: Should a VFX Artist Buy a House?
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2010, 04:00:44 PM »
is it just me or is this article completely insane?!!?
"assume an average worker is 30 and is making 100k"?!?!
maybe it's a regional thing... or maybe i'm grossly underpaid?!?! HA!
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Re: Should a VFX Artist Buy a House?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 04:53:30 PM »
A small starter home in LA costs at least $500K so they make more money out there, but not really enough to make the high cost of living worth it.
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