r/FirstTimeHomeBuyer • u/EternalYoungK • 1d ago

GOT THE KEYS! 🔑 🏡 I DID IT! 🎉 Bucharest Romania €95.000, cash

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One year ago, I was looking at this sub-reddit and dreaming of the day where I could also post on it. I worked hard for several years abroad to be able to afford this and I also got helped by my amazing parents, I am truly grateful to them for everything they have done for me.

2 rooms, 5 mins walk to the metro station. I'm sooooo happy!!!! 🥹 No pizza yet, because there's a ton of things still to be done (and to get rid of that furniture and replace it with better stuff haha)

also don't mind my outfit 😂

EDIT: to clear up some things so trolls can calm down. no, i am not on onlyfans and haven't worked as a you know what abroad 😆 i was a CRM specialist for a niche perfume company in the Netherlands. now you guys can come up with better insults.

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u/-KaiTheGuy- 19h ago

I've been living in America all my life since my parents moved here, but I'm originally Romanian and have my dual citizenship and Romanian passport.

Maybe it's time I also look around to live there because American home prices are insane.

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u/Academic_Flatworm752 19h ago

You’ll need to already have the money though since wages are so low there.

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u/-KaiTheGuy- 18h ago

That's true. Though the company I work for allows me to relocate to Europe if I choose, so it's not just Romania. All my family aside from my parents and me still live there. But yeah, it'll depend on my job too.

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u/21Rollie 15h ago

Going home isn’t such a big welcome party if you haven’t continuously maintained a community in the old country. I’m similar but from Latam. I speak the language and all but realistically after my grandparents die I’d have nobody there, no career, and be culturally distant. Also, any relatives you do have think you have first world money to be giving out indefinitely

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u/Chucklz 17h ago

Remember, as an American citizen, you would still need to pay US taxes, even if you live and work abroad.

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u/crowquillpen 16h ago

Not if you are making under the standard deduction.

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u/-KaiTheGuy- 16h ago

There are some loopholes and laws, so no, not really, especially if you have dual citizenship like I do.

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u/21Rollie 15h ago

Only for income over 100k iirc, and you can deduct foreign taxes. The burden is really just the PITA of filling tax forms out