Family+of+Five

=Locating a Home for Your Family = Imagine that you are living in a family of five: your dad, your mother, your brother, and your grandmother. Your father is the only one who works in the family. Your mother works full time at home raising two children and caring for her own mother. Your father works 60 hours a week as a car mechanic. He works 40 hours a week at a Ford dealership and 20 hours a week (mostly weekends) at a local yard. He is a tax paying citizen who earns $35,000 a year. Your mother would like to work to support the family but cannot because her family needs her at home. You are nearly sixteen years of age, ready for your own bedroom, ready for your family to have a place that they can call their own. Your grandmother is 72 with minor health problems and your brother is about seven. He is too young to work--too young to appreciate the struggle that your family has endured for as long as you can remember. Your father is tired of living in a two bedroom apartment, tired of seeing his oldest son sleeping on the living room sofa. He would like to buy a nice home for his family. You have some extra time on your hands, so you volunteer to do a bit of "house hunting." Considering your household income, your family will need to find a home for $150,000 to $250,000. Because your father has worked for the same car company for 23 years, he cannot afford to move out of San Diego and start over with a new job. Your family must find a home in San Diego. Using your research skills that you have acquired in school, use the web to search for a home for your family. You are looking for a home that has two bathrooms and (ideally) four bedrooms: one for your parents, one for your grandmother, one for you and one for your brother. You are not too concerned about the overall size of the home; price is the real issue.

As you find homes that fit your family's needs, list them on this page. Provide the following details: In what city is the home located? What size is the home? How many square feet? How many bedrooms? What is the cost? Is the home new? With every home that you find, post the information like you would see it in a newspaper. After a few listings are posted, take a look at the locations of the properties. Do you see a trend? What is behind this?

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Location: Square feet: Bedrooms: Bathrooms: Built: Price