My advise: don't join a team right away, take your time to see which one suits your style the best.

Some background on me: ~8 years delineating, permitting disturbance and development in, and writing mitigation plans for wetlands in TX and the Gulf Coast region for several environmental firms, an energy company, blah blah blah.

I know this is asked often, but should I go dave ramsey style and take the next three or four years putting everything i make on paying off the dept or use the nice chunk of money (15k) should have saved up by this summer to invest in OOS (currently live in north jersey).

Water heaters, age and style of kitchens and baths.  

Since the home is a farmhouse, I completely went with the farmhouse style in reconstruction.

The boxy 1960s ranch style home reconstructed opening the living, dining, and kitchen into one large functional space.

The boxy 1960s ranch style home reconstructed opening the living, dining, and kitchen into one large functional space.

The boxy 1960s ranch style home reconstructed opening the living, dining, and kitchen into one large functional space.

I intend to complete a barndomium style home for myself within the next year and then rent the 2/1 out once again. 

The pressure then drives the citizen in non-tech jobs that have connections to non California state, it pressures their living style in such a way that their living quality is degraded because it's just becoming too expensive, thus what they call it mass exodus.