I am wondering what are the best web sites to find a temporary rental (3-12 months) in Carmel Valley or Santaluz. 1,500-3,000 sf should due for a short period.
Try "vacation rentals by owners" ... I believe the website is www.vrbo.com - a great site for short term rentals (1 week to one year) worldwide with numerous offerings in S. Calf and San Diego.
Although most are listed as weekly rentals the owners will "discuss" prices and typically reduce for longer month to month stays. You can also see how much time is actually booked for each property and offer competitively priced bookings if the property has empty periods.
About $1.50/sq ft, but it can vary a lot (naturally, the bigger houses tend to have lower per square foot numbers). In the older parts of CV (west), watch out for poorly maintained rentals. In the newer parts (east and Santaluz), watch out for overextended landlords.
We paid $2900 for 2800 ft² in Torrey Highlands built in 2005 (just off Camino Del Sur). Think of it as CV East and (poor man's) Santaluz South
We now pay $3200 for 2400 square feet in CV (built early 90's). We feel we're getting a little stiffed, but it's okay...
Found both on craiglist, but also used MLS. MLS listers are almost always high, but they'll come down as will overpriced listings on craigslist.
Exercise liberal use of foreclosure.com, zillow and county tax assessor's website to do your due diligence on the landlord.
One note:
Torrey Highlands, while nice, isn't CV. The only reason why I'm pointing this out is in case the school district Raptorduck wants to send their kids is only Carmel Valley.
Torrey Highlands i believe gives you access to Poway Unified. I have heard the difference is neglible, but some people care for the teenie tiny difference (and I have to admit I'm one of those).
.... I'm really surprised how much people are paying to rent a SFH in CV. Is this really normal, or has rental prices gone up recently pretty quickly?
When we got this 30 year fixed at $3500/month, I thought we'd be making monthly's hugely above rent monthly's. At the time I think rent was around $2700/month for something 2600 sqft, because I was checking to see how much over we're getting screwed by. But seeing people post about paying $3k-$3.2k for 22-2400sqft, it's interesting. Yes I am aware of the loss of income of the downpayment, and yes proptax/insurance/etc adds about another $1k/month, so it's still definitely cheaper to rent. I'm just a little surprised that it seems rent has climbed pretty quickly in short time.
FLU, rents in CV are pretty high, especially for nicer properties. I know of a very beautiful 2,200 sq ft house that went for $3,500/month last fall, with multiple offers on it. I also know of at least 3 others, of the same size, and in the same general area, that sat on the market for months, and probably ended up finding tenants in the $2,500 - $2,800 range.
In the rental market, condition of the property is even more important than in the purchase market. You can always remodel a house you buy, but not one you rent.
I'd start with Craigslist. You can also check out the Union Tribune section online sigonsandiego.
For some research purposes try using http://www.zilpy.com/
Best of luck
Lemme know if you end up picking this one, maybe we can barbecue together :-)
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/apa/6...
May be a bit too far west for you, though. This is right next to Del Mar.
Here is a rental listing by map:
http://www.carmelvalleyteam.com/page.cfm...
You can also search for rentals by zip code here:
http://www.prudentialcal.com
Thanks folks!
Try "vacation rentals by owners" ... I believe the website is www.vrbo.com - a great site for short term rentals (1 week to one year) worldwide with numerous offerings in S. Calf and San Diego.
Although most are listed as weekly rentals the owners will "discuss" prices and typically reduce for longer month to month stays. You can also see how much time is actually booked for each property and offer competitively priced bookings if the property has empty periods.
What is a reasonable rent in Carmel Valley on a per square foot basis, for example?
Rapterduck, in previous thread, I think some folks posted that rents were on the order of $3k for roughly 2100sqft.
There was a guy that recently rented a play nearby for $3500 for 2700sqft, but it might have been a corporate placement (that paid for rent).
http://piggington.com/seeking_4_5br_rent...
If anything pops out around where I live, I'll send you a link. But be warned, I live in the slums of carmel valley :)
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Last thing rapter,
If your rental doesn't need to be a SFH, you could also try to call
Archstone Torrey Hills
11058 W. Ocean Air Dr.
San Diego, CA 92130
(877) 268-1054
http://www.archstoneapartments.com/Searc...
The Heights at Carmel Valley 12356 Carmel Country Road San Diego, CA 92130
(866) 464-6094 ext. 1160
Torrey Villas 11100 Vista Sorrento Parkway San Diego, CA 92130 (866) 421-5860 ext. 6634
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About $1.50/sq ft, but it can vary a lot (naturally, the bigger houses tend to have lower per square foot numbers). In the older parts of CV (west), watch out for poorly maintained rentals. In the newer parts (east and Santaluz), watch out for overextended landlords.
Thanks FLU and Daniel. I does not have to be a SFH and coudl be a townhouse. My wife wants to make sure it is temporary. ;)
We paid $2900 for 2800 ft² in Torrey Highlands built in 2005 (just off Camino Del Sur). Think of it as CV East and (poor man's) Santaluz South
We now pay $3200 for 2400 square feet in CV (built early 90's). We feel we're getting a little stiffed, but it's okay...
Found both on craiglist, but also used MLS. MLS listers are almost always high, but they'll come down as will overpriced listings on craigslist.
Exercise liberal use of foreclosure.com, zillow and county tax assessor's website to do your due diligence on the landlord.
We paid $2900 for 2800 ft² in Torrey Highlands built in 2005 (just off Camino Del Sur). Think of it as CV East and (poor man's) Santaluz South
We now pay $3200 for 2400 square feet in CV (built early 90's). We feel we're getting a little stiffed, but it's okay...
Found both on craiglist, but also used MLS. MLS listers are almost always high, but they'll come down as will overpriced listings on craigslist.
Exercise liberal use of foreclosure.com, zillow and county tax assessor's website to do your due diligence on the landlord.
One note:
Torrey Highlands, while nice, isn't CV. The only reason why I'm pointing this out is in case the school district Raptorduck wants to send their kids is only Carmel Valley.
Torrey Highlands i believe gives you access to Poway Unified. I have heard the difference is neglible, but some people care for the teenie tiny difference (and I have to admit I'm one of those).
.... I'm really surprised how much people are paying to rent a SFH in CV. Is this really normal, or has rental prices gone up recently pretty quickly?
When we got this 30 year fixed at $3500/month, I thought we'd be making monthly's hugely above rent monthly's. At the time I think rent was around $2700/month for something 2600 sqft, because I was checking to see how much over we're getting screwed by. But seeing people post about paying $3k-$3.2k for 22-2400sqft, it's interesting. Yes I am aware of the loss of income of the downpayment, and yes proptax/insurance/etc adds about another $1k/month, so it's still definitely cheaper to rent. I'm just a little surprised that it seems rent has climbed pretty quickly in short time.
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----- Sour grapes for everyone!
A friend of mine pays 3K for 2400 sqf new SFH (built in 2007?)in Torrey Hill - Carriage Run, the owner paid over 800K.
anyway it's still cheaper to rent than to own...He got the rental info from craigslist
FLU, rents in CV are pretty high, especially for nicer properties. I know of a very beautiful 2,200 sq ft house that went for $3,500/month last fall, with multiple offers on it. I also know of at least 3 others, of the same size, and in the same general area, that sat on the market for months, and probably ended up finding tenants in the $2,500 - $2,800 range.
In the rental market, condition of the property is even more important than in the purchase market. You can always remodel a house you buy, but not one you rent.