David, since you mentioned you are moving right next to San Marcos, this has to be the development off of Barham Ln near the Woodland Parkway exit on the border between Escondido and San Marcos? If so there are things you need to know about that area.

For starters, the San Marcos neighborhoods directly to the west are flooded with homes for sale. Look at Silvercrest, the bigger homes next door. Big price reductions there. Then go further down Barham, take a left on LaMore and look at that gated community on your right side. It is adjacent to Cal State and there are 15+ homes for sale in that small gated community, and some are being foreclosed with others on the way. Then look at that huge monstrosity of a track that rises over Woodland Parkway near what I’m assuming is your chosen n-hood. That is called the Sprinter and will soon have 2 x diesel trains running from 6 am until 11 at night, every 15 minutes all day long. On top of all this, the area is surrounded by mobile home parks and there is a major gang tagging problem. The n-hood I’m guessing you have chosen was tagged with a huge gang symbol (over 50 feet long) last year.