Hey BioTech Dude, I’m from Chicago too…south sider. You know there is a Portillos in Buena Park right?
I moved here back in the Fall of 04 when it was at the height of the madness. I couldn’t figure out how the hell people making a lot less money than my wife and I were buying these 700K houses. It was completely baffling until I researhed it more closely and discovered the exotic financing behind the outrageous prices.