Me thinks also the original poster left out the details if the prefers to be renting or buying off the bat… Big difference, ya?

Me personally would be recommending her to rent first, at least until her son gets older….for said reasons above +

1)her job situation might change to require less travel.

2)her son get’s older will need different needs in school, depending on how is son is progressing. If he’s doing fine in public school, different ballgame than if her son is doing horrible.

3)she might decide urban living isn’t cracked up as it use to be, especially in san diego versus say the beach.

4)she might *um* get remarried and have a larger fammily in the future, ya know in case she bumps into some that’s not such a prick.

5)public schools could get closed, at rate Gov. Brown wants to deal with our fiscal budget crisis (or not deal with it, depending on how you look at it)

6)Relatives/friends that she depends on may move, may change,etc….And the interaction with them and her growing boy moving forward is TBD….