[quote=ctr70]There are a LOT of areas in SD County with SFR’s <$250k. But they are not in the most desirable areas. They are not in areas that most people that live by the beach have probably ever been.
You can get a totally rehabbed 3/2 1,200-1,500sf house built between the 1940's to 1970's for about $250k, and a 3/2 fixer for say $210k in these areas.
-El Cajon
-Santee
-Lakeside
-Old Chula Vista
-Paradise Hills
-Lemon Grove
-Spring Valley
-National City
-Encanto
-City Heights
-SE San Diego
-Oceanside
-Vista
-Escondido
-San Ysidro
-Many parts of the College area
There are all more working class, blue collar areas. If you want to get into a white collar area with the very top schools, yes it is going to be $350,000 on the very, very low end for a fixer and more like $500,000 for a fixed up house.
You can get condo’s pretty much ANYWHERE for $250k or less. Even in places like Carlsbad, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Bernardo, Point Loma, PB, etc… And that is even 3/2 condos![/quote]
Thank you, ctr70. However, I want to add that “white-collar professionals” DO live in all these areas and some of these areas have a preponderance of retired homeowners. Many “blue collar workers” make more $$ than the average white collar worker. And very often, retired homeowners have far more discretionary income than homeowners who are still in the workforce.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 59 SFRs and PUDs for sale in 91910 (Chula Vista –Dtn/North/Hilltop/Terra Nova/RDR) that are priced from $175K to $300K. All of these properties are within the Hilltop High/Chula Vista High attendance areas.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 114 SFRs for sale in 91911 (Chula Vista South – Country Club/Castle Park/Loma Verde) that are priced from $130K to $300K. All of these properties are within the Hilltop High/Chula Vista High/Castle Park High attendance areas.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 23 SFRs for sale in 91913 (Chula Vista – Eastlake Shores/Hills, College Estates, St. Claire) that are priced from $250K to $300K. All of these properties are within the Bonita Vista High/Eastlake High attendance areas.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 34 SFRs/PUDs in 91915 (Chula Vista – Otay Ranch, Eastlake Greens/Woods) that are priced from $230K to $300K. All of these properties are within the Eastlake High/Olympian High attendance area.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 8 SFRs for sale (incl. 2 PUDs) in 91902 (Bonita – Sunnyside) that are priced from $230K to $298K. All six of the SFRs are fixers, one with a cracked slab and another with a severe subsidence problem. All of these properties are within the Bonita Vista High attendance areas and are located 13-18 miles from dtn SD.
Acc to SDLookup, there currently appear to be 41 SFR’s for sale in 92019 (El Cajon – Granite Hills, Vista Grande, Dehesa) that are priced from $175K to $300K. A small portion of these properties are in the Valhalla HS attendance area.
ctr70’s “very top schools” issue is subjective, depending on your child. Let’s look again at the breakdown of the 2010 API scores for the “coveted” Torrey Pines HS (TPHS) again:
If your child happens to be “Hispanic,” there are many HS’s serving the above areas where “Hispanics” score better on the API, often MUCH better than TPHS.
Other demographics of student scores are higher or a lot higher in these schools.
[quote=doooh]For the $, and school districts, every one of these places are compromises to living out of state. Unless you get to the outskirts of these cities your living in non desirable areas.
East Escondido near san Pasqual is an option, but seriously, you might as well live in LA if San Yesidro is a consideration.
San Diego is not the place it was when my folks raised me here. Lemon Grove, la Mesa and El cajon are obnoxiously priced for the holes they’ve become. They’re not options, yet they were 20 yes ago.[/quote]
Doooh, would you care to tell us what community of San Diego County you grew up in? And, if you still have relatives there, why don’t you want to purchase in the same community you grew up, to be close to family? This is what many young native San Diegans do.
And do you consider ALL of those communities that ctr70 brought up as “inland?”
And why do you think SD County family homes should be priced at sub $100K, on par, with say, some rural or semi-rural areas of the Midwest?
And if you really want to leave SD County, where do you think you could work and raise a family that would afford you and your family a better lifestyle than SD County??
And what does a 680 API score for Hispanics say about a “top” school such as TPHS which has the apparent inability to properly prepare Hispanics to take these required tests? Is it possible that the teachers there might be too busy catering to students of other demographics?
