[quote=earlyretirement] . . . I also TOTALLY agree with you about the power of having a listing saying, “NO MELLO ROOS taxes. Owner FOREVER paid them off’.
You’d definitely get attention. Even in a soft sales market vs. a healthier one like now, I believe you would (a) get back every dollar you pre-paid in MR taxes, (b) sell your house much quicker vs. someone that has MR taxes, (c) attract a MUCH larger audience of potential buyers. . . [/quote]
ER, I believe what you say here is possible … but your “shopping” audience would consist of those buyers who are already shopping in a MR area and thus it would be people who were already willing to pay MR or else they wouldn’t be contacting you, IMO.
Buyers who know SD County very, very well (mostly Native and longtime San Diegans) can smell CFD(s) from miles away and do not even shop in them or even view property in them (either online or in person). Especially from a zip code which is nearly all exclusively or all exclusively CFDs, (as yours is). Additionally, if a local agent/broker represents a buyer in a $1M+ range who gives them the edict, “Please do NOT show me any properties with Mello-Roos,” then they will NOT even be considering showing any properties to them which are located in 92127.
You would be surprised at how many SD County buyers in all price ranges there are out there who will NOT accept Mello-Roos unless perhaps it will be retired in <1 year (early nineties construction w/20 yr bonds). Many will not accept it under any circumstances and I am one of those people.
Thus, I feel your potential "buyer pool" will likely be fairly new residents of the county (<10 years) or relocatees, if you choose to sell, who will stumble upon your listing in their search and be pleasantly surprised that you have retired your MR 🙂
I'm not saying your neighborhood is not worth buying into. I'm just saying that well-heeled buyers in your price category have many, many excellent choices for a residence in this county which are NOT located in CFDs (OR HOA's) and this will never change.
I DO believe you can easily recover your ~$61K prepaid-MR cash outlay upon sale ... even now ... from the "right" buyer.
