[quote]I have a couple friends who bought in Bay Park (one of them a badly done flip), and I like both of their houses and the area, which is why I mentioned it. It’s even on my list, albeit lower down than Carlsbad. I know exactly what you get there, and in my mind, a smaller place means less layout to screw up and more fun to fix up…
…I’m fine with old, as long as it’s small, but not for the larger “forever” house. That will be less than 10 years old…[/quote]
Ren, did your friends who purchased in Bay Park purchase in “the flats?” And did they pay +/-$400K??
You state here that Bay Park is “on your list” but not for your “forever house.” What type of property would you actually purchase in Bay Park, then? And why wouldn’t you purchase a larger “old” house there?
Would a Bay Park purchase be an investment rental property for you?
[quote=Ren]Try putting a $400k house from a southern state next to the east county house – while the $400k Georgia house is a lot nicer than the east county house, it’s an even more pointless exercise.[/quote]
23 miles is NOT 3000 miles. We are discussing properties in the same locale which are both viewless (actually “GH” has a rear view of horse corrals) and both have similar weather and humidity levels. Your “comparison property” is WAY off the mark.
