[quote SD Realtor]. . . This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area. . .[/quote]
SDR, I understood Scarlett’s main criteria to be a short commute. She had apparently already lived in RB and knew what that commute was and it didn’t work for them, thus, they sold.
She appeared pleasantly surprised when I showed her that it was very possible for her to buy something in UC, under certain conditions. She has further stated she loves her current location (commute-wise), which has no SFRs and that she was unfamiliar with UC (within a stone’s throw of where she lives now).
Of course, I don’t currently make my living from RE commissions. But I AM intimately familiar with SD metro neighborhoods. If you CAN SHOW a young parent how they can have an easier life and NOT commute, you have performed and invaluable service, IMO. Of course, an agent who makes their living from RE commissions just wants to give a buyer exactly what they think they want, in the shortest time frame possible (MUCH less work that way). I’m not saying this is you, but it seems young parents unfamiliar with SD County just have this “knee jerk” reaction to head over to Rancho Faraway to look at new(er) construction when they are in the market to buy, without even considering what is on offer closer to their employment and/or areas with lesser monthly “carrying costs” (sans HOA/MR).
Given this “poster’s” educational level, I’m certain she is able to surmise the differences between established and newer areas.
I never even mentioned that in some of the areas I’ve seen “teeming with young kids,” these kids are playing on the sidewalks/street due to one chief reason … little to no backyards and/or minuscule lot. These “newer” areas with minuscule lots, crammed garages and cars parked everywhere are NOT the ideal place to raise a family, IMO.
