[quote=sdrealtor]…OK…now get ready for the resident lunatic to come in and warn about the evils of planned communities, homeowners associations and Mello Roos.[/quote]
You’re speaking for yourself again, sdr.
moscin, besides all of the extra expenses sdr just mentioned, it is actually the *newer* communities which tend to have the type of residents that are into “keeping up with the joneses.” Some of these areas have a lot of distressed properties because their “status-conscious `owners'” have borrowed everything they could from their properties in order to “keep up appearances.”
Pay no mind to “realtor steering-tactics.” There are PLENTY of young families living in older areas of SD County which do not have Mello Roos payments (in addition to PITI), Poway being one of them.
Not sure of your price range, but have you considered this subdivision in Poway? This property is situated on 1 AC and does NOT have Mello Roos.
moscin, you never mentioned here what vicinity you will be working in after your transfer. This information is critical to your housing location, due to daily commute time.
