Temecula,
Pardon me if my reply the other day made it look like I was speaking to you as if you were a novice at Real Estate or something like that. I read your posts and saw your determination to time it right and wanted to compliment you on that. That’s all.
In your post to Hawk you have described what has been going on out in my semi-rural-becoming -somewhat- affluent extended -suburb,perfectly. My wife and I just laugh and say “no such thing as a bargain.” Its getting better now as I anticipated it would but man did we have hell to pay with undesirable hold overs from the day when this was where people came to do all those wonderful things you describe.Even a few who bought after us needed a few nudges from code enforcement and the sheriff to finally get it together.The trouble makers mostly renters and hangers on have left. The others are starting to hang really low and will hopefully sell now that someone will actually drive out here besides a deputy.On the other hand there are a lot more “holy rollers” 45 minutes from town than you would ever imagine.Some are real cool but others are real defensive if you don’t speak “born again”.Then you got cousin Ned who never talks and who will look at you side ways and from no other direction. If it weren’t for the preponderance of meth heads I would have thought we left Socal. Our new neighbors just bought a smaller but otherwise similiar lot for almost 3 times what we paid 3 years ago. Gives new meaning to the words “sweat equity”. Yeah,you take a chance when you opt out of the gated community deal!