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October 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM #20226October 28, 2012 at 4:20 PM #753323
scaredyclassic
Participant8 years is a long time to wait. glad you’re still married!
October 28, 2012 at 4:36 PM #753324F430
ParticipantSquat goodpoint. We owned in CV . We were waiting to buy up.
October 28, 2012 at 6:06 PM #753325flyer
ParticipantCongrats!
We’ve lived in RSF for over 20 years, and own several rentals in CV. There have been quite a few great deals in the area over the past few years–glad to hear you found one of them.
Enjoy!
October 28, 2012 at 6:57 PM #753326F430
ParticipantFlyer
We put our 4 brm up for rent and received 12 inquiries noting a rental “as is”. We did not have time or energy to carpet and paint but it did not seem to be a problem.
October 28, 2012 at 7:16 PM #753328F430
ParticipantFlyer
And rented in five days
October 28, 2012 at 9:52 PM #753334flyer
ParticipantNot surprised. . .CV is a very “hot” market!
October 28, 2012 at 9:55 PM #753335spdrun
ParticipantWe did not have time or energy to carpet and paint but it did not seem to be a problem.
I’d imagine that lack of stanky, easily dirtied, chemical impregnated carpet would be a positive selling point not a negative. What’s the Kalifornicator obsession with carpet (even in toilets, for xhrist’s sake)?
October 28, 2012 at 11:55 PM #753340CA renter
ParticipantCongratulations, F430! 🙂
Eight years is a long time to wait (that’s how long we waited, too), but the better areas didn’t really begin to make sense until the second half of 2011. Oddly enough, things have bounced pretty strongly since then because of the interest rates and inventory situation.
You timed it perfectly!
Enjoy your new home!
October 29, 2012 at 7:25 AM #753346scaredyclassic
Participantin general in life, it’s a let down to get what you’ve wanted…
in the case of real estate, not sure that’s always true.
i am wondering if people who wait longer and look harder and save more tend to be more satisfied.
8 years has to be at the end of the waiting curve….I wouldn’t say I waited 8 years…probably more like about 5 years from the time my wife really started itching to get a place and complaining about not having one.
I would rate my satsifaction personally with homebuying ultimately as a 9.5/10.
October 29, 2012 at 9:03 AM #753351UCGal
ParticipantCongrats on your new digs, F430.
October 29, 2012 at 9:32 AM #7533575yes
ParticipantCongratulations! Enjoy your new home.
October 29, 2012 at 9:46 AM #753359Coronita
Participant[quote=F430]Flyer
And rented in five days[/quote]
first off…Congrats on the new home purchase/
Second: if you don’t mind asking. What is the going rental rate for your SFH you just rented out…
October 29, 2012 at 5:44 PM #753378Mayze
ParticipantMine was a paltry 2 plus years, but I have the same reaction. The neighborhoods/homes/features that were at the top off the list at the start of the search are quite different from those at the end. Sitting in a hundred homes, and visualizing life there, changed our priorities. Everything from commute to distance from neighbors to landscaping to square footage. Definitely recommend starting the search sooner than you think you need to.
October 29, 2012 at 6:27 PM #753379flyer
ParticipantIt’s interesting to read the comments of those who waited out the “bubble period.”
Even as one who has owned in San Diego (20 years + in RSF) for a very long time, I can also honestly say, that, even with all of the new communities and other options that have become available here over the past 20 years or so, we have never seen anything we’d move for, so I know exactly how all of you feel about finding that one special place.
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