Carlsbad Condo now as cheap as my Spokane,WA home.

[renterclint]

Here is Southern Carlsbad condo that just popped up on ZipRealty for $232k!! 6203 Liberty Place, Carlsbad 92009

Wow. As I said a while back, my wife & I were seriously considering squeezing our family of 5 into one of these condos a little over a year ago & we were going to pay about $400k for the “privilege”. I can not believe how far we have come.

It looks like the seller paid $420k in late 2005. That is quite a haircut.

We decided to cut & run up here to Spokane instead & I’m definitely feeling good about my decision.

Now this condo is only $10k more than I paid for my Spokane home. My house is 2x as big, but given the condo has all the sunshine & only a couple miles from the beach, I think I would trade if given the opportunity. I’m sure I’ll especially be ready to swap when winter comes… oh well.

[Aecetia]

Other than missing the San Diego sunshine how do you like living there?

[Aecetia]

Other than missing the San Diego sunshine how do you like living there?

[Aecetia]

Other than missing the San Diego sunshine how do you like living there?

[Aecetia]

Other than missing the San Diego sunshine how do you like living there?

[Aecetia]

Other than missing the San Diego sunshine how do you like living there?

[renterclint]

It’s just easy to live here.

Everything is cheaper: $4.05/gal gas, $3/gal milk, big homes in the nicest areas w/ great schools are in the $300k range, & the neighborhood I live in is awesome w/ tree lined streets, every house is different (no tract homes). Our neighborhood feels like an well established suburban area, and yet we drop down the hill 10 minutes & we’re in the middle of a clean downtown (where I work). It really is pretty great. But just like everywhere else it has it good & bad. It’s like 95% caucasian, so my kids are not exposed to much diversity, and we lose a lot of the culture of the bigger cities. While we have amazing forests & lakes w/ lot of great outdoor activities (boating, skiing, etc), we all still manage to miss the beach at times. But generally speaking, the people seem friendlier, & in just over a year, we’ve all made a lot more friends than we had back home in SD. We know most of our neighbors here, and there is a great sense of community.

All that said, my wife & I still imagine moving back to SD when the kids are college age (about ten years). San Diego is just a tough act to follow. And with prices still dropping down there as they seem to be, maybe we’ll be able to afford a little place by the beach by then. The market up here is slowing a bit. It reminds me of the first bad stage in San Diego. Prices are not dropping, but inventory is taking longer to sell. That was the phase in the SD cycle when I discovered Rich’s site. Things didn’t spike up as crazy as they did down there, but I still suspect we’ll lose a good 10-20% in values in the next few years. Which would suck, but in my opinion, that’s what we really need to get people buying again & get this economy moving again. The construction outfits will finally move inventory, the banks will start getting current payments on all those delinquent construction loans & we’ll be back to liquidity.

[renterclint]

It’s just easy to live here.

Everything is cheaper: $4.05/gal gas, $3/gal milk, big homes in the nicest areas w/ great schools are in the $300k range, & the neighborhood I live in is awesome w/ tree lined streets, every house is different (no tract homes). Our neighborhood feels like an well established suburban area, and yet we drop down the hill 10 minutes & we’re in the middle of a clean downtown (where I work). It really is pretty great. But just like everywhere else it has it good & bad. It’s like 95% caucasian, so my kids are not exposed to much diversity, and we lose a lot of the culture of the bigger cities. While we have amazing forests & lakes w/ lot of great outdoor activities (boating, skiing, etc), we all still manage to miss the beach at times. But generally speaking, the people seem friendlier, & in just over a year, we’ve all made a lot more friends than we had back home in SD. We know most of our neighbors here, and there is a great sense of community.

All that said, my wife & I still imagine moving back to SD when the kids are college age (about ten years). San Diego is just a tough act to follow. And with prices still dropping down there as they seem to be, maybe we’ll be able to afford a little place by the beach by then. The market up here is slowing a bit. It reminds me of the first bad stage in San Diego. Prices are not dropping, but inventory is taking longer to sell. That was the phase in the SD cycle when I discovered Rich’s site. Things didn’t spike up as crazy as they did down there, but I still suspect we’ll lose a good 10-20% in values in the next few years. Which would suck, but in my opinion, that’s what we really need to get people buying again & get this economy moving again. The construction outfits will finally move inventory, the banks will start getting current payments on all those delinquent construction loans & we’ll be back to liquidity.

[renterclint]

It’s just easy to live here.

Everything is cheaper: $4.05/gal gas, $3/gal milk, big homes in the nicest areas w/ great schools are in the $300k range, & the neighborhood I live in is awesome w/ tree lined streets, every house is different (no tract homes). Our neighborhood feels like an well established suburban area, and yet we drop down the hill 10 minutes & we’re in the middle of a clean downtown (where I work). It really is pretty great. But just like everywhere else it has it good & bad. It’s like 95% caucasian, so my kids are not exposed to much diversity, and we lose a lot of the culture of the bigger cities. While we have amazing forests & lakes w/ lot of great outdoor activities (boating, skiing, etc), we all still manage to miss the beach at times. But generally speaking, the people seem friendlier, & in just over a year, we’ve all made a lot more friends than we had back home in SD. We know most of our neighbors here, and there is a great sense of community.

All that said, my wife & I still imagine moving back to SD when the kids are college age (about ten years). San Diego is just a tough act to follow. And with prices still dropping down there as they seem to be, maybe we’ll be able to afford a little place by the beach by then. The market up here is slowing a bit. It reminds me of the first bad stage in San Diego. Prices are not dropping, but inventory is taking longer to sell. That was the phase in the SD cycle when I discovered Rich’s site. Things didn’t spike up as crazy as they did down there, but I still suspect we’ll lose a good 10-20% in values in the next few years. Which would suck, but in my opinion, that’s what we really need to get people buying again & get this economy moving again. The construction outfits will finally move inventory, the banks will start getting current payments on all those delinquent construction loans & we’ll be back to liquidity.

[renterclint]

It’s just easy to live here.

Everything is cheaper: $4.05/gal gas, $3/gal milk, big homes in the nicest areas w/ great schools are in the $300k range, & the neighborhood I live in is awesome w/ tree lined streets, every house is different (no tract homes). Our neighborhood feels like an well established suburban area, and yet we drop down the hill 10 minutes & we’re in the middle of a clean downtown (where I work). It really is pretty great. But just like everywhere else it has it good & bad. It’s like 95% caucasian, so my kids are not exposed to much diversity, and we lose a lot of the culture of the bigger cities. While we have amazing forests & lakes w/ lot of great outdoor activities (boating, skiing, etc), we all still manage to miss the beach at times. But generally speaking, the people seem friendlier, & in just over a year, we’ve all made a lot more friends than we had back home in SD. We know most of our neighbors here, and there is a great sense of community.

All that said, my wife & I still imagine moving back to SD when the kids are college age (about ten years). San Diego is just a tough act to follow. And with prices still dropping down there as they seem to be, maybe we’ll be able to afford a little place by the beach by then. The market up here is slowing a bit. It reminds me of the first bad stage in San Diego. Prices are not dropping, but inventory is taking longer to sell. That was the phase in the SD cycle when I discovered Rich’s site. Things didn’t spike up as crazy as they did down there, but I still suspect we’ll lose a good 10-20% in values in the next few years. Which would suck, but in my opinion, that’s what we really need to get people buying again & get this economy moving again. The construction outfits will finally move inventory, the banks will start getting current payments on all those delinquent construction loans & we’ll be back to liquidity.

[renterclint]

It’s just easy to live here.

Everything is cheaper: $4.05/gal gas, $3/gal milk, big homes in the nicest areas w/ great schools are in the $300k range, & the neighborhood I live in is awesome w/ tree lined streets, every house is different (no tract homes). Our neighborhood feels like an well established suburban area, and yet we drop down the hill 10 minutes & we’re in the middle of a clean downtown (where I work). It really is pretty great. But just like everywhere else it has it good & bad. It’s like 95% caucasian, so my kids are not exposed to much diversity, and we lose a lot of the culture of the bigger cities. While we have amazing forests & lakes w/ lot of great outdoor activities (boating, skiing, etc), we all still manage to miss the beach at times. But generally speaking, the people seem friendlier, & in just over a year, we’ve all made a lot more friends than we had back home in SD. We know most of our neighbors here, and there is a great sense of community.

All that said, my wife & I still imagine moving back to SD when the kids are college age (about ten years). San Diego is just a tough act to follow. And with prices still dropping down there as they seem to be, maybe we’ll be able to afford a little place by the beach by then. The market up here is slowing a bit. It reminds me of the first bad stage in San Diego. Prices are not dropping, but inventory is taking longer to sell. That was the phase in the SD cycle when I discovered Rich’s site. Things didn’t spike up as crazy as they did down there, but I still suspect we’ll lose a good 10-20% in values in the next few years. Which would suck, but in my opinion, that’s what we really need to get people buying again & get this economy moving again. The construction outfits will finally move inventory, the banks will start getting current payments on all those delinquent construction loans & we’ll be back to liquidity.

[Aecetia]

renterclint,

As you can tell by reading this forum, prices continue to fall, but I would not expect them to fall and remain flat for ten years. You should think about some kind of investment here, that would allow you to return in ten years. Maybe some kind of rental that you could sell to buy what you want when you return.

Washington sounds like San Diego did, 50 years ago.

[Aecetia]

renterclint,

As you can tell by reading this forum, prices continue to fall, but I would not expect them to fall and remain flat for ten years. You should think about some kind of investment here, that would allow you to return in ten years. Maybe some kind of rental that you could sell to buy what you want when you return.

Washington sounds like San Diego did, 50 years ago.

[Aecetia]

renterclint,

As you can tell by reading this forum, prices continue to fall, but I would not expect them to fall and remain flat for ten years. You should think about some kind of investment here, that would allow you to return in ten years. Maybe some kind of rental that you could sell to buy what you want when you return.

Washington sounds like San Diego did, 50 years ago.

[Aecetia]

renterclint,

As you can tell by reading this forum, prices continue to fall, but I would not expect them to fall and remain flat for ten years. You should think about some kind of investment here, that would allow you to return in ten years. Maybe some kind of rental that you could sell to buy what you want when you return.

Washington sounds like San Diego did, 50 years ago.

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