coronado/la jolla/ rancho santa fe/ del mar

[investor]

Flu: As long as there is a good kabob place nearby, my persian wife is OK with it. She is fairly americanized but does like the cuisine. (I’ve become a fan as well). Solano beach/ cardiff might be OK, I don’t know the area that well. What about huntington beach? orange county? Is the weather there comparable to coronado?

[SD Realtor]

investor

The entire southern california coast has pretty similar weather. I grew up in Marina Del Rey and Venice and after 18 years moved down here and have been here ever since. My personal recommendation would be San Diego but your lifestyle may be more of the LA type. If I were to have to live up in LA I would consider Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach and other South Bay coastal areas. The OC (Orange County) is nice as well. Nothing wrong with it. However for my money San Diego is still more preferable to those areas. I am not sure why you are so hung up on the Coronado waether. Honestly the weather in San Diego is pretty consistent. We get crappy coastal fog on an intermittent basis for about 2-3 months out of the year. Usually April/May through July. It ebbs and flows between a few miles inland down to the coast and it doesn’t matter if you are in Coronado or Oceanside. If you want to understand the phenomenah more google Catalina Eddy and you can learn about it. This localized pattern produces crappy inland overcast known as June Gloom basically along the entire Socal coast.

Getting away from the weather a little bit, my strong strong advice would be for you to come down and rent for awhile. What concerns me is that your posts DEFINITELY indicate that you do not know the area that well. In that situation the probability they you end up purchasing a home somewhere that IS NOT ideal to you is much higher then the probability that you purchase one in the ideal location. Think about it, you are going to be spending ALOT of money on this next residence correct? Don’t you think some legwork and due diligence are in order. Getting opinions and advice is nice but again, odds are that you will (in the long run) make an incorrect decision.

Just my two cents.

[SD Realtor]

investor

The entire southern california coast has pretty similar weather. I grew up in Marina Del Rey and Venice and after 18 years moved down here and have been here ever since. My personal recommendation would be San Diego but your lifestyle may be more of the LA type. If I were to have to live up in LA I would consider Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach and other South Bay coastal areas. The OC (Orange County) is nice as well. Nothing wrong with it. However for my money San Diego is still more preferable to those areas. I am not sure why you are so hung up on the Coronado waether. Honestly the weather in San Diego is pretty consistent. We get crappy coastal fog on an intermittent basis for about 2-3 months out of the year. Usually April/May through July. It ebbs and flows between a few miles inland down to the coast and it doesn’t matter if you are in Coronado or Oceanside. If you want to understand the phenomenah more google Catalina Eddy and you can learn about it. This localized pattern produces crappy inland overcast known as June Gloom basically along the entire Socal coast.

Getting away from the weather a little bit, my strong strong advice would be for you to come down and rent for awhile. What concerns me is that your posts DEFINITELY indicate that you do not know the area that well. In that situation the probability they you end up purchasing a home somewhere that IS NOT ideal to you is much higher then the probability that you purchase one in the ideal location. Think about it, you are going to be spending ALOT of money on this next residence correct? Don’t you think some legwork and due diligence are in order. Getting opinions and advice is nice but again, odds are that you will (in the long run) make an incorrect decision.

Just my two cents.

[SD Realtor]

investor

The entire southern california coast has pretty similar weather. I grew up in Marina Del Rey and Venice and after 18 years moved down here and have been here ever since. My personal recommendation would be San Diego but your lifestyle may be more of the LA type. If I were to have to live up in LA I would consider Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach and other South Bay coastal areas. The OC (Orange County) is nice as well. Nothing wrong with it. However for my money San Diego is still more preferable to those areas. I am not sure why you are so hung up on the Coronado waether. Honestly the weather in San Diego is pretty consistent. We get crappy coastal fog on an intermittent basis for about 2-3 months out of the year. Usually April/May through July. It ebbs and flows between a few miles inland down to the coast and it doesn’t matter if you are in Coronado or Oceanside. If you want to understand the phenomenah more google Catalina Eddy and you can learn about it. This localized pattern produces crappy inland overcast known as June Gloom basically along the entire Socal coast.

Getting away from the weather a little bit, my strong strong advice would be for you to come down and rent for awhile. What concerns me is that your posts DEFINITELY indicate that you do not know the area that well. In that situation the probability they you end up purchasing a home somewhere that IS NOT ideal to you is much higher then the probability that you purchase one in the ideal location. Think about it, you are going to be spending ALOT of money on this next residence correct? Don’t you think some legwork and due diligence are in order. Getting opinions and advice is nice but again, odds are that you will (in the long run) make an incorrect decision.

Just my two cents.

[SD Realtor]

investor

The entire southern california coast has pretty similar weather. I grew up in Marina Del Rey and Venice and after 18 years moved down here and have been here ever since. My personal recommendation would be San Diego but your lifestyle may be more of the LA type. If I were to have to live up in LA I would consider Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach and other South Bay coastal areas. The OC (Orange County) is nice as well. Nothing wrong with it. However for my money San Diego is still more preferable to those areas. I am not sure why you are so hung up on the Coronado waether. Honestly the weather in San Diego is pretty consistent. We get crappy coastal fog on an intermittent basis for about 2-3 months out of the year. Usually April/May through July. It ebbs and flows between a few miles inland down to the coast and it doesn’t matter if you are in Coronado or Oceanside. If you want to understand the phenomenah more google Catalina Eddy and you can learn about it. This localized pattern produces crappy inland overcast known as June Gloom basically along the entire Socal coast.

Getting away from the weather a little bit, my strong strong advice would be for you to come down and rent for awhile. What concerns me is that your posts DEFINITELY indicate that you do not know the area that well. In that situation the probability they you end up purchasing a home somewhere that IS NOT ideal to you is much higher then the probability that you purchase one in the ideal location. Think about it, you are going to be spending ALOT of money on this next residence correct? Don’t you think some legwork and due diligence are in order. Getting opinions and advice is nice but again, odds are that you will (in the long run) make an incorrect decision.

Just my two cents.

[SD Realtor]

investor

The entire southern california coast has pretty similar weather. I grew up in Marina Del Rey and Venice and after 18 years moved down here and have been here ever since. My personal recommendation would be San Diego but your lifestyle may be more of the LA type. If I were to have to live up in LA I would consider Santa Monica, Venice, Marina Del Rey, Manhattan Beach and other South Bay coastal areas. The OC (Orange County) is nice as well. Nothing wrong with it. However for my money San Diego is still more preferable to those areas. I am not sure why you are so hung up on the Coronado waether. Honestly the weather in San Diego is pretty consistent. We get crappy coastal fog on an intermittent basis for about 2-3 months out of the year. Usually April/May through July. It ebbs and flows between a few miles inland down to the coast and it doesn’t matter if you are in Coronado or Oceanside. If you want to understand the phenomenah more google Catalina Eddy and you can learn about it. This localized pattern produces crappy inland overcast known as June Gloom basically along the entire Socal coast.

Getting away from the weather a little bit, my strong strong advice would be for you to come down and rent for awhile. What concerns me is that your posts DEFINITELY indicate that you do not know the area that well. In that situation the probability they you end up purchasing a home somewhere that IS NOT ideal to you is much higher then the probability that you purchase one in the ideal location. Think about it, you are going to be spending ALOT of money on this next residence correct? Don’t you think some legwork and due diligence are in order. Getting opinions and advice is nice but again, odds are that you will (in the long run) make an incorrect decision.

Just my two cents.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=investor]While I know that the weather in coronado isn’t 70 degrees 365 days a year, outside of key west, I think that coronado offers just about the best weather. And, I love the cali “extraction of enjoying life everyday” that I’ve only felt there, despite some of the ding dongs that make you shake your head. No one really has said much about rancho santa fe, despite the long commute to the ocean. My wife has a cousin there and loves it.[/quote]

investor, I agree with SDRealtor here. At the very least, come to Coronado and other beach areas you are interested in and drive around during high tourist season, which is coming up (June thru Sept [maybe a little longer on either end].) Experience the “June gloom” and Orange Ave. bottleneck to the strand, witness the military traffic patterns, etc. Try to park within two blocks of a beach yourself on a weekend morning. The best way to see every street intimately is by bike. You can rent bikes by the day at several places at or near the Hotel Del.

Your wife should ask her cousin about all the fees and rules associated with owning in RSF. It is inside of a “covenant,” meaning, aside from a layer of county government, there is another “government” inside the covenant. If an owner chooses to change the exterior footprint, paint, shingle, door, window, tree, awning, etc. on a property located within the “covenant,” even if you paid all your fees and the county approved your project, it will have to be approved by the covenant’s board, as well, before you begin work. Even though Sheriff service is provided by the County just outside the RSF covenant, as an owner inside, you will pay extra for your own police and security, as the sheriff’s department cannot enter unless covenant security lets them in (ex. they are cooperating in an investigation). Since you originally posted of mistrust of government in CA, IMHO, I wasn’t sure if you were aware of the concept of a “Covenant” as a de-facto mini-government layer within a local government.

Here’s another exercise for you this summer. Start at the RSF southwest entrance gate at the bottom of the hill and drive to your fav beach in north county. Clock the time it takes to get there and the additional time it takes to find a parking spot.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=investor]While I know that the weather in coronado isn’t 70 degrees 365 days a year, outside of key west, I think that coronado offers just about the best weather. And, I love the cali “extraction of enjoying life everyday” that I’ve only felt there, despite some of the ding dongs that make you shake your head. No one really has said much about rancho santa fe, despite the long commute to the ocean. My wife has a cousin there and loves it.[/quote]

investor, I agree with SDRealtor here. At the very least, come to Coronado and other beach areas you are interested in and drive around during high tourist season, which is coming up (June thru Sept [maybe a little longer on either end].) Experience the “June gloom” and Orange Ave. bottleneck to the strand, witness the military traffic patterns, etc. Try to park within two blocks of a beach yourself on a weekend morning. The best way to see every street intimately is by bike. You can rent bikes by the day at several places at or near the Hotel Del.

Your wife should ask her cousin about all the fees and rules associated with owning in RSF. It is inside of a “covenant,” meaning, aside from a layer of county government, there is another “government” inside the covenant. If an owner chooses to change the exterior footprint, paint, shingle, door, window, tree, awning, etc. on a property located within the “covenant,” even if you paid all your fees and the county approved your project, it will have to be approved by the covenant’s board, as well, before you begin work. Even though Sheriff service is provided by the County just outside the RSF covenant, as an owner inside, you will pay extra for your own police and security, as the sheriff’s department cannot enter unless covenant security lets them in (ex. they are cooperating in an investigation). Since you originally posted of mistrust of government in CA, IMHO, I wasn’t sure if you were aware of the concept of a “Covenant” as a de-facto mini-government layer within a local government.

Here’s another exercise for you this summer. Start at the RSF southwest entrance gate at the bottom of the hill and drive to your fav beach in north county. Clock the time it takes to get there and the additional time it takes to find a parking spot.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=investor]While I know that the weather in coronado isn’t 70 degrees 365 days a year, outside of key west, I think that coronado offers just about the best weather. And, I love the cali “extraction of enjoying life everyday” that I’ve only felt there, despite some of the ding dongs that make you shake your head. No one really has said much about rancho santa fe, despite the long commute to the ocean. My wife has a cousin there and loves it.[/quote]

investor, I agree with SDRealtor here. At the very least, come to Coronado and other beach areas you are interested in and drive around during high tourist season, which is coming up (June thru Sept [maybe a little longer on either end].) Experience the “June gloom” and Orange Ave. bottleneck to the strand, witness the military traffic patterns, etc. Try to park within two blocks of a beach yourself on a weekend morning. The best way to see every street intimately is by bike. You can rent bikes by the day at several places at or near the Hotel Del.

Your wife should ask her cousin about all the fees and rules associated with owning in RSF. It is inside of a “covenant,” meaning, aside from a layer of county government, there is another “government” inside the covenant. If an owner chooses to change the exterior footprint, paint, shingle, door, window, tree, awning, etc. on a property located within the “covenant,” even if you paid all your fees and the county approved your project, it will have to be approved by the covenant’s board, as well, before you begin work. Even though Sheriff service is provided by the County just outside the RSF covenant, as an owner inside, you will pay extra for your own police and security, as the sheriff’s department cannot enter unless covenant security lets them in (ex. they are cooperating in an investigation). Since you originally posted of mistrust of government in CA, IMHO, I wasn’t sure if you were aware of the concept of a “Covenant” as a de-facto mini-government layer within a local government.

Here’s another exercise for you this summer. Start at the RSF southwest entrance gate at the bottom of the hill and drive to your fav beach in north county. Clock the time it takes to get there and the additional time it takes to find a parking spot.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=investor]While I know that the weather in coronado isn’t 70 degrees 365 days a year, outside of key west, I think that coronado offers just about the best weather. And, I love the cali “extraction of enjoying life everyday” that I’ve only felt there, despite some of the ding dongs that make you shake your head. No one really has said much about rancho santa fe, despite the long commute to the ocean. My wife has a cousin there and loves it.[/quote]

investor, I agree with SDRealtor here. At the very least, come to Coronado and other beach areas you are interested in and drive around during high tourist season, which is coming up (June thru Sept [maybe a little longer on either end].) Experience the “June gloom” and Orange Ave. bottleneck to the strand, witness the military traffic patterns, etc. Try to park within two blocks of a beach yourself on a weekend morning. The best way to see every street intimately is by bike. You can rent bikes by the day at several places at or near the Hotel Del.

Your wife should ask her cousin about all the fees and rules associated with owning in RSF. It is inside of a “covenant,” meaning, aside from a layer of county government, there is another “government” inside the covenant. If an owner chooses to change the exterior footprint, paint, shingle, door, window, tree, awning, etc. on a property located within the “covenant,” even if you paid all your fees and the county approved your project, it will have to be approved by the covenant’s board, as well, before you begin work. Even though Sheriff service is provided by the County just outside the RSF covenant, as an owner inside, you will pay extra for your own police and security, as the sheriff’s department cannot enter unless covenant security lets them in (ex. they are cooperating in an investigation). Since you originally posted of mistrust of government in CA, IMHO, I wasn’t sure if you were aware of the concept of a “Covenant” as a de-facto mini-government layer within a local government.

Here’s another exercise for you this summer. Start at the RSF southwest entrance gate at the bottom of the hill and drive to your fav beach in north county. Clock the time it takes to get there and the additional time it takes to find a parking spot.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=investor]While I know that the weather in coronado isn’t 70 degrees 365 days a year, outside of key west, I think that coronado offers just about the best weather. And, I love the cali “extraction of enjoying life everyday” that I’ve only felt there, despite some of the ding dongs that make you shake your head. No one really has said much about rancho santa fe, despite the long commute to the ocean. My wife has a cousin there and loves it.[/quote]

investor, I agree with SDRealtor here. At the very least, come to Coronado and other beach areas you are interested in and drive around during high tourist season, which is coming up (June thru Sept [maybe a little longer on either end].) Experience the “June gloom” and Orange Ave. bottleneck to the strand, witness the military traffic patterns, etc. Try to park within two blocks of a beach yourself on a weekend morning. The best way to see every street intimately is by bike. You can rent bikes by the day at several places at or near the Hotel Del.

Your wife should ask her cousin about all the fees and rules associated with owning in RSF. It is inside of a “covenant,” meaning, aside from a layer of county government, there is another “government” inside the covenant. If an owner chooses to change the exterior footprint, paint, shingle, door, window, tree, awning, etc. on a property located within the “covenant,” even if you paid all your fees and the county approved your project, it will have to be approved by the covenant’s board, as well, before you begin work. Even though Sheriff service is provided by the County just outside the RSF covenant, as an owner inside, you will pay extra for your own police and security, as the sheriff’s department cannot enter unless covenant security lets them in (ex. they are cooperating in an investigation). Since you originally posted of mistrust of government in CA, IMHO, I wasn’t sure if you were aware of the concept of a “Covenant” as a de-facto mini-government layer within a local government.

Here’s another exercise for you this summer. Start at the RSF southwest entrance gate at the bottom of the hill and drive to your fav beach in north county. Clock the time it takes to get there and the additional time it takes to find a parking spot.

[CA renter]

SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck!

[CA renter]

SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck!

[CA renter]

SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck!

[CA renter]

SDR made some very good points, investor. Also, bearishgurl is right about “The Covenant” in RSF. It’s pretty hard-core.

It sounds like you should come here and rent for a while to really understand what you’re getting into.

Good luck!

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