Advice needed with home buying

[SD Realtor]

Hi Scarlett

I prefer to give people reliable data rather then biased opinions. Similarly as you know making rash statements that are based on no factual data is exactly what is wrong with the internet these days. Thus my preference on giving data and letting buyers look at it in an unobjective light and making their own decisions is best.

As you know, clearly the only MR in PQ are in the far west at Torrey and also on the strip off of Del Sur in the developments around Santa Luz. As far as Scripps goes the MR fees are present in Stonebridge and in the 90s vintage homes off of Spring Valley on the Scripps/Sabre Springs border. The budget for this buyer is below those homes so it is a non factor. Older Scripps has no MR. Additionally every condo will have HOA, very few of them under 200 and many as much as well over 300 and maybe 400.

The original poster has their preferences and working within those parameters is best. However making statements like “I think this one is best for you” is in my opinion irresponsible. If the OP wants to live in UC then great, finding what suits him/her best in that area is the way to go. If the OP wants to look at other areas as they may get more house for the money then that is okay to. It is up to them to decide about factors like commutes and such. It is not up to me or any others to push gas statistics and other things into their face and press hard to bail on alternatives because of that.

Also note that you do not do any of that and I think you are very informed buyer who doesn’t push people one way or the other, nor do you let yourself be pushed. I like your style.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=bearishgurl]sdr, put down your bong and take out your math calculator. We’re all ecstatic to hear you’re getting 400 mi per tank in the city.[/quote]

With a Toyota Prius you can go 350-500 miles per tank regularly. If you take 5+ tanks to be up to 5.5 tanks that would be ~ 363 miles, which is easily in range of a Prius in normal city driving.

Here’s a list of 10 vehicles that get at least 600 miles per tank …

List: Top Ten Longest Range Vehicles

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=bearishgurl]sdr, put down your bong and take out your math calculator. We’re all ecstatic to hear you’re getting 400 mi per tank in the city.[/quote]

With a Toyota Prius you can go 350-500 miles per tank regularly. If you take 5+ tanks to be up to 5.5 tanks that would be ~ 363 miles, which is easily in range of a Prius in normal city driving.

Here’s a list of 10 vehicles that get at least 600 miles per tank …

List: Top Ten Longest Range Vehicles

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=bearishgurl]sdr, put down your bong and take out your math calculator. We’re all ecstatic to hear you’re getting 400 mi per tank in the city.[/quote]

With a Toyota Prius you can go 350-500 miles per tank regularly. If you take 5+ tanks to be up to 5.5 tanks that would be ~ 363 miles, which is easily in range of a Prius in normal city driving.

Here’s a list of 10 vehicles that get at least 600 miles per tank …

List: Top Ten Longest Range Vehicles

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=bearishgurl]sdr, put down your bong and take out your math calculator. We’re all ecstatic to hear you’re getting 400 mi per tank in the city.[/quote]

With a Toyota Prius you can go 350-500 miles per tank regularly. If you take 5+ tanks to be up to 5.5 tanks that would be ~ 363 miles, which is easily in range of a Prius in normal city driving.

Here’s a list of 10 vehicles that get at least 600 miles per tank …

List: Top Ten Longest Range Vehicles

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[quote=bearishgurl]sdr, put down your bong and take out your math calculator. We’re all ecstatic to hear you’re getting 400 mi per tank in the city.[/quote]

With a Toyota Prius you can go 350-500 miles per tank regularly. If you take 5+ tanks to be up to 5.5 tanks that would be ~ 363 miles, which is easily in range of a Prius in normal city driving.

Here’s a list of 10 vehicles that get at least 600 miles per tank …

List: Top Ten Longest Range Vehicles

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

As this thread proves opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one.

My opinion … Zero in on an area you want to buy and test drive it by renting in as place as close to the situation that you would choose for 6 months. Don’t fret over paying a bit more rent for a shorter-term lease, it’ll save you in the long run.

If you are spending a lot of time already (at work or in your rental prop) near where you think you think you want to live, your personal experience and comfort trumps what might appear better on paper … or from random comment from this blog (including mine).

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

As this thread proves opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one.

My opinion … Zero in on an area you want to buy and test drive it by renting in as place as close to the situation that you would choose for 6 months. Don’t fret over paying a bit more rent for a shorter-term lease, it’ll save you in the long run.

If you are spending a lot of time already (at work or in your rental prop) near where you think you think you want to live, your personal experience and comfort trumps what might appear better on paper … or from random comment from this blog (including mine).

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

As this thread proves opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one.

My opinion … Zero in on an area you want to buy and test drive it by renting in as place as close to the situation that you would choose for 6 months. Don’t fret over paying a bit more rent for a shorter-term lease, it’ll save you in the long run.

If you are spending a lot of time already (at work or in your rental prop) near where you think you think you want to live, your personal experience and comfort trumps what might appear better on paper … or from random comment from this blog (including mine).

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

As this thread proves opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one.

My opinion … Zero in on an area you want to buy and test drive it by renting in as place as close to the situation that you would choose for 6 months. Don’t fret over paying a bit more rent for a shorter-term lease, it’ll save you in the long run.

If you are spending a lot of time already (at work or in your rental prop) near where you think you think you want to live, your personal experience and comfort trumps what might appear better on paper … or from random comment from this blog (including mine).

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

As this thread proves opinions are like @$$holes. Everybody has one.

My opinion … Zero in on an area you want to buy and test drive it by renting in as place as close to the situation that you would choose for 6 months. Don’t fret over paying a bit more rent for a shorter-term lease, it’ll save you in the long run.

If you are spending a lot of time already (at work or in your rental prop) near where you think you think you want to live, your personal experience and comfort trumps what might appear better on paper … or from random comment from this blog (including mine).

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=zk]Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.[/quote]

FWIW to you, zk, I’ve never resided north of I-8, so would have no propensity to steer anyone in a “certain direction.” OTOH, your “friend,” sdr, here, steers anyone and everyone who can read to his “gridlocked nirvana,” talking it up as if he works for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, even if the commute will be mind-numbingly crushing for them. The only reason he hasn’t steered this OP there is because his beloved “turf” is out of his/her price range.

Perhaps you are not reading the OP’s current commute and desires here. He/she currently has zero commute and resides within an excellent school attendance area. Those were his/her main criteria. What’s not to understand?

Oh, and I don’t have any “personal issues” with MR because I myself have never paid any. However, I’ve seen more than a handful of homeowners lose their homes in part over these extra charges.[/quote]

BG
You are way out of line. I steer no one. When someone describes a situation they are looking for, I suggest that they check out NCC if they have not done so already. It is usually a sentence or two with a disclaimer that they may or may not like it but should at least check it out before ruling it out. I dont launch into mello roos, hoa, commute, api’s are meaningless, college eductations are overated and far more misguided tirades than I can count. I suggest people check something out they may not have been aware of while you cram inaccurate information down their throats.

Two very different things…..

As for my more extended NCC posts there are most often countering attacks or elaborating when questions come up. The funny thing is I saw you posted in a thread about how you havent been up in NCC since it was still flower fields and greenhouses yet you feel inclined to post authoritatively about it. IMO you are thje most dangerous person who has ever posted on this board and I have been here for almost 5 years now. I hope people can see through the insanity of your posts and avoid being personally damaged.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=zk]Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.[/quote]

FWIW to you, zk, I’ve never resided north of I-8, so would have no propensity to steer anyone in a “certain direction.” OTOH, your “friend,” sdr, here, steers anyone and everyone who can read to his “gridlocked nirvana,” talking it up as if he works for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, even if the commute will be mind-numbingly crushing for them. The only reason he hasn’t steered this OP there is because his beloved “turf” is out of his/her price range.

Perhaps you are not reading the OP’s current commute and desires here. He/she currently has zero commute and resides within an excellent school attendance area. Those were his/her main criteria. What’s not to understand?

Oh, and I don’t have any “personal issues” with MR because I myself have never paid any. However, I’ve seen more than a handful of homeowners lose their homes in part over these extra charges.[/quote]

BG
You are way out of line. I steer no one. When someone describes a situation they are looking for, I suggest that they check out NCC if they have not done so already. It is usually a sentence or two with a disclaimer that they may or may not like it but should at least check it out before ruling it out. I dont launch into mello roos, hoa, commute, api’s are meaningless, college eductations are overated and far more misguided tirades than I can count. I suggest people check something out they may not have been aware of while you cram inaccurate information down their throats.

Two very different things…..

As for my more extended NCC posts there are most often countering attacks or elaborating when questions come up. The funny thing is I saw you posted in a thread about how you havent been up in NCC since it was still flower fields and greenhouses yet you feel inclined to post authoritatively about it. IMO you are thje most dangerous person who has ever posted on this board and I have been here for almost 5 years now. I hope people can see through the insanity of your posts and avoid being personally damaged.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=zk]Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.[/quote]

FWIW to you, zk, I’ve never resided north of I-8, so would have no propensity to steer anyone in a “certain direction.” OTOH, your “friend,” sdr, here, steers anyone and everyone who can read to his “gridlocked nirvana,” talking it up as if he works for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, even if the commute will be mind-numbingly crushing for them. The only reason he hasn’t steered this OP there is because his beloved “turf” is out of his/her price range.

Perhaps you are not reading the OP’s current commute and desires here. He/she currently has zero commute and resides within an excellent school attendance area. Those were his/her main criteria. What’s not to understand?

Oh, and I don’t have any “personal issues” with MR because I myself have never paid any. However, I’ve seen more than a handful of homeowners lose their homes in part over these extra charges.[/quote]

BG
You are way out of line. I steer no one. When someone describes a situation they are looking for, I suggest that they check out NCC if they have not done so already. It is usually a sentence or two with a disclaimer that they may or may not like it but should at least check it out before ruling it out. I dont launch into mello roos, hoa, commute, api’s are meaningless, college eductations are overated and far more misguided tirades than I can count. I suggest people check something out they may not have been aware of while you cram inaccurate information down their throats.

Two very different things…..

As for my more extended NCC posts there are most often countering attacks or elaborating when questions come up. The funny thing is I saw you posted in a thread about how you havent been up in NCC since it was still flower fields and greenhouses yet you feel inclined to post authoritatively about it. IMO you are thje most dangerous person who has ever posted on this board and I have been here for almost 5 years now. I hope people can see through the insanity of your posts and avoid being personally damaged.

[sdrealtor]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=zk]Well, I don’t like to be so hyperbolic and cruel as to call someone a mental patient. But it’s seemed obvious to me for quite some time the bg has some kind of emotional desire to steer people in a certain direction, and that that desire sometimes results in her giving advice that has no basis in reality. I’d avoid the subject altogether, but I agree with you, Dave, that it’s important for people who come to this forum for advice to understand who’s giving clear-thinking, unbiased advice and who’s giving advice that reflects the personal issues that they have.[/quote]

FWIW to you, zk, I’ve never resided north of I-8, so would have no propensity to steer anyone in a “certain direction.” OTOH, your “friend,” sdr, here, steers anyone and everyone who can read to his “gridlocked nirvana,” talking it up as if he works for the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce, even if the commute will be mind-numbingly crushing for them. The only reason he hasn’t steered this OP there is because his beloved “turf” is out of his/her price range.

Perhaps you are not reading the OP’s current commute and desires here. He/she currently has zero commute and resides within an excellent school attendance area. Those were his/her main criteria. What’s not to understand?

Oh, and I don’t have any “personal issues” with MR because I myself have never paid any. However, I’ve seen more than a handful of homeowners lose their homes in part over these extra charges.[/quote]

BG
You are way out of line. I steer no one. When someone describes a situation they are looking for, I suggest that they check out NCC if they have not done so already. It is usually a sentence or two with a disclaimer that they may or may not like it but should at least check it out before ruling it out. I dont launch into mello roos, hoa, commute, api’s are meaningless, college eductations are overated and far more misguided tirades than I can count. I suggest people check something out they may not have been aware of while you cram inaccurate information down their throats.

Two very different things…..

As for my more extended NCC posts there are most often countering attacks or elaborating when questions come up. The funny thing is I saw you posted in a thread about how you havent been up in NCC since it was still flower fields and greenhouses yet you feel inclined to post authoritatively about it. IMO you are thje most dangerous person who has ever posted on this board and I have been here for almost 5 years now. I hope people can see through the insanity of your posts and avoid being personally damaged.

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