New construction Lyon Homes in Kearny Mesa/Spectrum area

[SD Realtor]

Couldn’t agree more mix… Spectrum is not my cup of tea for many reasons but you captured them pretty well. I posted before about Spectrum and how I think it will have plenty of foreclosures and such in the future. You may be able to get the 150-200 you posted and it may pencil out as a rental…

SD Realtor

[mixxalot]

Thanks SD Realtor,

While my buddy and I want to eventually be home owners here in San Diego, we are patient and working on a down payment plan.

I am in no rush- as I have 18 months to think about it and watch the market. If the market drops enough then I will buy a modest place here in San Diego. If not, then I guess I will move to another state and town that is affordable so that I am not throwing my cash away on rent forever. While Dallas, Austin and San Antonio do not have the perfect weather nor beaches, they are nice towns with friendly people plenty of good jobs in technology and business and affordable home prices. I want a place to live in so that I can finish my MBA program and move up at work into management.

[mixxalot]

Thanks SD Realtor,

While my buddy and I want to eventually be home owners here in San Diego, we are patient and working on a down payment plan.

I am in no rush- as I have 18 months to think about it and watch the market. If the market drops enough then I will buy a modest place here in San Diego. If not, then I guess I will move to another state and town that is affordable so that I am not throwing my cash away on rent forever. While Dallas, Austin and San Antonio do not have the perfect weather nor beaches, they are nice towns with friendly people plenty of good jobs in technology and business and affordable home prices. I want a place to live in so that I can finish my MBA program and move up at work into management.

[mixxalot]

Thanks SD Realtor,

While my buddy and I want to eventually be home owners here in San Diego, we are patient and working on a down payment plan.

I am in no rush- as I have 18 months to think about it and watch the market. If the market drops enough then I will buy a modest place here in San Diego. If not, then I guess I will move to another state and town that is affordable so that I am not throwing my cash away on rent forever. While Dallas, Austin and San Antonio do not have the perfect weather nor beaches, they are nice towns with friendly people plenty of good jobs in technology and business and affordable home prices. I want a place to live in so that I can finish my MBA program and move up at work into management.

[PerryChase]

mixxalot, you keep on talking about moving. Do it already!

You should move now, rent for cheap in Dallas and watch the market crash in SD. You’ll have save more money, have more comfortable living arrangements; and when the market does crash, move back SD with even more cash.

A friend of mine works in high tech. He reluctantly got transferred to Dallas (with big bonus). Now he’s paying less in rent for his townhouse with attached 2-car garage than he used to pay for his lousy Mission Valley 1bd apartment.

[PerryChase]

mixxalot, you keep on talking about moving. Do it already!

You should move now, rent for cheap in Dallas and watch the market crash in SD. You’ll have save more money, have more comfortable living arrangements; and when the market does crash, move back SD with even more cash.

A friend of mine works in high tech. He reluctantly got transferred to Dallas (with big bonus). Now he’s paying less in rent for his townhouse with attached 2-car garage than he used to pay for his lousy Mission Valley 1bd apartment.

[PerryChase]

mixxalot, you keep on talking about moving. Do it already!

You should move now, rent for cheap in Dallas and watch the market crash in SD. You’ll have save more money, have more comfortable living arrangements; and when the market does crash, move back SD with even more cash.

A friend of mine works in high tech. He reluctantly got transferred to Dallas (with big bonus). Now he’s paying less in rent for his townhouse with attached 2-car garage than he used to pay for his lousy Mission Valley 1bd apartment.

[CardiffBaseball]

I would highly recommend DFW if you are a consultant. Flying sucks royally these days, but if you are in DFW you can get most anywhere within 3 miles. If pick a town like for instance Euless you can get down to catch a ballgame in Arlington in like 20 minutes.

The mid-cities area (hurst-Euless-Bedford) isn’t bad for access to the airport. Oh I forgot grapevine and colleyville which are also around the rim. Around the other side of the airport you have Irving which doesn’t thrill me, but one nice town (if family oriented suburbs are ok) is Coppell.

I am only thinking of places that are extremely convenient to DFW. When I lived in Euless I literally took a cab to the airport and it was not a lot of money, and didn’t have to worry about parking and bus transfers and such. (of course the client was picking up the tab).

[CardiffBaseball]

I would highly recommend DFW if you are a consultant. Flying sucks royally these days, but if you are in DFW you can get most anywhere within 3 miles. If pick a town like for instance Euless you can get down to catch a ballgame in Arlington in like 20 minutes.

The mid-cities area (hurst-Euless-Bedford) isn’t bad for access to the airport. Oh I forgot grapevine and colleyville which are also around the rim. Around the other side of the airport you have Irving which doesn’t thrill me, but one nice town (if family oriented suburbs are ok) is Coppell.

I am only thinking of places that are extremely convenient to DFW. When I lived in Euless I literally took a cab to the airport and it was not a lot of money, and didn’t have to worry about parking and bus transfers and such. (of course the client was picking up the tab).

[CardiffBaseball]

I would highly recommend DFW if you are a consultant. Flying sucks royally these days, but if you are in DFW you can get most anywhere within 3 miles. If pick a town like for instance Euless you can get down to catch a ballgame in Arlington in like 20 minutes.

The mid-cities area (hurst-Euless-Bedford) isn’t bad for access to the airport. Oh I forgot grapevine and colleyville which are also around the rim. Around the other side of the airport you have Irving which doesn’t thrill me, but one nice town (if family oriented suburbs are ok) is Coppell.

I am only thinking of places that are extremely convenient to DFW. When I lived in Euless I literally took a cab to the airport and it was not a lot of money, and didn’t have to worry about parking and bus transfers and such. (of course the client was picking up the tab).

[CardiffBaseball]

One thing I used to do (forgot about this) when I was less interested in getting there quickly, and more interested in piling up segments and frequent flier miles was use Continental as my primary airline (from Dallas). Once you reach top tier in their frequent flier program, getting free upgrades to first class is nice.

If I wanted to get somewhere quickly I used American, but if I wanted to pile up miles and upgrade to first class I used Continental. I can’t say if Continental still has this policy but American always charged miles for upgrading.

[CardiffBaseball]

One thing I used to do (forgot about this) when I was less interested in getting there quickly, and more interested in piling up segments and frequent flier miles was use Continental as my primary airline (from Dallas). Once you reach top tier in their frequent flier program, getting free upgrades to first class is nice.

If I wanted to get somewhere quickly I used American, but if I wanted to pile up miles and upgrade to first class I used Continental. I can’t say if Continental still has this policy but American always charged miles for upgrading.

[CardiffBaseball]

One thing I used to do (forgot about this) when I was less interested in getting there quickly, and more interested in piling up segments and frequent flier miles was use Continental as my primary airline (from Dallas). Once you reach top tier in their frequent flier program, getting free upgrades to first class is nice.

If I wanted to get somewhere quickly I used American, but if I wanted to pile up miles and upgrade to first class I used Continental. I can’t say if Continental still has this policy but American always charged miles for upgrading.

[mixxalot]

Thanks all,

I will make some trips out to Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio in the future to visit places and look at new construction homes in the area. Dallas has the most businesses and Austin based on what I hear is the most hip town. Now my question: which city has best blend of single nightlife, low crime rate and good quality of life. I know that traffic sucks in Dallas due to the “Mixmaster” traffic jams but since I would either work out of home or be at the airport to catch a flight to a client it would not be that bad of an issue to me. I like Colorado but snow is not much fun in winter and Denver/Boulder are more expensive than Texas.

[mixxalot]

Thanks all,

I will make some trips out to Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio in the future to visit places and look at new construction homes in the area. Dallas has the most businesses and Austin based on what I hear is the most hip town. Now my question: which city has best blend of single nightlife, low crime rate and good quality of life. I know that traffic sucks in Dallas due to the “Mixmaster” traffic jams but since I would either work out of home or be at the airport to catch a flight to a client it would not be that bad of an issue to me. I like Colorado but snow is not much fun in winter and Denver/Boulder are more expensive than Texas.

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