OT-Where would you live if someone offered to buy you a home in SD up to $1M

[an]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=flu]But you just proved my point. $1million isn’t going to cut it these days…[/quote]

I can’t speak for other Piggs, but if someone offered me a gift of $1M that HAD to be spent on a property, this is a chance of a lifetime to me to get exactly what I have been dreaming of and no less. If I have to add to it to make this happen, I would. This would NOT be an occasion to “settle,” IMO.[/quote]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

Or maybe it’s back to my point about schools and that some $1M houses aren’t worth living in. It’s a bit ironic that it costs less to pay mortgage on a house in many good parts of the county, than to live in a paid-for house on Mt Helix (supposedly worth $1 million), with no mortgage or property taxes, and send two children to a good private school.

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

Or maybe it’s back to my point about schools and that some $1M houses aren’t worth living in. It’s a bit ironic that it costs less to pay mortgage on a house in many good parts of the county, than to live in a paid-for house on Mt Helix (supposedly worth $1 million), with no mortgage or property taxes, and send two children to a good private school.

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

Or maybe it’s back to my point about schools and that some $1M houses aren’t worth living in. It’s a bit ironic that it costs less to pay mortgage on a house in many good parts of the county, than to live in a paid-for house on Mt Helix (supposedly worth $1 million), with no mortgage or property taxes, and send two children to a good private school.

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

Or maybe it’s back to my point about schools and that some $1M houses aren’t worth living in. It’s a bit ironic that it costs less to pay mortgage on a house in many good parts of the county, than to live in a paid-for house on Mt Helix (supposedly worth $1 million), with no mortgage or property taxes, and send two children to a good private school.

[Eugene]

[quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

Or maybe it’s back to my point about schools and that some $1M houses aren’t worth living in. It’s a bit ironic that it costs less to pay mortgage on a house in many good parts of the county, than to live in a paid-for house on Mt Helix (supposedly worth $1 million), with no mortgage or property taxes, and send two children to a good private school.

[Coronita]

slight hijack…

Million dollar home sales up in San Jose….
Talk about area where $1million doesn’t go anywhere

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Milliondollar-homes-sales-cnnm-687577347.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[Coronita]

slight hijack…

Million dollar home sales up in San Jose….
Talk about area where $1million doesn’t go anywhere

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Milliondollar-homes-sales-cnnm-687577347.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[Coronita]

slight hijack…

Million dollar home sales up in San Jose….
Talk about area where $1million doesn’t go anywhere

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Milliondollar-homes-sales-cnnm-687577347.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[Coronita]

slight hijack…

Million dollar home sales up in San Jose….
Talk about area where $1million doesn’t go anywhere

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Milliondollar-homes-sales-cnnm-687577347.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[Coronita]

slight hijack…

Million dollar home sales up in San Jose….
Talk about area where $1million doesn’t go anywhere

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Milliondollar-homes-sales-cnnm-687577347.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode=

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene][quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

[/quote]

I did mention the limitation of $ 1million earlier as well. my original point is that if you want the perfect coastal location at $1 million, there are a lot of sacrifices in amenities.

whereas for $ 1 million, one can get a place with good schools in north county inland with all of the usual amenities one would desire.

using $1 million as baseline, to move from locations in north county inland like Poway/Scripps/RB/4S to coastal areas, depending on location, we could be looking at reduction in 1000-2000 sqft, a near fixer instead of fully updated, a pool vs not, or a good 1/2 acre vs small typical 10k lots.

for a lot of folks, that means the 20-30 minutes drive to the beach is a decent trade off to get all of the amenities mentioned above.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene][quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

[/quote]

I did mention the limitation of $ 1million earlier as well. my original point is that if you want the perfect coastal location at $1 million, there are a lot of sacrifices in amenities.

whereas for $ 1 million, one can get a place with good schools in north county inland with all of the usual amenities one would desire.

using $1 million as baseline, to move from locations in north county inland like Poway/Scripps/RB/4S to coastal areas, depending on location, we could be looking at reduction in 1000-2000 sqft, a near fixer instead of fully updated, a pool vs not, or a good 1/2 acre vs small typical 10k lots.

for a lot of folks, that means the 20-30 minutes drive to the beach is a decent trade off to get all of the amenities mentioned above.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene][quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

[/quote]

I did mention the limitation of $ 1million earlier as well. my original point is that if you want the perfect coastal location at $1 million, there are a lot of sacrifices in amenities.

whereas for $ 1 million, one can get a place with good schools in north county inland with all of the usual amenities one would desire.

using $1 million as baseline, to move from locations in north county inland like Poway/Scripps/RB/4S to coastal areas, depending on location, we could be looking at reduction in 1000-2000 sqft, a near fixer instead of fully updated, a pool vs not, or a good 1/2 acre vs small typical 10k lots.

for a lot of folks, that means the 20-30 minutes drive to the beach is a decent trade off to get all of the amenities mentioned above.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene][quote=AN]
But that still prove flu’s point that $1M, although we all would be grateful, doesn’t go very far today in SD.[/quote]

I’m not sure exactly what his point is.

Is it that $1M does not buy the ultimate house in San Diego with all the amenities that people might want? I’d expect that to be self-evident.

[/quote]

I did mention the limitation of $ 1million earlier as well. my original point is that if you want the perfect coastal location at $1 million, there are a lot of sacrifices in amenities.

whereas for $ 1 million, one can get a place with good schools in north county inland with all of the usual amenities one would desire.

using $1 million as baseline, to move from locations in north county inland like Poway/Scripps/RB/4S to coastal areas, depending on location, we could be looking at reduction in 1000-2000 sqft, a near fixer instead of fully updated, a pool vs not, or a good 1/2 acre vs small typical 10k lots.

for a lot of folks, that means the 20-30 minutes drive to the beach is a decent trade off to get all of the amenities mentioned above.

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