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[sdrealtor]

The question was under $1.6M not under $1M. The little niches I speak of are often a dozen or less homes that most people dont even know exist. They are the prime little niches, I follow for my long term clients and generally wont share with J6P.

Under $1M makes it alot tougher but there are some where its possible. Elfin Forest is one that comes to mind immediately that I’d share with the masses. There’s a 3,000 sq ft 1 story home with a pool on 2.25 acres just a hop skip and jump away form San Eljo Hills for just over $1M.

SD R,
Can you explain why after 2 years of repeatedly saying you want to live in Scripps Ranch and have no interest in the North County Coast because the location simply does not work for you, you suddenly comment that you have been eyeballing Olivenhain when a potential buyer shows up that it probably fits to a tee? I’m throwing a flag on a blatant shill attempt.

[SD Realtor]

I don’t think I have ever said that North County Coast absolutely doesn’t work for me. I said that Scripps is the best for me because we cannot afford NCC or Solana Beach, which is another place where we would like to live and is by FAR the preference of my wife over my selections. I have definitely said I do not prefer places with MR. Also that I am not a fan of Carmel Valley or 4S Ranch. What I have said is that Scripps offers us the best alternative giving the pricing and the location. I don’t think I have ever ever posted that Scripps is the number 1 place we would want to live within the county limits.

However feel free to parse through all of my posts and repost if you like.

We actually went and were going to make an offer on the land opportunity just east of RSF road about 10 weeks ago. You should know that area well but we did not follow through because it has been declared a geo hazard by the city of Encinitas and the homeowners are required to pay the bond on it so we backed off of it. The city of Encinitas is still working out the details to get all of the geologic work done.

Similarly we also look in Solana Beach, Carsbad/La Costa, Encinitas and University City. I did not know I am obligated to post every single area we have looked in. The offers we have made have been in Scripps the past two years and as I said that is So if that is okay just let me know.

Finally what I am calling on are opportunities that are not there. I have actually been tracking the Lone Jack area very closely. Contrary to your opinion I do not consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack or comparable to Lone Jack. Nor would I consider it coastal. To further my point, I didn’t insinuate or blatantly say that I know of half a dozen little niches off of Olivenhain that are available. Now I am not saying that you don’t, yet I am saying that as someone who has been tracking this area for something very similar to what this original poster described, I have not come across anything. Now you as a local expert may have, and I am simply calling you on it.

Finally while the original poster mentioned 1.6M I was very specific to identify 1.2M in my post.

So I am just trying to identify what I see for myself and what I am looking for for another client as well who has very specific requests for this area. So no I am not shilling this guy, yet as a realtor who has been performing a very specific search for awhile in this exact area, I don’t buy these little niches that you are talking about in the price range I have mentioned.

[SD Realtor]

I don’t think I have ever said that North County Coast absolutely doesn’t work for me. I said that Scripps is the best for me because we cannot afford NCC or Solana Beach, which is another place where we would like to live and is by FAR the preference of my wife over my selections. I have definitely said I do not prefer places with MR. Also that I am not a fan of Carmel Valley or 4S Ranch. What I have said is that Scripps offers us the best alternative giving the pricing and the location. I don’t think I have ever ever posted that Scripps is the number 1 place we would want to live within the county limits.

However feel free to parse through all of my posts and repost if you like.

We actually went and were going to make an offer on the land opportunity just east of RSF road about 10 weeks ago. You should know that area well but we did not follow through because it has been declared a geo hazard by the city of Encinitas and the homeowners are required to pay the bond on it so we backed off of it. The city of Encinitas is still working out the details to get all of the geologic work done.

Similarly we also look in Solana Beach, Carsbad/La Costa, Encinitas and University City. I did not know I am obligated to post every single area we have looked in. The offers we have made have been in Scripps the past two years and as I said that is So if that is okay just let me know.

Finally what I am calling on are opportunities that are not there. I have actually been tracking the Lone Jack area very closely. Contrary to your opinion I do not consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack or comparable to Lone Jack. Nor would I consider it coastal. To further my point, I didn’t insinuate or blatantly say that I know of half a dozen little niches off of Olivenhain that are available. Now I am not saying that you don’t, yet I am saying that as someone who has been tracking this area for something very similar to what this original poster described, I have not come across anything. Now you as a local expert may have, and I am simply calling you on it.

Finally while the original poster mentioned 1.6M I was very specific to identify 1.2M in my post.

So I am just trying to identify what I see for myself and what I am looking for for another client as well who has very specific requests for this area. So no I am not shilling this guy, yet as a realtor who has been performing a very specific search for awhile in this exact area, I don’t buy these little niches that you are talking about in the price range I have mentioned.

[SD Realtor]

I don’t think I have ever said that North County Coast absolutely doesn’t work for me. I said that Scripps is the best for me because we cannot afford NCC or Solana Beach, which is another place where we would like to live and is by FAR the preference of my wife over my selections. I have definitely said I do not prefer places with MR. Also that I am not a fan of Carmel Valley or 4S Ranch. What I have said is that Scripps offers us the best alternative giving the pricing and the location. I don’t think I have ever ever posted that Scripps is the number 1 place we would want to live within the county limits.

However feel free to parse through all of my posts and repost if you like.

We actually went and were going to make an offer on the land opportunity just east of RSF road about 10 weeks ago. You should know that area well but we did not follow through because it has been declared a geo hazard by the city of Encinitas and the homeowners are required to pay the bond on it so we backed off of it. The city of Encinitas is still working out the details to get all of the geologic work done.

Similarly we also look in Solana Beach, Carsbad/La Costa, Encinitas and University City. I did not know I am obligated to post every single area we have looked in. The offers we have made have been in Scripps the past two years and as I said that is So if that is okay just let me know.

Finally what I am calling on are opportunities that are not there. I have actually been tracking the Lone Jack area very closely. Contrary to your opinion I do not consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack or comparable to Lone Jack. Nor would I consider it coastal. To further my point, I didn’t insinuate or blatantly say that I know of half a dozen little niches off of Olivenhain that are available. Now I am not saying that you don’t, yet I am saying that as someone who has been tracking this area for something very similar to what this original poster described, I have not come across anything. Now you as a local expert may have, and I am simply calling you on it.

Finally while the original poster mentioned 1.6M I was very specific to identify 1.2M in my post.

So I am just trying to identify what I see for myself and what I am looking for for another client as well who has very specific requests for this area. So no I am not shilling this guy, yet as a realtor who has been performing a very specific search for awhile in this exact area, I don’t buy these little niches that you are talking about in the price range I have mentioned.

[SD Realtor]

I don’t think I have ever said that North County Coast absolutely doesn’t work for me. I said that Scripps is the best for me because we cannot afford NCC or Solana Beach, which is another place where we would like to live and is by FAR the preference of my wife over my selections. I have definitely said I do not prefer places with MR. Also that I am not a fan of Carmel Valley or 4S Ranch. What I have said is that Scripps offers us the best alternative giving the pricing and the location. I don’t think I have ever ever posted that Scripps is the number 1 place we would want to live within the county limits.

However feel free to parse through all of my posts and repost if you like.

We actually went and were going to make an offer on the land opportunity just east of RSF road about 10 weeks ago. You should know that area well but we did not follow through because it has been declared a geo hazard by the city of Encinitas and the homeowners are required to pay the bond on it so we backed off of it. The city of Encinitas is still working out the details to get all of the geologic work done.

Similarly we also look in Solana Beach, Carsbad/La Costa, Encinitas and University City. I did not know I am obligated to post every single area we have looked in. The offers we have made have been in Scripps the past two years and as I said that is So if that is okay just let me know.

Finally what I am calling on are opportunities that are not there. I have actually been tracking the Lone Jack area very closely. Contrary to your opinion I do not consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack or comparable to Lone Jack. Nor would I consider it coastal. To further my point, I didn’t insinuate or blatantly say that I know of half a dozen little niches off of Olivenhain that are available. Now I am not saying that you don’t, yet I am saying that as someone who has been tracking this area for something very similar to what this original poster described, I have not come across anything. Now you as a local expert may have, and I am simply calling you on it.

Finally while the original poster mentioned 1.6M I was very specific to identify 1.2M in my post.

So I am just trying to identify what I see for myself and what I am looking for for another client as well who has very specific requests for this area. So no I am not shilling this guy, yet as a realtor who has been performing a very specific search for awhile in this exact area, I don’t buy these little niches that you are talking about in the price range I have mentioned.

[SD Realtor]

I don’t think I have ever said that North County Coast absolutely doesn’t work for me. I said that Scripps is the best for me because we cannot afford NCC or Solana Beach, which is another place where we would like to live and is by FAR the preference of my wife over my selections. I have definitely said I do not prefer places with MR. Also that I am not a fan of Carmel Valley or 4S Ranch. What I have said is that Scripps offers us the best alternative giving the pricing and the location. I don’t think I have ever ever posted that Scripps is the number 1 place we would want to live within the county limits.

However feel free to parse through all of my posts and repost if you like.

We actually went and were going to make an offer on the land opportunity just east of RSF road about 10 weeks ago. You should know that area well but we did not follow through because it has been declared a geo hazard by the city of Encinitas and the homeowners are required to pay the bond on it so we backed off of it. The city of Encinitas is still working out the details to get all of the geologic work done.

Similarly we also look in Solana Beach, Carsbad/La Costa, Encinitas and University City. I did not know I am obligated to post every single area we have looked in. The offers we have made have been in Scripps the past two years and as I said that is So if that is okay just let me know.

Finally what I am calling on are opportunities that are not there. I have actually been tracking the Lone Jack area very closely. Contrary to your opinion I do not consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack or comparable to Lone Jack. Nor would I consider it coastal. To further my point, I didn’t insinuate or blatantly say that I know of half a dozen little niches off of Olivenhain that are available. Now I am not saying that you don’t, yet I am saying that as someone who has been tracking this area for something very similar to what this original poster described, I have not come across anything. Now you as a local expert may have, and I am simply calling you on it.

Finally while the original poster mentioned 1.6M I was very specific to identify 1.2M in my post.

So I am just trying to identify what I see for myself and what I am looking for for another client as well who has very specific requests for this area. So no I am not shilling this guy, yet as a realtor who has been performing a very specific search for awhile in this exact area, I don’t buy these little niches that you are talking about in the price range I have mentioned.

[sdrealtor]

Huh? Scripps is just as expensive as NCC and there have been numerous homes in the La Costa area that fit your search criteria at Scripps pricing or lower but I never heard you lobbing lowballs at them. Dont have time (or a search function) to parse through your stuff. While I dont blma eoyu for looking in NCC it certainly comes as a recent news flash around here.

To clarify, I dont consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack either. I was addressing his criteria not yours. I would consider it borderline coastal as it is as coastal as most of RSF. Furthermore, the niches I spoke of are not Olivenhain nor in your clients price range, never said they were. My comments were all made regarding what the OP was looking for, your client needs are not relevant to me. Olivenhain has been very soft and there have been considerable price declines there already. Many of the homes are listed by agents that put themselves above their clients needs and I know of several “situations” that could be great opportunities. If you are looking for land in 92024 there is a great “situation” out there also.

[sdrealtor]

Huh? Scripps is just as expensive as NCC and there have been numerous homes in the La Costa area that fit your search criteria at Scripps pricing or lower but I never heard you lobbing lowballs at them. Dont have time (or a search function) to parse through your stuff. While I dont blma eoyu for looking in NCC it certainly comes as a recent news flash around here.

To clarify, I dont consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack either. I was addressing his criteria not yours. I would consider it borderline coastal as it is as coastal as most of RSF. Furthermore, the niches I spoke of are not Olivenhain nor in your clients price range, never said they were. My comments were all made regarding what the OP was looking for, your client needs are not relevant to me. Olivenhain has been very soft and there have been considerable price declines there already. Many of the homes are listed by agents that put themselves above their clients needs and I know of several “situations” that could be great opportunities. If you are looking for land in 92024 there is a great “situation” out there also.

[sdrealtor]

Huh? Scripps is just as expensive as NCC and there have been numerous homes in the La Costa area that fit your search criteria at Scripps pricing or lower but I never heard you lobbing lowballs at them. Dont have time (or a search function) to parse through your stuff. While I dont blma eoyu for looking in NCC it certainly comes as a recent news flash around here.

To clarify, I dont consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack either. I was addressing his criteria not yours. I would consider it borderline coastal as it is as coastal as most of RSF. Furthermore, the niches I spoke of are not Olivenhain nor in your clients price range, never said they were. My comments were all made regarding what the OP was looking for, your client needs are not relevant to me. Olivenhain has been very soft and there have been considerable price declines there already. Many of the homes are listed by agents that put themselves above their clients needs and I know of several “situations” that could be great opportunities. If you are looking for land in 92024 there is a great “situation” out there also.

[sdrealtor]

Huh? Scripps is just as expensive as NCC and there have been numerous homes in the La Costa area that fit your search criteria at Scripps pricing or lower but I never heard you lobbing lowballs at them. Dont have time (or a search function) to parse through your stuff. While I dont blma eoyu for looking in NCC it certainly comes as a recent news flash around here.

To clarify, I dont consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack either. I was addressing his criteria not yours. I would consider it borderline coastal as it is as coastal as most of RSF. Furthermore, the niches I spoke of are not Olivenhain nor in your clients price range, never said they were. My comments were all made regarding what the OP was looking for, your client needs are not relevant to me. Olivenhain has been very soft and there have been considerable price declines there already. Many of the homes are listed by agents that put themselves above their clients needs and I know of several “situations” that could be great opportunities. If you are looking for land in 92024 there is a great “situation” out there also.

[sdrealtor]

Huh? Scripps is just as expensive as NCC and there have been numerous homes in the La Costa area that fit your search criteria at Scripps pricing or lower but I never heard you lobbing lowballs at them. Dont have time (or a search function) to parse through your stuff. While I dont blma eoyu for looking in NCC it certainly comes as a recent news flash around here.

To clarify, I dont consider Elfin Forest to be Lone Jack either. I was addressing his criteria not yours. I would consider it borderline coastal as it is as coastal as most of RSF. Furthermore, the niches I spoke of are not Olivenhain nor in your clients price range, never said they were. My comments were all made regarding what the OP was looking for, your client needs are not relevant to me. Olivenhain has been very soft and there have been considerable price declines there already. Many of the homes are listed by agents that put themselves above their clients needs and I know of several “situations” that could be great opportunities. If you are looking for land in 92024 there is a great “situation” out there also.

[SD Realtor]

Well since we have hijacked the thread and neither of us likes to not get the last word in I thought I would provide more entertainment for the board…

Good to be talking real estate again. Arguing with you is much more challenging then say some of our more colorful political posters who have turned the site into thier own coloring board…

I did not agree at all with your response

“Scripps is just as expensive as NCC”

Current active stats…

92024 – 115 active listings over 1M
92131 – 18 active listings over 1M

You have heard me say lot size is a priority right? Or maybe not?

92131 – 4 listings over .5 acre
92024 – 56 listings over .5 acre

So while it may be “news” to you I would have to disagree staunchly with the statement about Scripps and NCC being similar with regards to pricing. I think that for 700-800k you will get perhaps the same quality of home in either spot. Also for that same 700-800k I have found that you get a little bit more land and home seperation in Scripps then in NCC.

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As far as Olivenhain goes I would agree with the statements about the pricing issues there. I find that there is still a serious degree of hoitty toitty attitudes out there mixed in with substantial denial. Also I do find (and maybe you do or do not disagree) a strong degree of equity out there that will act as a slow burning log with regards to keeping a fire under unrealistic expectations. However you seemed to have confused my rather factual analysis with trying to shill the poster. As you saw my statements were strictly with regards to one spot and I believe there were very accurate regarding that area and the numbers I presented. If you want to call that shilling then so bit. I could have very easily used more vagaries like, “There are plenty of opportunities in Olivenhain and some other even more interesting pockets nearby along the coast. I name a half dozen awesome little niches that would fit what you just described” which in my humble opinion, imply a heck of alot more then just giving helpful information…. but that is just me.

Just like the good old days eh!

[SD Realtor]

Well since we have hijacked the thread and neither of us likes to not get the last word in I thought I would provide more entertainment for the board…

Good to be talking real estate again. Arguing with you is much more challenging then say some of our more colorful political posters who have turned the site into thier own coloring board…

I did not agree at all with your response

“Scripps is just as expensive as NCC”

Current active stats…

92024 – 115 active listings over 1M
92131 – 18 active listings over 1M

You have heard me say lot size is a priority right? Or maybe not?

92131 – 4 listings over .5 acre
92024 – 56 listings over .5 acre

So while it may be “news” to you I would have to disagree staunchly with the statement about Scripps and NCC being similar with regards to pricing. I think that for 700-800k you will get perhaps the same quality of home in either spot. Also for that same 700-800k I have found that you get a little bit more land and home seperation in Scripps then in NCC.

**********

As far as Olivenhain goes I would agree with the statements about the pricing issues there. I find that there is still a serious degree of hoitty toitty attitudes out there mixed in with substantial denial. Also I do find (and maybe you do or do not disagree) a strong degree of equity out there that will act as a slow burning log with regards to keeping a fire under unrealistic expectations. However you seemed to have confused my rather factual analysis with trying to shill the poster. As you saw my statements were strictly with regards to one spot and I believe there were very accurate regarding that area and the numbers I presented. If you want to call that shilling then so bit. I could have very easily used more vagaries like, “There are plenty of opportunities in Olivenhain and some other even more interesting pockets nearby along the coast. I name a half dozen awesome little niches that would fit what you just described” which in my humble opinion, imply a heck of alot more then just giving helpful information…. but that is just me.

Just like the good old days eh!

[SD Realtor]

Well since we have hijacked the thread and neither of us likes to not get the last word in I thought I would provide more entertainment for the board…

Good to be talking real estate again. Arguing with you is much more challenging then say some of our more colorful political posters who have turned the site into thier own coloring board…

I did not agree at all with your response

“Scripps is just as expensive as NCC”

Current active stats…

92024 – 115 active listings over 1M
92131 – 18 active listings over 1M

You have heard me say lot size is a priority right? Or maybe not?

92131 – 4 listings over .5 acre
92024 – 56 listings over .5 acre

So while it may be “news” to you I would have to disagree staunchly with the statement about Scripps and NCC being similar with regards to pricing. I think that for 700-800k you will get perhaps the same quality of home in either spot. Also for that same 700-800k I have found that you get a little bit more land and home seperation in Scripps then in NCC.

**********

As far as Olivenhain goes I would agree with the statements about the pricing issues there. I find that there is still a serious degree of hoitty toitty attitudes out there mixed in with substantial denial. Also I do find (and maybe you do or do not disagree) a strong degree of equity out there that will act as a slow burning log with regards to keeping a fire under unrealistic expectations. However you seemed to have confused my rather factual analysis with trying to shill the poster. As you saw my statements were strictly with regards to one spot and I believe there were very accurate regarding that area and the numbers I presented. If you want to call that shilling then so bit. I could have very easily used more vagaries like, “There are plenty of opportunities in Olivenhain and some other even more interesting pockets nearby along the coast. I name a half dozen awesome little niches that would fit what you just described” which in my humble opinion, imply a heck of alot more then just giving helpful information…. but that is just me.

Just like the good old days eh!

[SD Realtor]

Well since we have hijacked the thread and neither of us likes to not get the last word in I thought I would provide more entertainment for the board…

Good to be talking real estate again. Arguing with you is much more challenging then say some of our more colorful political posters who have turned the site into thier own coloring board…

I did not agree at all with your response

“Scripps is just as expensive as NCC”

Current active stats…

92024 – 115 active listings over 1M
92131 – 18 active listings over 1M

You have heard me say lot size is a priority right? Or maybe not?

92131 – 4 listings over .5 acre
92024 – 56 listings over .5 acre

So while it may be “news” to you I would have to disagree staunchly with the statement about Scripps and NCC being similar with regards to pricing. I think that for 700-800k you will get perhaps the same quality of home in either spot. Also for that same 700-800k I have found that you get a little bit more land and home seperation in Scripps then in NCC.

**********

As far as Olivenhain goes I would agree with the statements about the pricing issues there. I find that there is still a serious degree of hoitty toitty attitudes out there mixed in with substantial denial. Also I do find (and maybe you do or do not disagree) a strong degree of equity out there that will act as a slow burning log with regards to keeping a fire under unrealistic expectations. However you seemed to have confused my rather factual analysis with trying to shill the poster. As you saw my statements were strictly with regards to one spot and I believe there were very accurate regarding that area and the numbers I presented. If you want to call that shilling then so bit. I could have very easily used more vagaries like, “There are plenty of opportunities in Olivenhain and some other even more interesting pockets nearby along the coast. I name a half dozen awesome little niches that would fit what you just described” which in my humble opinion, imply a heck of alot more then just giving helpful information…. but that is just me.

Just like the good old days eh!

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