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January 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM #648615January 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM #647502
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Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rustico]No mommy and me?I Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.[/quote]
Rustico, go back and tend to your chopping block/microbrew shed :=][/quote]
I not sure even understand that and I think it is funny as hell…Have a good day. I am going to bake some muffins.January 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM #647573Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rustico]No mommy and me?I Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.[/quote]
Rustico, go back and tend to your chopping block/microbrew shed :=][/quote]
I not sure even understand that and I think it is funny as hell…Have a good day. I am going to bake some muffins.January 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM #648158Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rustico]No mommy and me?I Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.[/quote]
Rustico, go back and tend to your chopping block/microbrew shed :=][/quote]
I not sure even understand that and I think it is funny as hell…Have a good day. I am going to bake some muffins.January 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM #648296Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rustico]No mommy and me?I Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.[/quote]
Rustico, go back and tend to your chopping block/microbrew shed :=][/quote]
I not sure even understand that and I think it is funny as hell…Have a good day. I am going to bake some muffins.January 3, 2011 at 12:36 PM #648620Participant[quote=bearishgurl][quote=Rustico]No mommy and me?I Wouldn’t have missed it for the world.[/quote]
Rustico, go back and tend to your chopping block/microbrew shed :=][/quote]
I not sure even understand that and I think it is funny as hell…Have a good day. I am going to bake some muffins.January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM #647522SD Realtor
ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM #647593ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM #648179ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM #648316ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 1:53 PM #648640ParticipantBG I guess we have different styles. When I have clients that give fairly specific requirements I feel very uncomfortable making recommendations of different areas that the client is not familiar with. To me that becomes a risk. This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area.
It may be your experience that neighborhoods with zillions of young kids are a cesspool of noise, litter, etc… However my job is to listen to what clients want and try to find what they want. If there are locations that happen to coincide with the clients wants and needs, I feel comfortable making them in a more casual manner. I mention it once, and that is it. I feel that listening to them and working towards their destination/goals is more important then finding an alternative that in MY mind may work for them.
Yes my wife works full time. She has two small businesses. At the end of each day we are exhausted and we would not trade a cesspool neighborhood full of kids for nice “urban home” (which by the way we own one in talmadge and moved out of if FOR our kids) for the world.
Of all of the young families I have helped find homes for in Carmel Valley, or 4S or PQ or Sabre Springs, or RB or wherever, if I would have pushed something more urban that was not filled with kids, they would have probably dropped me as their agent.
Of course you are simply trying to provide alternatives but… my strategy would simply be to say okay here is what is available in the neighborhoods you REALLY want to be in. If you want the 350k home then make DAMN WELL SURE you want to live in and raise the kids in that area. Go research it, perhaps rent in it a year, then call me back.
To me plunking down your nut in a neighborhood you have never lived in, and are not that familiar with other then what people on an internet posting board tell you is not wise.
January 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM #647527bearishgurl
Participant[quote SD Realtor]. . . This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area. . .[/quote]
SDR, I understood Scarlett’s main criteria to be a short commute. She had apparently already lived in RB and knew what that commute was and it didn’t work for them, thus, they sold.
She appeared pleasantly surprised when I showed her that it was very possible for her to buy something in UC, under certain conditions. She has further stated she loves her current location (commute-wise), which has no SFRs and that she was unfamiliar with UC (within a stone’s throw of where she lives now).
Of course, I don’t currently make my living from RE commissions. But I AM intimately familiar with SD metro neighborhoods. If you CAN SHOW a young parent how they can have an easier life and NOT commute, you have performed and invaluable service, IMO. Of course, an agent who makes their living from RE commissions just wants to give a buyer exactly what they think they want, in the shortest time frame possible (MUCH less work that way). I’m not saying this is you, but it seems young parents unfamiliar with SD County just have this “knee jerk” reaction to head over to Rancho Faraway to look at new(er) construction when they are in the market to buy, without even considering what is on offer closer to their employment and/or areas with lesser monthly “carrying costs” (sans HOA/MR).
Given this “poster’s” educational level, I’m certain she is able to surmise the differences between established and newer areas.
I never even mentioned that in some of the areas I’ve seen “teeming with young kids,” these kids are playing on the sidewalks/street due to one chief reason … little to no backyards and/or minuscule lot. These “newer” areas with minuscule lots, crammed garages and cars parked everywhere are NOT the ideal place to raise a family, IMO.
January 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM #647598Participant[quote SD Realtor]. . . This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area. . .[/quote]
SDR, I understood Scarlett’s main criteria to be a short commute. She had apparently already lived in RB and knew what that commute was and it didn’t work for them, thus, they sold.
She appeared pleasantly surprised when I showed her that it was very possible for her to buy something in UC, under certain conditions. She has further stated she loves her current location (commute-wise), which has no SFRs and that she was unfamiliar with UC (within a stone’s throw of where she lives now).
Of course, I don’t currently make my living from RE commissions. But I AM intimately familiar with SD metro neighborhoods. If you CAN SHOW a young parent how they can have an easier life and NOT commute, you have performed and invaluable service, IMO. Of course, an agent who makes their living from RE commissions just wants to give a buyer exactly what they think they want, in the shortest time frame possible (MUCH less work that way). I’m not saying this is you, but it seems young parents unfamiliar with SD County just have this “knee jerk” reaction to head over to Rancho Faraway to look at new(er) construction when they are in the market to buy, without even considering what is on offer closer to their employment and/or areas with lesser monthly “carrying costs” (sans HOA/MR).
Given this “poster’s” educational level, I’m certain she is able to surmise the differences between established and newer areas.
I never even mentioned that in some of the areas I’ve seen “teeming with young kids,” these kids are playing on the sidewalks/street due to one chief reason … little to no backyards and/or minuscule lot. These “newer” areas with minuscule lots, crammed garages and cars parked everywhere are NOT the ideal place to raise a family, IMO.
January 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM #648184Participant[quote SD Realtor]. . . This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area. . .[/quote]
SDR, I understood Scarlett’s main criteria to be a short commute. She had apparently already lived in RB and knew what that commute was and it didn’t work for them, thus, they sold.
She appeared pleasantly surprised when I showed her that it was very possible for her to buy something in UC, under certain conditions. She has further stated she loves her current location (commute-wise), which has no SFRs and that she was unfamiliar with UC (within a stone’s throw of where she lives now).
Of course, I don’t currently make my living from RE commissions. But I AM intimately familiar with SD metro neighborhoods. If you CAN SHOW a young parent how they can have an easier life and NOT commute, you have performed and invaluable service, IMO. Of course, an agent who makes their living from RE commissions just wants to give a buyer exactly what they think they want, in the shortest time frame possible (MUCH less work that way). I’m not saying this is you, but it seems young parents unfamiliar with SD County just have this “knee jerk” reaction to head over to Rancho Faraway to look at new(er) construction when they are in the market to buy, without even considering what is on offer closer to their employment and/or areas with lesser monthly “carrying costs” (sans HOA/MR).
Given this “poster’s” educational level, I’m certain she is able to surmise the differences between established and newer areas.
I never even mentioned that in some of the areas I’ve seen “teeming with young kids,” these kids are playing on the sidewalks/street due to one chief reason … little to no backyards and/or minuscule lot. These “newer” areas with minuscule lots, crammed garages and cars parked everywhere are NOT the ideal place to raise a family, IMO.
January 3, 2011 at 2:18 PM #648321Participant[quote SD Realtor]. . . This is a one time shot and I don’t see this particular poster in a position to move twice if the area they moved into is not one which really fit their needs. This poster has posted here for awhile and there is absolutely nothing that I gather from her posts such that I would recommend a more “urban” area. . .[/quote]
SDR, I understood Scarlett’s main criteria to be a short commute. She had apparently already lived in RB and knew what that commute was and it didn’t work for them, thus, they sold.
She appeared pleasantly surprised when I showed her that it was very possible for her to buy something in UC, under certain conditions. She has further stated she loves her current location (commute-wise), which has no SFRs and that she was unfamiliar with UC (within a stone’s throw of where she lives now).
Of course, I don’t currently make my living from RE commissions. But I AM intimately familiar with SD metro neighborhoods. If you CAN SHOW a young parent how they can have an easier life and NOT commute, you have performed and invaluable service, IMO. Of course, an agent who makes their living from RE commissions just wants to give a buyer exactly what they think they want, in the shortest time frame possible (MUCH less work that way). I’m not saying this is you, but it seems young parents unfamiliar with SD County just have this “knee jerk” reaction to head over to Rancho Faraway to look at new(er) construction when they are in the market to buy, without even considering what is on offer closer to their employment and/or areas with lesser monthly “carrying costs” (sans HOA/MR).
Given this “poster’s” educational level, I’m certain she is able to surmise the differences between established and newer areas.
I never even mentioned that in some of the areas I’ve seen “teeming with young kids,” these kids are playing on the sidewalks/street due to one chief reason … little to no backyards and/or minuscule lot. These “newer” areas with minuscule lots, crammed garages and cars parked everywhere are NOT the ideal place to raise a family, IMO.
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