Where to buy with $1mm? Oceanside? La Costa?

[nybuyer]

Thanks all for your input…will keep you updated on my hunt.

by the way, what ever happened to raptorduck? did he buy anything yet?

[zzz]

nybuyer, When you move out here, will you still be looking for a bit of the city scene and pace, or completely shift gears and be a flip flop, tshirt wearing surfer dude eating fish tacos? If you still desire the nicer restaurants, an occasional night out on the town, indulging in fine arts, I don’t think Oceanside or Chula Vista would suit you. RSF would be like the Greenwich of the San Diego area. La Jolla would be a Great Neck. Living in Oceanside or Chula Vista would be like moving from the city to Newark, Secaucus, Yonkers….places you’d likely not consider.

Based on what you said about wanting the newer homes, the nice thing about the La Costa area (South Carlsbad) is that its a great neighborhood of professionals, retirees, families. There’s a mix of slightly older but very nice homes, plus there are a number of new developments in the La Costa Greens area I believe. Its in your price range, its a reasonable drive to Orange County if you wanted to go for dinner, and its also not too far from the ocean and Del Mar / La Jolla where there is also some nightlife and good restaurants. Its about a 30 minute drive to Hillcrest/Mission Hills where there are also a number of good eateries, wine bars.

If you are an aspiring golfer, there are in my opinion, better and more public courses in north county worth playing versus the downtown area/east county.

Have you looked at this site for new homes? http://www.newhomesdirectory.com/SanDiego/

[zzz]

nybuyer, When you move out here, will you still be looking for a bit of the city scene and pace, or completely shift gears and be a flip flop, tshirt wearing surfer dude eating fish tacos? If you still desire the nicer restaurants, an occasional night out on the town, indulging in fine arts, I don’t think Oceanside or Chula Vista would suit you. RSF would be like the Greenwich of the San Diego area. La Jolla would be a Great Neck. Living in Oceanside or Chula Vista would be like moving from the city to Newark, Secaucus, Yonkers….places you’d likely not consider.

Based on what you said about wanting the newer homes, the nice thing about the La Costa area (South Carlsbad) is that its a great neighborhood of professionals, retirees, families. There’s a mix of slightly older but very nice homes, plus there are a number of new developments in the La Costa Greens area I believe. Its in your price range, its a reasonable drive to Orange County if you wanted to go for dinner, and its also not too far from the ocean and Del Mar / La Jolla where there is also some nightlife and good restaurants. Its about a 30 minute drive to Hillcrest/Mission Hills where there are also a number of good eateries, wine bars.

If you are an aspiring golfer, there are in my opinion, better and more public courses in north county worth playing versus the downtown area/east county.

Have you looked at this site for new homes? http://www.newhomesdirectory.com/SanDiego/

[zzz]

nybuyer, When you move out here, will you still be looking for a bit of the city scene and pace, or completely shift gears and be a flip flop, tshirt wearing surfer dude eating fish tacos? If you still desire the nicer restaurants, an occasional night out on the town, indulging in fine arts, I don’t think Oceanside or Chula Vista would suit you. RSF would be like the Greenwich of the San Diego area. La Jolla would be a Great Neck. Living in Oceanside or Chula Vista would be like moving from the city to Newark, Secaucus, Yonkers….places you’d likely not consider.

Based on what you said about wanting the newer homes, the nice thing about the La Costa area (South Carlsbad) is that its a great neighborhood of professionals, retirees, families. There’s a mix of slightly older but very nice homes, plus there are a number of new developments in the La Costa Greens area I believe. Its in your price range, its a reasonable drive to Orange County if you wanted to go for dinner, and its also not too far from the ocean and Del Mar / La Jolla where there is also some nightlife and good restaurants. Its about a 30 minute drive to Hillcrest/Mission Hills where there are also a number of good eateries, wine bars.

If you are an aspiring golfer, there are in my opinion, better and more public courses in north county worth playing versus the downtown area/east county.

Have you looked at this site for new homes? http://www.newhomesdirectory.com/SanDiego/

[zzz]

nybuyer, When you move out here, will you still be looking for a bit of the city scene and pace, or completely shift gears and be a flip flop, tshirt wearing surfer dude eating fish tacos? If you still desire the nicer restaurants, an occasional night out on the town, indulging in fine arts, I don’t think Oceanside or Chula Vista would suit you. RSF would be like the Greenwich of the San Diego area. La Jolla would be a Great Neck. Living in Oceanside or Chula Vista would be like moving from the city to Newark, Secaucus, Yonkers….places you’d likely not consider.

Based on what you said about wanting the newer homes, the nice thing about the La Costa area (South Carlsbad) is that its a great neighborhood of professionals, retirees, families. There’s a mix of slightly older but very nice homes, plus there are a number of new developments in the La Costa Greens area I believe. Its in your price range, its a reasonable drive to Orange County if you wanted to go for dinner, and its also not too far from the ocean and Del Mar / La Jolla where there is also some nightlife and good restaurants. Its about a 30 minute drive to Hillcrest/Mission Hills where there are also a number of good eateries, wine bars.

If you are an aspiring golfer, there are in my opinion, better and more public courses in north county worth playing versus the downtown area/east county.

Have you looked at this site for new homes? http://www.newhomesdirectory.com/SanDiego/

[zzz]

nybuyer, When you move out here, will you still be looking for a bit of the city scene and pace, or completely shift gears and be a flip flop, tshirt wearing surfer dude eating fish tacos? If you still desire the nicer restaurants, an occasional night out on the town, indulging in fine arts, I don’t think Oceanside or Chula Vista would suit you. RSF would be like the Greenwich of the San Diego area. La Jolla would be a Great Neck. Living in Oceanside or Chula Vista would be like moving from the city to Newark, Secaucus, Yonkers….places you’d likely not consider.

Based on what you said about wanting the newer homes, the nice thing about the La Costa area (South Carlsbad) is that its a great neighborhood of professionals, retirees, families. There’s a mix of slightly older but very nice homes, plus there are a number of new developments in the La Costa Greens area I believe. Its in your price range, its a reasonable drive to Orange County if you wanted to go for dinner, and its also not too far from the ocean and Del Mar / La Jolla where there is also some nightlife and good restaurants. Its about a 30 minute drive to Hillcrest/Mission Hills where there are also a number of good eateries, wine bars.

If you are an aspiring golfer, there are in my opinion, better and more public courses in north county worth playing versus the downtown area/east county.

Have you looked at this site for new homes? http://www.newhomesdirectory.com/SanDiego/

[bearishgurl]

nybuyer, do you have your heart set on new construction? Would you consider construction +/- 20 years old up to five miles inland (coastal/semi-coastal zone) which has been gutted and remodeled and is “like new.” By limiting yourself to “new” and “near-new” construction, you are, much more often than not, limiting yourself to properties encumbered by HOAs and Mello-Roos and situated in inferior areas to the more well-established areas. The first Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) in SD County were formed 24 years ago. Since then, as more and more as time went by, it became “mandatory” for developers to assist in the formation of or join into an existing CFD when they sought to subdivide raw land for development within the county. This was/is generally the case unless the land was/is “infill,” that is, it has already been developed all around it or is replacing previous demolished residential or commercial construction at the site. In these instances, the public services for the development were already in place.

The area where you grew up (South Bay area of LA County) is very well-established, where, in general, the rights of its SFR property owners remain intact. When you purchase an HOA encumbered property, you lose part of those rights and must adhere to CC&R’s, another layer of government/bureaucracy.

SD County has MANY well-maintained public golf courses where you could regularly play for a FRACTION of what it would cost you than if the course belonged to your HOA.

You are correct in that MR in general is not tax-deductible and in the areas encumbered by exhorbitant MR ($3500+ annually), signing up for it is akin to taking out a large second mortgage (sans the mortgage-interest deduction)!

[bearishgurl]

nybuyer, do you have your heart set on new construction? Would you consider construction +/- 20 years old up to five miles inland (coastal/semi-coastal zone) which has been gutted and remodeled and is “like new.” By limiting yourself to “new” and “near-new” construction, you are, much more often than not, limiting yourself to properties encumbered by HOAs and Mello-Roos and situated in inferior areas to the more well-established areas. The first Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) in SD County were formed 24 years ago. Since then, as more and more as time went by, it became “mandatory” for developers to assist in the formation of or join into an existing CFD when they sought to subdivide raw land for development within the county. This was/is generally the case unless the land was/is “infill,” that is, it has already been developed all around it or is replacing previous demolished residential or commercial construction at the site. In these instances, the public services for the development were already in place.

The area where you grew up (South Bay area of LA County) is very well-established, where, in general, the rights of its SFR property owners remain intact. When you purchase an HOA encumbered property, you lose part of those rights and must adhere to CC&R’s, another layer of government/bureaucracy.

SD County has MANY well-maintained public golf courses where you could regularly play for a FRACTION of what it would cost you than if the course belonged to your HOA.

You are correct in that MR in general is not tax-deductible and in the areas encumbered by exhorbitant MR ($3500+ annually), signing up for it is akin to taking out a large second mortgage (sans the mortgage-interest deduction)!

[bearishgurl]

nybuyer, do you have your heart set on new construction? Would you consider construction +/- 20 years old up to five miles inland (coastal/semi-coastal zone) which has been gutted and remodeled and is “like new.” By limiting yourself to “new” and “near-new” construction, you are, much more often than not, limiting yourself to properties encumbered by HOAs and Mello-Roos and situated in inferior areas to the more well-established areas. The first Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) in SD County were formed 24 years ago. Since then, as more and more as time went by, it became “mandatory” for developers to assist in the formation of or join into an existing CFD when they sought to subdivide raw land for development within the county. This was/is generally the case unless the land was/is “infill,” that is, it has already been developed all around it or is replacing previous demolished residential or commercial construction at the site. In these instances, the public services for the development were already in place.

The area where you grew up (South Bay area of LA County) is very well-established, where, in general, the rights of its SFR property owners remain intact. When you purchase an HOA encumbered property, you lose part of those rights and must adhere to CC&R’s, another layer of government/bureaucracy.

SD County has MANY well-maintained public golf courses where you could regularly play for a FRACTION of what it would cost you than if the course belonged to your HOA.

You are correct in that MR in general is not tax-deductible and in the areas encumbered by exhorbitant MR ($3500+ annually), signing up for it is akin to taking out a large second mortgage (sans the mortgage-interest deduction)!

[bearishgurl]

nybuyer, do you have your heart set on new construction? Would you consider construction +/- 20 years old up to five miles inland (coastal/semi-coastal zone) which has been gutted and remodeled and is “like new.” By limiting yourself to “new” and “near-new” construction, you are, much more often than not, limiting yourself to properties encumbered by HOAs and Mello-Roos and situated in inferior areas to the more well-established areas. The first Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) in SD County were formed 24 years ago. Since then, as more and more as time went by, it became “mandatory” for developers to assist in the formation of or join into an existing CFD when they sought to subdivide raw land for development within the county. This was/is generally the case unless the land was/is “infill,” that is, it has already been developed all around it or is replacing previous demolished residential or commercial construction at the site. In these instances, the public services for the development were already in place.

The area where you grew up (South Bay area of LA County) is very well-established, where, in general, the rights of its SFR property owners remain intact. When you purchase an HOA encumbered property, you lose part of those rights and must adhere to CC&R’s, another layer of government/bureaucracy.

SD County has MANY well-maintained public golf courses where you could regularly play for a FRACTION of what it would cost you than if the course belonged to your HOA.

You are correct in that MR in general is not tax-deductible and in the areas encumbered by exhorbitant MR ($3500+ annually), signing up for it is akin to taking out a large second mortgage (sans the mortgage-interest deduction)!

[bearishgurl]

nybuyer, do you have your heart set on new construction? Would you consider construction +/- 20 years old up to five miles inland (coastal/semi-coastal zone) which has been gutted and remodeled and is “like new.” By limiting yourself to “new” and “near-new” construction, you are, much more often than not, limiting yourself to properties encumbered by HOAs and Mello-Roos and situated in inferior areas to the more well-established areas. The first Community Facilities Districts (CFD’s) in SD County were formed 24 years ago. Since then, as more and more as time went by, it became “mandatory” for developers to assist in the formation of or join into an existing CFD when they sought to subdivide raw land for development within the county. This was/is generally the case unless the land was/is “infill,” that is, it has already been developed all around it or is replacing previous demolished residential or commercial construction at the site. In these instances, the public services for the development were already in place.

The area where you grew up (South Bay area of LA County) is very well-established, where, in general, the rights of its SFR property owners remain intact. When you purchase an HOA encumbered property, you lose part of those rights and must adhere to CC&R’s, another layer of government/bureaucracy.

SD County has MANY well-maintained public golf courses where you could regularly play for a FRACTION of what it would cost you than if the course belonged to your HOA.

You are correct in that MR in general is not tax-deductible and in the areas encumbered by exhorbitant MR ($3500+ annually), signing up for it is akin to taking out a large second mortgage (sans the mortgage-interest deduction)!

[sdrealtor]

BG
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[sdrealtor]

BG
Do you even read any of the posts you respond to? The original post is 3 YEARS OLD!!!! It was just resurrected by a spammer. Dont you have better uses of your time than spending 30 minutes responding to 3 year old posts? Please read things you are responding to.

[sdrealtor]

BG
Do you even read any of the posts you respond to? The original post is 3 YEARS OLD!!!! It was just resurrected by a spammer. Dont you have better uses of your time than spending 30 minutes responding to 3 year old posts? Please read things you are responding to.

[sdrealtor]

BG
Do you even read any of the posts you respond to? The original post is 3 YEARS OLD!!!! It was just resurrected by a spammer. Dont you have better uses of your time than spending 30 minutes responding to 3 year old posts? Please read things you are responding to.

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