We plan to move as early as May and we’ll be there for at least two years and maybe as many as four. When we move around 2011, it would most likely be to the D.C. area, but we probably would return to San Diego after two years. Military life just doesn’t allow you to grow a lot of roots and being somewhere seven years is unheard of for us.
I didn’t know that about CA leases. Thanks!
I appreciate all the posts. It’s helping me see that renting would be the smart option. Sometimes you just need to hear it from others.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. I’m really not familiar with SD neighborhoods. I chose Clairemont based on driving distances in case my husband is assigned to Camp Pendleton vice MCRD, but those other neighborhoods do sound like options. I will be working in San Diego. We can rent, but I’m afraid of being stuck in a one-year lease and missing a prime opportunity to buy. Does anyone see leases for six months on houses in the $2500/month price range? We didn’t buy when we moved to Virginia in 2002 and that was a huge mistake. I’m trying to mitigate my foolishness…
