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Correction: On “Sunbow” in Chula Vista, I meant 19 yrs PAID MR with 11 years remaining.

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Correction: On “Sunbow” in Chula Vista, I meant 19 yrs PAID MR with 11 years remaining.

[bearishgurl]

Correction: On “Sunbow” in Chula Vista, I meant 19 yrs PAID MR with 11 years remaining.

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FYI, forget those two-lane winding mtn roads. Not really sure what you’re doing up there, birmingplumb … sightseeing, perhaps??

All points that I mentioned are 10-25 mins from the Federal Courthouse. If I-5/I-805 are clogged in the a.m., there are a dozen other ways to get there. Same for the reverse drive home.

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FYI, forget those two-lane winding mtn roads. Not really sure what you’re doing up there, birmingplumb … sightseeing, perhaps??

All points that I mentioned are 10-25 mins from the Federal Courthouse. If I-5/I-805 are clogged in the a.m., there are a dozen other ways to get there. Same for the reverse drive home.

[bearishgurl]

FYI, forget those two-lane winding mtn roads. Not really sure what you’re doing up there, birmingplumb … sightseeing, perhaps??

All points that I mentioned are 10-25 mins from the Federal Courthouse. If I-5/I-805 are clogged in the a.m., there are a dozen other ways to get there. Same for the reverse drive home.

[bearishgurl]

FYI, forget those two-lane winding mtn roads. Not really sure what you’re doing up there, birmingplumb … sightseeing, perhaps??

All points that I mentioned are 10-25 mins from the Federal Courthouse. If I-5/I-805 are clogged in the a.m., there are a dozen other ways to get there. Same for the reverse drive home.

[bearishgurl]

FYI, forget those two-lane winding mtn roads. Not really sure what you’re doing up there, birmingplumb … sightseeing, perhaps??

All points that I mentioned are 10-25 mins from the Federal Courthouse. If I-5/I-805 are clogged in the a.m., there are a dozen other ways to get there. Same for the reverse drive home.

[bearishgurl]

birmingplumb, Congrats to your disabled son on qualifying for his Section 8 voucher and locating a suitable unit!

If your son and son in law still back in MI will be working at SW Marine, may I recommend a few zip codes that are fine to rent in and eventually buy a single family residence?

92102, Golden Hill (a little expensive to buy in) and Sherman Heights (this area has been gentrifying and has gone up in value in recent years, due to the construction of Petco Park).

92113, Mountain View, directly south of Mt. Hope cemetery and just east or west of the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).

92114, North Bay Terraces (bounded by Woodman, Skyline, Meadowbrook and Paradise Valley Rd)

91950, National City, east of Highland and south of 18th St

92139, Paradise Hills, east of Reo Dr and South Bay Terraces

91910, Chula Vista, all to rent, but buy east of 5th Ave (can be expensive to buy in)

91911, north of Orange Ave (abt 19 yrs Mello Roos remaining in Sunbow)

92154, Nestor (west of I-5 and accessible to shipyards by walking to trolley)

ALL of these areas are NOT freeway dependent to Southwest Marine and General Dynamics (formerly NASSCO). Their driving distances will be 5-20 mins in rush hour.

I am female and have either lived in or listed in and sat open houses alone in all of these areas and would consider them safe.

Good luck in your search!

[bearishgurl]

birmingplumb, Congrats to your disabled son on qualifying for his Section 8 voucher and locating a suitable unit!

If your son and son in law still back in MI will be working at SW Marine, may I recommend a few zip codes that are fine to rent in and eventually buy a single family residence?

92102, Golden Hill (a little expensive to buy in) and Sherman Heights (this area has been gentrifying and has gone up in value in recent years, due to the construction of Petco Park).

92113, Mountain View, directly south of Mt. Hope cemetery and just east or west of the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).

92114, North Bay Terraces (bounded by Woodman, Skyline, Meadowbrook and Paradise Valley Rd)

91950, National City, east of Highland and south of 18th St

92139, Paradise Hills, east of Reo Dr and South Bay Terraces

91910, Chula Vista, all to rent, but buy east of 5th Ave (can be expensive to buy in)

91911, north of Orange Ave (abt 19 yrs Mello Roos remaining in Sunbow)

92154, Nestor (west of I-5 and accessible to shipyards by walking to trolley)

ALL of these areas are NOT freeway dependent to Southwest Marine and General Dynamics (formerly NASSCO). Their driving distances will be 5-20 mins in rush hour.

I am female and have either lived in or listed in and sat open houses alone in all of these areas and would consider them safe.

Good luck in your search!

[bearishgurl]

birmingplumb, Congrats to your disabled son on qualifying for his Section 8 voucher and locating a suitable unit!

If your son and son in law still back in MI will be working at SW Marine, may I recommend a few zip codes that are fine to rent in and eventually buy a single family residence?

92102, Golden Hill (a little expensive to buy in) and Sherman Heights (this area has been gentrifying and has gone up in value in recent years, due to the construction of Petco Park).

92113, Mountain View, directly south of Mt. Hope cemetery and just east or west of the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).

92114, North Bay Terraces (bounded by Woodman, Skyline, Meadowbrook and Paradise Valley Rd)

91950, National City, east of Highland and south of 18th St

92139, Paradise Hills, east of Reo Dr and South Bay Terraces

91910, Chula Vista, all to rent, but buy east of 5th Ave (can be expensive to buy in)

91911, north of Orange Ave (abt 19 yrs Mello Roos remaining in Sunbow)

92154, Nestor (west of I-5 and accessible to shipyards by walking to trolley)

ALL of these areas are NOT freeway dependent to Southwest Marine and General Dynamics (formerly NASSCO). Their driving distances will be 5-20 mins in rush hour.

I am female and have either lived in or listed in and sat open houses alone in all of these areas and would consider them safe.

Good luck in your search!

[bearishgurl]

birmingplumb, Congrats to your disabled son on qualifying for his Section 8 voucher and locating a suitable unit!

If your son and son in law still back in MI will be working at SW Marine, may I recommend a few zip codes that are fine to rent in and eventually buy a single family residence?

92102, Golden Hill (a little expensive to buy in) and Sherman Heights (this area has been gentrifying and has gone up in value in recent years, due to the construction of Petco Park).

92113, Mountain View, directly south of Mt. Hope cemetery and just east or west of the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).

92114, North Bay Terraces (bounded by Woodman, Skyline, Meadowbrook and Paradise Valley Rd)

91950, National City, east of Highland and south of 18th St

92139, Paradise Hills, east of Reo Dr and South Bay Terraces

91910, Chula Vista, all to rent, but buy east of 5th Ave (can be expensive to buy in)

91911, north of Orange Ave (abt 19 yrs Mello Roos remaining in Sunbow)

92154, Nestor (west of I-5 and accessible to shipyards by walking to trolley)

ALL of these areas are NOT freeway dependent to Southwest Marine and General Dynamics (formerly NASSCO). Their driving distances will be 5-20 mins in rush hour.

I am female and have either lived in or listed in and sat open houses alone in all of these areas and would consider them safe.

Good luck in your search!

[bearishgurl]

birmingplumb, Congrats to your disabled son on qualifying for his Section 8 voucher and locating a suitable unit!

If your son and son in law still back in MI will be working at SW Marine, may I recommend a few zip codes that are fine to rent in and eventually buy a single family residence?

92102, Golden Hill (a little expensive to buy in) and Sherman Heights (this area has been gentrifying and has gone up in value in recent years, due to the construction of Petco Park).

92113, Mountain View, directly south of Mt. Hope cemetery and just east or west of the Educational Cultural Complex (ECC).

92114, North Bay Terraces (bounded by Woodman, Skyline, Meadowbrook and Paradise Valley Rd)

91950, National City, east of Highland and south of 18th St

92139, Paradise Hills, east of Reo Dr and South Bay Terraces

91910, Chula Vista, all to rent, but buy east of 5th Ave (can be expensive to buy in)

91911, north of Orange Ave (abt 19 yrs Mello Roos remaining in Sunbow)

92154, Nestor (west of I-5 and accessible to shipyards by walking to trolley)

ALL of these areas are NOT freeway dependent to Southwest Marine and General Dynamics (formerly NASSCO). Their driving distances will be 5-20 mins in rush hour.

I am female and have either lived in or listed in and sat open houses alone in all of these areas and would consider them safe.

Good luck in your search!

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And if there are deep footings for the retaining walls – better make sure your grader is OSHA certified. That limits your pool of grading contractors.

Add about $100k to the project before you even consider the building portion of the project.[/quote]

I completely agree, UCGal. I thought about the expensive retaining walls when realizing that a heavily sloped driveway would need to be built right next to the house if it were to be on the upper lot only.

I have found plans online for these types of side-to-side-sloping steep lots and they are far and few between, most with storage areas and patio or rear-entry garages under a deck. There is no alley in this particular block.

It will be challenging for this new owner but I believe it will still be quite profitable or he/she will be happy with the final result to live in if he knows what he is doing, the order he is doing it in and does not waste mat’ls/labor. This street will bear the price. About two blocks upslope from there, in the vicinity north of Plum, rehabbed properties become prohibitively expensive.

It is very rare to find one available “infill” lot in 92106, let alone two adjacent ones. This buyer is very fortunate, IMHO.

[bearishgurl]

[quote=UCGal] . . . And if there are deep footings for the retaining walls – better make sure your grader is OSHA certified. That limits your pool of grading contractors.

Add about $100k to the project before you even consider the building portion of the project.[/quote]

I completely agree, UCGal. I thought about the expensive retaining walls when realizing that a heavily sloped driveway would need to be built right next to the house if it were to be on the upper lot only.

I have found plans online for these types of side-to-side-sloping steep lots and they are far and few between, most with storage areas and patio or rear-entry garages under a deck. There is no alley in this particular block.

It will be challenging for this new owner but I believe it will still be quite profitable or he/she will be happy with the final result to live in if he knows what he is doing, the order he is doing it in and does not waste mat’ls/labor. This street will bear the price. About two blocks upslope from there, in the vicinity north of Plum, rehabbed properties become prohibitively expensive.

It is very rare to find one available “infill” lot in 92106, let alone two adjacent ones. This buyer is very fortunate, IMHO.

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