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Update:

Thank you all for the great advice! I decided to use carsdirect.com to buy the vehicle and was working with them, but they couldn’t find the exact car because the main and secondary color choices weren’t available in So Cal. We decided to check out Mossy Oceanside to find another color to give to Carsdirect.com and there it was, the original color I wanted (apparently it must have just arrived because it wasn’t even on the dealer’s online inventory until the next day).

Bought it from the dealer using the Carsdirect price.

I’d really recommend using Carsdirect.com, they give you the upfront pricing for your car before you give them any information, and after giving them your contact info., they are very “non-pushy”. They’ll call you and confirm what options and such you selected and search their inventory. I didn’t make it past this point, but I was impressed with how easy it was. They always ask “Do you want us to call you back?”

I also found a cool tool on the DMV website I’d like to share that calculates your registration fees and tax so you know what the final amount will be at the dealership. I used it prior to my purchase (changing the final for the rebate and trade in) and ended up within $22 of the final total:

https://mv.dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/index.jsp

1. Calculate this based on your price before rebates and trade in.

2. multiply your rebate and trade in by .0775 (yes, the state taxes both)

3. Subtract rebates and trade in

4. Add back in the tax you calculated on step 2

5. add $45 doc fees

6. Subtract the $100 bonus the dealership gives you for saying something good about them on a housing Blog.

This should be exactly what your total comes out to, if not, then something’s wrong.

This is the second car I’ve bought from Mossy and I was again impressed by their service.

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Try looking at the following sites and check out the # of sex offenders in North West O’Side if you want a shock (it’s far away from Rancho Del Oro though).

http://www.us-sex-offenders.com/map.aspx

Check out crime maps for the area:

http://www.arjis.org/

These should give you a general idea of where not to go.

With RDO, it’s a nice area, but no realtor would ever take you to see it from the west on Oceanside Blvd, you’ll be coming to see it from the east or from the south.

A co-worker bought a three bedroom being built there in 1999 for $163,000!!! Crazy huh?

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Try looking at the following sites and check out the # of sex offenders in North West O’Side if you want a shock (it’s far away from Rancho Del Oro though).

http://www.us-sex-offenders.com/map.aspx

Check out crime maps for the area:

http://www.arjis.org/

These should give you a general idea of where not to go.

With RDO, it’s a nice area, but no realtor would ever take you to see it from the west on Oceanside Blvd, you’ll be coming to see it from the east or from the south.

A co-worker bought a three bedroom being built there in 1999 for $163,000!!! Crazy huh?

[Doofrat]

Try looking at the following sites and check out the # of sex offenders in North West O’Side if you want a shock (it’s far away from Rancho Del Oro though).

http://www.us-sex-offenders.com/map.aspx

Check out crime maps for the area:

http://www.arjis.org/

These should give you a general idea of where not to go.

With RDO, it’s a nice area, but no realtor would ever take you to see it from the west on Oceanside Blvd, you’ll be coming to see it from the east or from the south.

A co-worker bought a three bedroom being built there in 1999 for $163,000!!! Crazy huh?

[Doofrat]

Try looking at the following sites and check out the # of sex offenders in North West O’Side if you want a shock (it’s far away from Rancho Del Oro though).

http://www.us-sex-offenders.com/map.aspx

Check out crime maps for the area:

http://www.arjis.org/

These should give you a general idea of where not to go.

With RDO, it’s a nice area, but no realtor would ever take you to see it from the west on Oceanside Blvd, you’ll be coming to see it from the east or from the south.

A co-worker bought a three bedroom being built there in 1999 for $163,000!!! Crazy huh?

[Doofrat]

Try looking at the following sites and check out the # of sex offenders in North West O’Side if you want a shock (it’s far away from Rancho Del Oro though).

http://www.us-sex-offenders.com/map.aspx

Check out crime maps for the area:

http://www.arjis.org/

These should give you a general idea of where not to go.

With RDO, it’s a nice area, but no realtor would ever take you to see it from the west on Oceanside Blvd, you’ll be coming to see it from the east or from the south.

A co-worker bought a three bedroom being built there in 1999 for $163,000!!! Crazy huh?

[Doofrat]

I love the comment “Master Shake” put on this article:

Master Shake’s house affordability calculator (patent pending):

Let:
Monthly income (after taxes) = A, and
Monthly mortgage payment = B

if A < B, you can’t afford the house

[Doofrat]

I love the comment “Master Shake” put on this article:

Master Shake’s house affordability calculator (patent pending):

Let:
Monthly income (after taxes) = A, and
Monthly mortgage payment = B

if A < B, you can’t afford the house

[Doofrat]

I love the comment “Master Shake” put on this article:

Master Shake’s house affordability calculator (patent pending):

Let:
Monthly income (after taxes) = A, and
Monthly mortgage payment = B

if A < B, you can’t afford the house

[Doofrat]

I love the comment “Master Shake” put on this article:

Master Shake’s house affordability calculator (patent pending):

Let:
Monthly income (after taxes) = A, and
Monthly mortgage payment = B

if A < B, you can’t afford the house

[Doofrat]

I love the comment “Master Shake” put on this article:

Master Shake’s house affordability calculator (patent pending):

Let:
Monthly income (after taxes) = A, and
Monthly mortgage payment = B

if A < B, you can’t afford the house

[Doofrat]

A buddy of mine has an ocean front condo at the Del Mar Beach Club. One of the ironic things about these places is that a lot of them are owned by out-of-towners who live in Arizona and such. The parking lot is completely empty in the winter, but packed in the summer. From what I’ve seen, the ocean front condos seem to be mostly owned by 1. Retirees 2. Out of town owners. 3. Friends of mine that have rich parents.
As you go away from the ocean front towards the street, they become more local.
I don’t know what this means for prices in the future though, but I don’t see evidence of a lot of the EZ credit fueled flipping going on on the bluff, those condos have always been very expensive, but the prices don’t seem to have gone up at the same rate as say a house in Mira Mesa.
That’s just my take on it.

[Doofrat]

A buddy of mine has an ocean front condo at the Del Mar Beach Club. One of the ironic things about these places is that a lot of them are owned by out-of-towners who live in Arizona and such. The parking lot is completely empty in the winter, but packed in the summer. From what I’ve seen, the ocean front condos seem to be mostly owned by 1. Retirees 2. Out of town owners. 3. Friends of mine that have rich parents.
As you go away from the ocean front towards the street, they become more local.
I don’t know what this means for prices in the future though, but I don’t see evidence of a lot of the EZ credit fueled flipping going on on the bluff, those condos have always been very expensive, but the prices don’t seem to have gone up at the same rate as say a house in Mira Mesa.
That’s just my take on it.

[Doofrat]

A buddy of mine has an ocean front condo at the Del Mar Beach Club. One of the ironic things about these places is that a lot of them are owned by out-of-towners who live in Arizona and such. The parking lot is completely empty in the winter, but packed in the summer. From what I’ve seen, the ocean front condos seem to be mostly owned by 1. Retirees 2. Out of town owners. 3. Friends of mine that have rich parents.
As you go away from the ocean front towards the street, they become more local.
I don’t know what this means for prices in the future though, but I don’t see evidence of a lot of the EZ credit fueled flipping going on on the bluff, those condos have always been very expensive, but the prices don’t seem to have gone up at the same rate as say a house in Mira Mesa.
That’s just my take on it.

[Doofrat]

A buddy of mine has an ocean front condo at the Del Mar Beach Club. One of the ironic things about these places is that a lot of them are owned by out-of-towners who live in Arizona and such. The parking lot is completely empty in the winter, but packed in the summer. From what I’ve seen, the ocean front condos seem to be mostly owned by 1. Retirees 2. Out of town owners. 3. Friends of mine that have rich parents.
As you go away from the ocean front towards the street, they become more local.
I don’t know what this means for prices in the future though, but I don’t see evidence of a lot of the EZ credit fueled flipping going on on the bluff, those condos have always been very expensive, but the prices don’t seem to have gone up at the same rate as say a house in Mira Mesa.
That’s just my take on it.

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