[Drew]

Here are a few streets that I like due to the fact that they are up on the hill (good view potential) and far enough away from the 5 and 8 fwys to not have much car noise:

Illion St. (section North of St. Mary Magdalene)
Harford St. (South of Milton St.)

Streets that branch off of Milton St.:

Tokalon St.
Garfield Rd.
Cecelia Terrace
Dunhaven St.
Penrose St.
Southcrest Ave.
Fairfield St.
February St.
March St.
August St.
September St.

That whole plateau is pretty nice and quiet. The reason I mention that the above streets branch off of Milton is because they continue North of the canyon where they end (North of Western Hills Park) and are not as ideal — nothing bad, just not as good as the streets that branch off Milton.

[Drew]

Here are a few streets that I like due to the fact that they are up on the hill (good view potential) and far enough away from the 5 and 8 fwys to not have much car noise:

Illion St. (section North of St. Mary Magdalene)
Harford St. (South of Milton St.)

Streets that branch off of Milton St.:

Tokalon St.
Garfield Rd.
Cecelia Terrace
Dunhaven St.
Penrose St.
Southcrest Ave.
Fairfield St.
February St.
March St.
August St.
September St.

That whole plateau is pretty nice and quiet. The reason I mention that the above streets branch off of Milton is because they continue North of the canyon where they end (North of Western Hills Park) and are not as ideal — nothing bad, just not as good as the streets that branch off Milton.

[Drew]

Here are a few streets that I like due to the fact that they are up on the hill (good view potential) and far enough away from the 5 and 8 fwys to not have much car noise:

Illion St. (section North of St. Mary Magdalene)
Harford St. (South of Milton St.)

Streets that branch off of Milton St.:

Tokalon St.
Garfield Rd.
Cecelia Terrace
Dunhaven St.
Penrose St.
Southcrest Ave.
Fairfield St.
February St.
March St.
August St.
September St.

That whole plateau is pretty nice and quiet. The reason I mention that the above streets branch off of Milton is because they continue North of the canyon where they end (North of Western Hills Park) and are not as ideal — nothing bad, just not as good as the streets that branch off Milton.

[Drew]

Here are a few streets that I like due to the fact that they are up on the hill (good view potential) and far enough away from the 5 and 8 fwys to not have much car noise:

Illion St. (section North of St. Mary Magdalene)
Harford St. (South of Milton St.)

Streets that branch off of Milton St.:

Tokalon St.
Garfield Rd.
Cecelia Terrace
Dunhaven St.
Penrose St.
Southcrest Ave.
Fairfield St.
February St.
March St.
August St.
September St.

That whole plateau is pretty nice and quiet. The reason I mention that the above streets branch off of Milton is because they continue North of the canyon where they end (North of Western Hills Park) and are not as ideal — nothing bad, just not as good as the streets that branch off Milton.

[Drew]

Here are a few streets that I like due to the fact that they are up on the hill (good view potential) and far enough away from the 5 and 8 fwys to not have much car noise:

Illion St. (section North of St. Mary Magdalene)
Harford St. (South of Milton St.)

Streets that branch off of Milton St.:

Tokalon St.
Garfield Rd.
Cecelia Terrace
Dunhaven St.
Penrose St.
Southcrest Ave.
Fairfield St.
February St.
March St.
August St.
September St.

That whole plateau is pretty nice and quiet. The reason I mention that the above streets branch off of Milton is because they continue North of the canyon where they end (North of Western Hills Park) and are not as ideal — nothing bad, just not as good as the streets that branch off Milton.

[Drew]

I grew up in Bay Park and I’m currently renting in the area in anticipation of buying again in a few years. Personally, I would stay away from that area. As mentioned, its a little hit and miss with regards to the houses being run down, plus the location is in Tecolote Canyon, so there are no views. The problem that I’ve found with anything in the lower elevations of Bay Park is that the houses can range from giant, newly rebuilt homes, to 70+ year old shacks.

I currently rent up the hill just north and east of the church (St. Mary Magdalene) and it is, and has always been a nice quiet neighborhood. Plus, in the right locations, there are spectacular views that range from Soledad to downtown. Obviously there are different strokes for different folks, but for me Bay Park has a very relaxing, nostalgic feel, plus my wife and I have family here in the houses we both grew up in.

After selling our home in Summer 2006, We’ve been watching the BP market, and in the past few months, it has come to a screeching hault in sales. This is obviously a good sign for us, however, most sellers are priced WAY too high and not budging. Luckily my wife and I are prepared to be patient as we’ve found a great rental with a wonderful landlord.

Its really difficult to even begin to justify purchasing a house for anything north of $300-400k in a neighborhood where the majority of the homes are occupied by the original owners or were purchased in the 80’s and 90’s for prices ranging from $150k – $250k. Below is a great example of a poor bastard that has either had a job change or just realized that they paid WAY too much for their house:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076094399-4940_Pola_Ct_San_Diego_CA_92110

My favorite line, “Owner is motivated and has to sell! Make any offer!”

They purchased for $790k in late 2005 and are selling for $775k. Plus it is in a canyon, so no views and the road that it is on is fairly busy.

[Drew]

I grew up in Bay Park and I’m currently renting in the area in anticipation of buying again in a few years. Personally, I would stay away from that area. As mentioned, its a little hit and miss with regards to the houses being run down, plus the location is in Tecolote Canyon, so there are no views. The problem that I’ve found with anything in the lower elevations of Bay Park is that the houses can range from giant, newly rebuilt homes, to 70+ year old shacks.

I currently rent up the hill just north and east of the church (St. Mary Magdalene) and it is, and has always been a nice quiet neighborhood. Plus, in the right locations, there are spectacular views that range from Soledad to downtown. Obviously there are different strokes for different folks, but for me Bay Park has a very relaxing, nostalgic feel, plus my wife and I have family here in the houses we both grew up in.

After selling our home in Summer 2006, We’ve been watching the BP market, and in the past few months, it has come to a screeching hault in sales. This is obviously a good sign for us, however, most sellers are priced WAY too high and not budging. Luckily my wife and I are prepared to be patient as we’ve found a great rental with a wonderful landlord.

Its really difficult to even begin to justify purchasing a house for anything north of $300-400k in a neighborhood where the majority of the homes are occupied by the original owners or were purchased in the 80’s and 90’s for prices ranging from $150k – $250k. Below is a great example of a poor bastard that has either had a job change or just realized that they paid WAY too much for their house:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076094399-4940_Pola_Ct_San_Diego_CA_92110

My favorite line, “Owner is motivated and has to sell! Make any offer!”

They purchased for $790k in late 2005 and are selling for $775k. Plus it is in a canyon, so no views and the road that it is on is fairly busy.

[Drew]

I grew up in Bay Park and I’m currently renting in the area in anticipation of buying again in a few years. Personally, I would stay away from that area. As mentioned, its a little hit and miss with regards to the houses being run down, plus the location is in Tecolote Canyon, so there are no views. The problem that I’ve found with anything in the lower elevations of Bay Park is that the houses can range from giant, newly rebuilt homes, to 70+ year old shacks.

I currently rent up the hill just north and east of the church (St. Mary Magdalene) and it is, and has always been a nice quiet neighborhood. Plus, in the right locations, there are spectacular views that range from Soledad to downtown. Obviously there are different strokes for different folks, but for me Bay Park has a very relaxing, nostalgic feel, plus my wife and I have family here in the houses we both grew up in.

After selling our home in Summer 2006, We’ve been watching the BP market, and in the past few months, it has come to a screeching hault in sales. This is obviously a good sign for us, however, most sellers are priced WAY too high and not budging. Luckily my wife and I are prepared to be patient as we’ve found a great rental with a wonderful landlord.

Its really difficult to even begin to justify purchasing a house for anything north of $300-400k in a neighborhood where the majority of the homes are occupied by the original owners or were purchased in the 80’s and 90’s for prices ranging from $150k – $250k. Below is a great example of a poor bastard that has either had a job change or just realized that they paid WAY too much for their house:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076094399-4940_Pola_Ct_San_Diego_CA_92110

My favorite line, “Owner is motivated and has to sell! Make any offer!”

They purchased for $790k in late 2005 and are selling for $775k. Plus it is in a canyon, so no views and the road that it is on is fairly busy.

[Drew]

I grew up in Bay Park and I’m currently renting in the area in anticipation of buying again in a few years. Personally, I would stay away from that area. As mentioned, its a little hit and miss with regards to the houses being run down, plus the location is in Tecolote Canyon, so there are no views. The problem that I’ve found with anything in the lower elevations of Bay Park is that the houses can range from giant, newly rebuilt homes, to 70+ year old shacks.

I currently rent up the hill just north and east of the church (St. Mary Magdalene) and it is, and has always been a nice quiet neighborhood. Plus, in the right locations, there are spectacular views that range from Soledad to downtown. Obviously there are different strokes for different folks, but for me Bay Park has a very relaxing, nostalgic feel, plus my wife and I have family here in the houses we both grew up in.

After selling our home in Summer 2006, We’ve been watching the BP market, and in the past few months, it has come to a screeching hault in sales. This is obviously a good sign for us, however, most sellers are priced WAY too high and not budging. Luckily my wife and I are prepared to be patient as we’ve found a great rental with a wonderful landlord.

Its really difficult to even begin to justify purchasing a house for anything north of $300-400k in a neighborhood where the majority of the homes are occupied by the original owners or were purchased in the 80’s and 90’s for prices ranging from $150k – $250k. Below is a great example of a poor bastard that has either had a job change or just realized that they paid WAY too much for their house:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076094399-4940_Pola_Ct_San_Diego_CA_92110

My favorite line, “Owner is motivated and has to sell! Make any offer!”

They purchased for $790k in late 2005 and are selling for $775k. Plus it is in a canyon, so no views and the road that it is on is fairly busy.

[Drew]

I grew up in Bay Park and I’m currently renting in the area in anticipation of buying again in a few years. Personally, I would stay away from that area. As mentioned, its a little hit and miss with regards to the houses being run down, plus the location is in Tecolote Canyon, so there are no views. The problem that I’ve found with anything in the lower elevations of Bay Park is that the houses can range from giant, newly rebuilt homes, to 70+ year old shacks.

I currently rent up the hill just north and east of the church (St. Mary Magdalene) and it is, and has always been a nice quiet neighborhood. Plus, in the right locations, there are spectacular views that range from Soledad to downtown. Obviously there are different strokes for different folks, but for me Bay Park has a very relaxing, nostalgic feel, plus my wife and I have family here in the houses we both grew up in.

After selling our home in Summer 2006, We’ve been watching the BP market, and in the past few months, it has come to a screeching hault in sales. This is obviously a good sign for us, however, most sellers are priced WAY too high and not budging. Luckily my wife and I are prepared to be patient as we’ve found a great rental with a wonderful landlord.

Its really difficult to even begin to justify purchasing a house for anything north of $300-400k in a neighborhood where the majority of the homes are occupied by the original owners or were purchased in the 80’s and 90’s for prices ranging from $150k – $250k. Below is a great example of a poor bastard that has either had a job change or just realized that they paid WAY too much for their house:

http://www.sdlookup.com/MLS-076094399-4940_Pola_Ct_San_Diego_CA_92110

My favorite line, “Owner is motivated and has to sell! Make any offer!”

They purchased for $790k in late 2005 and are selling for $775k. Plus it is in a canyon, so no views and the road that it is on is fairly busy.

[Drew]

A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.

I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:

me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?

co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.

me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?

co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.

me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)

co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.

me: you’re probably right. good luck.

and it ends…

It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.

[Drew]

A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.

I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:

me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?

co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.

me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?

co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.

me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)

co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.

me: you’re probably right. good luck.

and it ends…

It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.

[Drew]

A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.

I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:

me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?

co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.

me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?

co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.

me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)

co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.

me: you’re probably right. good luck.

and it ends…

It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.

[Drew]

A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.

I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:

me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?

co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.

me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?

co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.

me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)

co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.

me: you’re probably right. good luck.

and it ends…

It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.

[Drew]

A few weeks ago I realized that discussing the current housing situation is akin to having a religion debate, in that no matter how discrete you are, or how much you try to be nice, you’re bound to hurt someone’s feelings or get into an arguement.

I’ve been finding myself stuck in conversations at work with a fellow co-worker that is in a “need to sell” situation, because he is moving his family out of state to one of our other offices after the new year. In an effort to be nice and not cause him anymore stress, I usually just nod and smile. However, there have been a few times that I snap out of my trance and try to slap some sense into him, without any luck of course. The latest conversation that just left me dumbfounded went like this:

me: How are your moving plans progressing? You still hope to be out of SD by early January?

co-worker: We’ve got a schedule, but we dont have any offers on the house yet. Lots of lookers, but no offers yet.

me: Man, that sucks. Have you thought about lowering your price?

co-worker: No. It’s priced to sell.

me: hrm. Well is it really priced to sell if you havent had any offers yet? (laughing nervously)

co-worker: Yeah, well, its the “off season” for selling. It will pick up after the new year.

me: you’re probably right. good luck.

and it ends…

It’s sad really, because he is a good guy. But its obivous that his emotions are in complete control of the situation.

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