[Drew]

Hey PS,

So I have kind of a left-field question. When my wife and I were in the consideration phase of selling our current home (which we just sold), I was looking at a few homes and lots in the Poway/Lakeside split where your previous home was located (I believe you mentioned that being the area?) Actually the house that we were seriously considering making an offer on was on the market for about a year and just recently disappeared from the ziprealty.com listing. It was listed at around $800k, then raised their asking price to $810k, then dropped it to $780k. I’m guessing that this as their feeble attempt to fend off low-ballers? Luckily I stumbled across this site before making a foolish move 🙂

That said, it is a beautiful area and we’re still considering either building a home up there, or purchasing an existing home if the price is right in a few years.

Anyhow, there were two questions I could never seem to get a straight answer on.

1. With each house having its own well, how plentiful is the water supply in the area? I ask because my parents live in a rural area of the NW (Seattle area) and they regularly run their well dry in the summer months. My initial thought was that if it happened in the rainy Northwest, then it must surely happen here.

2. Insurance for fire coverage. Exactly how much is it in a rural area like that? Especially one that was recently ravaged by the Cedar fire.

[Drew]

After much debate, my wife and I just sold our home in PQ after owning it for almost 6 years and doing a full interior remodel that finished literally months before it went up on the market. I promised my wife that we would not move into a rat trap of a rental and would spend the money on a nice, new-ish or remodeled rental. After about a month of calling a few days after they went on the market, only to find out that they were already in a lease-pending phase, we found a great home in East Poway the day it went onto the market. Fearing that we would miss this boat too, we plopped a deposit down and filled out the lease forms, even though we were still 2 weeks out from closing escrow (I swore I wouldnt do anything until escrow close because I’m not optimistic when it comes to other people and RE loans.)

Anyhow, the house is a cedar fire rebuild that is 2200 sqft, cul de sac location, 3 car garage, yada yada. The great thing is that we’re only paying $2200 per month, so there are definately good deals out there, but you really need to act quickly. One reason I think it’s so low (by comparision) is because it’s owned by an older couple that has a hand-full of rentals that fund their retirement. They flat out said that they’re more interested in accepting less money per month in exchange for good tenants that plan on staying for a while.

We’re now in a great rental that will not require any pulling of teeth with the wife if and when we need to extend our lease due to the RE market not being quite ready to dive back into. Meanwhile, our equity is hibernating in a high interest CD. Life is good right now 🙂

[Drew]

Talk of moving the commercial airport out of the downtown area has been going on for decades. Unless there has been a recent turn of events, and the US military has decided to pack up and leave Mira Mar, I dont see it moving anytime soon.

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