[earlyretirement]

Wow..enough fighting. And to think..some of you on the board are realtors…. Do you actually think many people will want to work with you in the search of their home if you act like this on a public message board?

[earlyretirement]

Wow..enough fighting. And to think..some of you on the board are realtors…. Do you actually think many people will want to work with you in the search of their home if you act like this on a public message board?

[earlyretirement]

Wow..enough fighting. And to think..some of you on the board are realtors…. Do you actually think many people will want to work with you in the search of their home if you act like this on a public message board?

[earlyretirement]

Wow..enough fighting. And to think..some of you on the board are realtors…. Do you actually think many people will want to work with you in the search of their home if you act like this on a public message board?

[earlyretirement]

Wow..enough fighting. And to think..some of you on the board are realtors…. Do you actually think many people will want to work with you in the search of their home if you act like this on a public message board?

[earlyretirement]

[quote=vonbeeler]sf2sd,
Your list of things that are important to you are exactly the same as ours and thats why we chose Santaluz. In addition to your priorities another of ours was climate. When we first moved to San Diego 14 years ago we chose Carmel Valley (just east of Del Mar). We liked Carmel Valley with exception for me it was too cold. We rarely used our pool and seemed to be overcast a lot. We moved 5 minutes inland to a gated community called Fairbanks Highlands adjacent to Santaluz. One acre lots and Unique estate style homes. They are currently in the 2m range. The weather was noticeable warmer and less overcast. If its 72 at the beach in the summer then its typically closer to 80 in this area. We decided the house/lot was a little much for our needs (without kids at the time) and moved to Santaluz. We now have a 7 year old and 5 year old. I love everything about Santaluz and I’m rarely ever satisfied. I too wanted my kids to be around a diversified group of friends. With the Santaluz house price range of between $800k and $5m and eastern communities attending some of the same schools I feel there is a good mix. The school district is Poway and is regarded as one of SD county best for public. The community events are really special for the kids. Its also nice to be able to invite our friends and kids to these unique events. The Village green with community pool (resort style) with poolside food and beverage service and weekend BBQ’s poolside. Tennis/Golf and a spectacular Clubhouse and Spa. I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity for my kids to grow up here. I can let them play out front with virtually no worries. We know almost all our neighbors and there is very strong sense of community. We do travel to the beach a lot. At least 3 times a week 15 minutes each way through Rancho Sante Fe. Traffic is a non issue staying off the 56. So going back and forth is the only negative. But again I prefer the warmer weather and would rather visit than live at beach. Last summer was especially bad in that the beach was mostly overcast May-Aug but sunny at our house. Ideally you should buy a beach house too:)Call Kelly at the Santaluz Club and she will be happy to show you around the community. Tell her Mike and Lynda sent you. With 800 homes it doesn’t take long to know a lot of good people. Who knows maybe we will meet at the pool, club, or mens grill. Maybe we will meet through our kids at the fantastic Willow Grove Elementary school. Yes you need to get registered now. Call the school and if you live close to the school/Santaluz you should get in. But do it now as a lot of communities farther away try to get their kids in too. Especially Kindergarten and I know they are doing registration shortly.[/quote]

VonBeeler,

Thanks for taking the time to post that about Santaluz. I know that development takes some flack sometimes from some people but what you described and that sense of “community” is what we hear from people that live or lived in that community.

We’re taking a serious look at some properties there next month while we are in town.

Can I ask you what your biggest 2 or 3 negatives would be about the development? Besides the higher HOA and Mello Roos do you see any downsides/negatives at all?

Also, is it really only 15 minutes to the beach? I’ve read some realtor’s saying things like 10-15 minutes to the beach but I figured that was no way possible. Can I ask what beaches you are referring to that are only 15 minutes away?

Thanks for your great post.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=vonbeeler]sf2sd,
Your list of things that are important to you are exactly the same as ours and thats why we chose Santaluz. In addition to your priorities another of ours was climate. When we first moved to San Diego 14 years ago we chose Carmel Valley (just east of Del Mar). We liked Carmel Valley with exception for me it was too cold. We rarely used our pool and seemed to be overcast a lot. We moved 5 minutes inland to a gated community called Fairbanks Highlands adjacent to Santaluz. One acre lots and Unique estate style homes. They are currently in the 2m range. The weather was noticeable warmer and less overcast. If its 72 at the beach in the summer then its typically closer to 80 in this area. We decided the house/lot was a little much for our needs (without kids at the time) and moved to Santaluz. We now have a 7 year old and 5 year old. I love everything about Santaluz and I’m rarely ever satisfied. I too wanted my kids to be around a diversified group of friends. With the Santaluz house price range of between $800k and $5m and eastern communities attending some of the same schools I feel there is a good mix. The school district is Poway and is regarded as one of SD county best for public. The community events are really special for the kids. Its also nice to be able to invite our friends and kids to these unique events. The Village green with community pool (resort style) with poolside food and beverage service and weekend BBQ’s poolside. Tennis/Golf and a spectacular Clubhouse and Spa. I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity for my kids to grow up here. I can let them play out front with virtually no worries. We know almost all our neighbors and there is very strong sense of community. We do travel to the beach a lot. At least 3 times a week 15 minutes each way through Rancho Sante Fe. Traffic is a non issue staying off the 56. So going back and forth is the only negative. But again I prefer the warmer weather and would rather visit than live at beach. Last summer was especially bad in that the beach was mostly overcast May-Aug but sunny at our house. Ideally you should buy a beach house too:)Call Kelly at the Santaluz Club and she will be happy to show you around the community. Tell her Mike and Lynda sent you. With 800 homes it doesn’t take long to know a lot of good people. Who knows maybe we will meet at the pool, club, or mens grill. Maybe we will meet through our kids at the fantastic Willow Grove Elementary school. Yes you need to get registered now. Call the school and if you live close to the school/Santaluz you should get in. But do it now as a lot of communities farther away try to get their kids in too. Especially Kindergarten and I know they are doing registration shortly.[/quote]

VonBeeler,

Thanks for taking the time to post that about Santaluz. I know that development takes some flack sometimes from some people but what you described and that sense of “community” is what we hear from people that live or lived in that community.

We’re taking a serious look at some properties there next month while we are in town.

Can I ask you what your biggest 2 or 3 negatives would be about the development? Besides the higher HOA and Mello Roos do you see any downsides/negatives at all?

Also, is it really only 15 minutes to the beach? I’ve read some realtor’s saying things like 10-15 minutes to the beach but I figured that was no way possible. Can I ask what beaches you are referring to that are only 15 minutes away?

Thanks for your great post.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=vonbeeler]sf2sd,
Your list of things that are important to you are exactly the same as ours and thats why we chose Santaluz. In addition to your priorities another of ours was climate. When we first moved to San Diego 14 years ago we chose Carmel Valley (just east of Del Mar). We liked Carmel Valley with exception for me it was too cold. We rarely used our pool and seemed to be overcast a lot. We moved 5 minutes inland to a gated community called Fairbanks Highlands adjacent to Santaluz. One acre lots and Unique estate style homes. They are currently in the 2m range. The weather was noticeable warmer and less overcast. If its 72 at the beach in the summer then its typically closer to 80 in this area. We decided the house/lot was a little much for our needs (without kids at the time) and moved to Santaluz. We now have a 7 year old and 5 year old. I love everything about Santaluz and I’m rarely ever satisfied. I too wanted my kids to be around a diversified group of friends. With the Santaluz house price range of between $800k and $5m and eastern communities attending some of the same schools I feel there is a good mix. The school district is Poway and is regarded as one of SD county best for public. The community events are really special for the kids. Its also nice to be able to invite our friends and kids to these unique events. The Village green with community pool (resort style) with poolside food and beverage service and weekend BBQ’s poolside. Tennis/Golf and a spectacular Clubhouse and Spa. I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity for my kids to grow up here. I can let them play out front with virtually no worries. We know almost all our neighbors and there is very strong sense of community. We do travel to the beach a lot. At least 3 times a week 15 minutes each way through Rancho Sante Fe. Traffic is a non issue staying off the 56. So going back and forth is the only negative. But again I prefer the warmer weather and would rather visit than live at beach. Last summer was especially bad in that the beach was mostly overcast May-Aug but sunny at our house. Ideally you should buy a beach house too:)Call Kelly at the Santaluz Club and she will be happy to show you around the community. Tell her Mike and Lynda sent you. With 800 homes it doesn’t take long to know a lot of good people. Who knows maybe we will meet at the pool, club, or mens grill. Maybe we will meet through our kids at the fantastic Willow Grove Elementary school. Yes you need to get registered now. Call the school and if you live close to the school/Santaluz you should get in. But do it now as a lot of communities farther away try to get their kids in too. Especially Kindergarten and I know they are doing registration shortly.[/quote]

VonBeeler,

Thanks for taking the time to post that about Santaluz. I know that development takes some flack sometimes from some people but what you described and that sense of “community” is what we hear from people that live or lived in that community.

We’re taking a serious look at some properties there next month while we are in town.

Can I ask you what your biggest 2 or 3 negatives would be about the development? Besides the higher HOA and Mello Roos do you see any downsides/negatives at all?

Also, is it really only 15 minutes to the beach? I’ve read some realtor’s saying things like 10-15 minutes to the beach but I figured that was no way possible. Can I ask what beaches you are referring to that are only 15 minutes away?

Thanks for your great post.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=vonbeeler]sf2sd,
Your list of things that are important to you are exactly the same as ours and thats why we chose Santaluz. In addition to your priorities another of ours was climate. When we first moved to San Diego 14 years ago we chose Carmel Valley (just east of Del Mar). We liked Carmel Valley with exception for me it was too cold. We rarely used our pool and seemed to be overcast a lot. We moved 5 minutes inland to a gated community called Fairbanks Highlands adjacent to Santaluz. One acre lots and Unique estate style homes. They are currently in the 2m range. The weather was noticeable warmer and less overcast. If its 72 at the beach in the summer then its typically closer to 80 in this area. We decided the house/lot was a little much for our needs (without kids at the time) and moved to Santaluz. We now have a 7 year old and 5 year old. I love everything about Santaluz and I’m rarely ever satisfied. I too wanted my kids to be around a diversified group of friends. With the Santaluz house price range of between $800k and $5m and eastern communities attending some of the same schools I feel there is a good mix. The school district is Poway and is regarded as one of SD county best for public. The community events are really special for the kids. Its also nice to be able to invite our friends and kids to these unique events. The Village green with community pool (resort style) with poolside food and beverage service and weekend BBQ’s poolside. Tennis/Golf and a spectacular Clubhouse and Spa. I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity for my kids to grow up here. I can let them play out front with virtually no worries. We know almost all our neighbors and there is very strong sense of community. We do travel to the beach a lot. At least 3 times a week 15 minutes each way through Rancho Sante Fe. Traffic is a non issue staying off the 56. So going back and forth is the only negative. But again I prefer the warmer weather and would rather visit than live at beach. Last summer was especially bad in that the beach was mostly overcast May-Aug but sunny at our house. Ideally you should buy a beach house too:)Call Kelly at the Santaluz Club and she will be happy to show you around the community. Tell her Mike and Lynda sent you. With 800 homes it doesn’t take long to know a lot of good people. Who knows maybe we will meet at the pool, club, or mens grill. Maybe we will meet through our kids at the fantastic Willow Grove Elementary school. Yes you need to get registered now. Call the school and if you live close to the school/Santaluz you should get in. But do it now as a lot of communities farther away try to get their kids in too. Especially Kindergarten and I know they are doing registration shortly.[/quote]

VonBeeler,

Thanks for taking the time to post that about Santaluz. I know that development takes some flack sometimes from some people but what you described and that sense of “community” is what we hear from people that live or lived in that community.

We’re taking a serious look at some properties there next month while we are in town.

Can I ask you what your biggest 2 or 3 negatives would be about the development? Besides the higher HOA and Mello Roos do you see any downsides/negatives at all?

Also, is it really only 15 minutes to the beach? I’ve read some realtor’s saying things like 10-15 minutes to the beach but I figured that was no way possible. Can I ask what beaches you are referring to that are only 15 minutes away?

Thanks for your great post.

[earlyretirement]

[quote=vonbeeler]sf2sd,
Your list of things that are important to you are exactly the same as ours and thats why we chose Santaluz. In addition to your priorities another of ours was climate. When we first moved to San Diego 14 years ago we chose Carmel Valley (just east of Del Mar). We liked Carmel Valley with exception for me it was too cold. We rarely used our pool and seemed to be overcast a lot. We moved 5 minutes inland to a gated community called Fairbanks Highlands adjacent to Santaluz. One acre lots and Unique estate style homes. They are currently in the 2m range. The weather was noticeable warmer and less overcast. If its 72 at the beach in the summer then its typically closer to 80 in this area. We decided the house/lot was a little much for our needs (without kids at the time) and moved to Santaluz. We now have a 7 year old and 5 year old. I love everything about Santaluz and I’m rarely ever satisfied. I too wanted my kids to be around a diversified group of friends. With the Santaluz house price range of between $800k and $5m and eastern communities attending some of the same schools I feel there is a good mix. The school district is Poway and is regarded as one of SD county best for public. The community events are really special for the kids. Its also nice to be able to invite our friends and kids to these unique events. The Village green with community pool (resort style) with poolside food and beverage service and weekend BBQ’s poolside. Tennis/Golf and a spectacular Clubhouse and Spa. I feel extremely blessed to have the opportunity for my kids to grow up here. I can let them play out front with virtually no worries. We know almost all our neighbors and there is very strong sense of community. We do travel to the beach a lot. At least 3 times a week 15 minutes each way through Rancho Sante Fe. Traffic is a non issue staying off the 56. So going back and forth is the only negative. But again I prefer the warmer weather and would rather visit than live at beach. Last summer was especially bad in that the beach was mostly overcast May-Aug but sunny at our house. Ideally you should buy a beach house too:)Call Kelly at the Santaluz Club and she will be happy to show you around the community. Tell her Mike and Lynda sent you. With 800 homes it doesn’t take long to know a lot of good people. Who knows maybe we will meet at the pool, club, or mens grill. Maybe we will meet through our kids at the fantastic Willow Grove Elementary school. Yes you need to get registered now. Call the school and if you live close to the school/Santaluz you should get in. But do it now as a lot of communities farther away try to get their kids in too. Especially Kindergarten and I know they are doing registration shortly.[/quote]

VonBeeler,

Thanks for taking the time to post that about Santaluz. I know that development takes some flack sometimes from some people but what you described and that sense of “community” is what we hear from people that live or lived in that community.

We’re taking a serious look at some properties there next month while we are in town.

Can I ask you what your biggest 2 or 3 negatives would be about the development? Besides the higher HOA and Mello Roos do you see any downsides/negatives at all?

Also, is it really only 15 minutes to the beach? I’ve read some realtor’s saying things like 10-15 minutes to the beach but I figured that was no way possible. Can I ask what beaches you are referring to that are only 15 minutes away?

Thanks for your great post.

[earlyretirement]

BG,

I will take a look at some of the areas you listed closer to where we were looking so thanks again.

No, my wife isn’t from Argentina but we have lots of friends from Argentina as well as South America and you’re right that many of them have tons of money and it has nothing to do with drugs or illegal money.

It’s very common for people to pay cash in many parts of South America. So when you see someone buying a property or driving a nice car…it’s actually because they have an actual net worth…. which is far from the situation in the USA. Where many people from the outside looking in and driving a nice car you’d assume they have money but they really don’t.

I took sdrealtor’s post to be sarcastic but I haven’t been on this board to know all the various personalities. I’m just trying to take good bits of information from each post. It’s a great forum of what seems to be intelligent people on the subject of real estate in San Diego.

In my friend’s development in La Jolla, he said many are simply legitimate businessmen from Mexico. There are many, many wealthy people in Mexico and also in South America.

In fact, it’s quite ironic because many of my younger employees have a higher net worth than many Americans that make 3 X more than them. The difference is they don’t spend beyond their means, they live a really different kind of lifestyle, they live at home with their parents, and save save save. And they don’t take on any debt as often times credit isn’t readily available.

I travel throughout South America quite a bit for work and was just in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it’s amazing the amount of growth there. I was looking at property in Sao Paulo for a client and it’s amazing how expensive it’s gotten there. 1 bedroom apartments in nice areas were going for $300,000 US dollars. And trust me, these were nothing special apartments.

In places like Argentina, the banking system is completely broken and can’t be trusted so people have no where to put their money except real estate as people don’t invest in the stock market here so it’s either literally under their mattress or in “bricks” or land.

Definitely I appreciate all the posts on this thread and will take a good look around all of these areas that make sense for the family.

[earlyretirement]

BG,

I will take a look at some of the areas you listed closer to where we were looking so thanks again.

No, my wife isn’t from Argentina but we have lots of friends from Argentina as well as South America and you’re right that many of them have tons of money and it has nothing to do with drugs or illegal money.

It’s very common for people to pay cash in many parts of South America. So when you see someone buying a property or driving a nice car…it’s actually because they have an actual net worth…. which is far from the situation in the USA. Where many people from the outside looking in and driving a nice car you’d assume they have money but they really don’t.

I took sdrealtor’s post to be sarcastic but I haven’t been on this board to know all the various personalities. I’m just trying to take good bits of information from each post. It’s a great forum of what seems to be intelligent people on the subject of real estate in San Diego.

In my friend’s development in La Jolla, he said many are simply legitimate businessmen from Mexico. There are many, many wealthy people in Mexico and also in South America.

In fact, it’s quite ironic because many of my younger employees have a higher net worth than many Americans that make 3 X more than them. The difference is they don’t spend beyond their means, they live a really different kind of lifestyle, they live at home with their parents, and save save save. And they don’t take on any debt as often times credit isn’t readily available.

I travel throughout South America quite a bit for work and was just in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it’s amazing the amount of growth there. I was looking at property in Sao Paulo for a client and it’s amazing how expensive it’s gotten there. 1 bedroom apartments in nice areas were going for $300,000 US dollars. And trust me, these were nothing special apartments.

In places like Argentina, the banking system is completely broken and can’t be trusted so people have no where to put their money except real estate as people don’t invest in the stock market here so it’s either literally under their mattress or in “bricks” or land.

Definitely I appreciate all the posts on this thread and will take a good look around all of these areas that make sense for the family.

[earlyretirement]

BG,

I will take a look at some of the areas you listed closer to where we were looking so thanks again.

No, my wife isn’t from Argentina but we have lots of friends from Argentina as well as South America and you’re right that many of them have tons of money and it has nothing to do with drugs or illegal money.

It’s very common for people to pay cash in many parts of South America. So when you see someone buying a property or driving a nice car…it’s actually because they have an actual net worth…. which is far from the situation in the USA. Where many people from the outside looking in and driving a nice car you’d assume they have money but they really don’t.

I took sdrealtor’s post to be sarcastic but I haven’t been on this board to know all the various personalities. I’m just trying to take good bits of information from each post. It’s a great forum of what seems to be intelligent people on the subject of real estate in San Diego.

In my friend’s development in La Jolla, he said many are simply legitimate businessmen from Mexico. There are many, many wealthy people in Mexico and also in South America.

In fact, it’s quite ironic because many of my younger employees have a higher net worth than many Americans that make 3 X more than them. The difference is they don’t spend beyond their means, they live a really different kind of lifestyle, they live at home with their parents, and save save save. And they don’t take on any debt as often times credit isn’t readily available.

I travel throughout South America quite a bit for work and was just in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it’s amazing the amount of growth there. I was looking at property in Sao Paulo for a client and it’s amazing how expensive it’s gotten there. 1 bedroom apartments in nice areas were going for $300,000 US dollars. And trust me, these were nothing special apartments.

In places like Argentina, the banking system is completely broken and can’t be trusted so people have no where to put their money except real estate as people don’t invest in the stock market here so it’s either literally under their mattress or in “bricks” or land.

Definitely I appreciate all the posts on this thread and will take a good look around all of these areas that make sense for the family.

[earlyretirement]

BG,

I will take a look at some of the areas you listed closer to where we were looking so thanks again.

No, my wife isn’t from Argentina but we have lots of friends from Argentina as well as South America and you’re right that many of them have tons of money and it has nothing to do with drugs or illegal money.

It’s very common for people to pay cash in many parts of South America. So when you see someone buying a property or driving a nice car…it’s actually because they have an actual net worth…. which is far from the situation in the USA. Where many people from the outside looking in and driving a nice car you’d assume they have money but they really don’t.

I took sdrealtor’s post to be sarcastic but I haven’t been on this board to know all the various personalities. I’m just trying to take good bits of information from each post. It’s a great forum of what seems to be intelligent people on the subject of real estate in San Diego.

In my friend’s development in La Jolla, he said many are simply legitimate businessmen from Mexico. There are many, many wealthy people in Mexico and also in South America.

In fact, it’s quite ironic because many of my younger employees have a higher net worth than many Americans that make 3 X more than them. The difference is they don’t spend beyond their means, they live a really different kind of lifestyle, they live at home with their parents, and save save save. And they don’t take on any debt as often times credit isn’t readily available.

I travel throughout South America quite a bit for work and was just in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it’s amazing the amount of growth there. I was looking at property in Sao Paulo for a client and it’s amazing how expensive it’s gotten there. 1 bedroom apartments in nice areas were going for $300,000 US dollars. And trust me, these were nothing special apartments.

In places like Argentina, the banking system is completely broken and can’t be trusted so people have no where to put their money except real estate as people don’t invest in the stock market here so it’s either literally under their mattress or in “bricks” or land.

Definitely I appreciate all the posts on this thread and will take a good look around all of these areas that make sense for the family.

[earlyretirement]

BG,

I will take a look at some of the areas you listed closer to where we were looking so thanks again.

No, my wife isn’t from Argentina but we have lots of friends from Argentina as well as South America and you’re right that many of them have tons of money and it has nothing to do with drugs or illegal money.

It’s very common for people to pay cash in many parts of South America. So when you see someone buying a property or driving a nice car…it’s actually because they have an actual net worth…. which is far from the situation in the USA. Where many people from the outside looking in and driving a nice car you’d assume they have money but they really don’t.

I took sdrealtor’s post to be sarcastic but I haven’t been on this board to know all the various personalities. I’m just trying to take good bits of information from each post. It’s a great forum of what seems to be intelligent people on the subject of real estate in San Diego.

In my friend’s development in La Jolla, he said many are simply legitimate businessmen from Mexico. There are many, many wealthy people in Mexico and also in South America.

In fact, it’s quite ironic because many of my younger employees have a higher net worth than many Americans that make 3 X more than them. The difference is they don’t spend beyond their means, they live a really different kind of lifestyle, they live at home with their parents, and save save save. And they don’t take on any debt as often times credit isn’t readily available.

I travel throughout South America quite a bit for work and was just in Sao Paulo, Brazil and it’s amazing the amount of growth there. I was looking at property in Sao Paulo for a client and it’s amazing how expensive it’s gotten there. 1 bedroom apartments in nice areas were going for $300,000 US dollars. And trust me, these were nothing special apartments.

In places like Argentina, the banking system is completely broken and can’t be trusted so people have no where to put their money except real estate as people don’t invest in the stock market here so it’s either literally under their mattress or in “bricks” or land.

Definitely I appreciate all the posts on this thread and will take a good look around all of these areas that make sense for the family.

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