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ParticipantI am a native to socal. I can say with all of my heart that it BY FAR is the best place to live in the USA. That of course is an uninformed opinion because I have not been everywhere in the USA but am fairly well travelled. CAR I do agree with your point that the shine has worn off for me personally because of how things have changed but I still would rather live here then anywhere else. No doubt about it.
As far as needing to be ahead of my neighbors or anything like that… I don’t care at all about that. I thing that all ties in to self esteem. If you get uptight about what others around you do or make then that is to bad. That is a you problem and life is to short to grind over how successful others are.
Someone on the thread brought up an interesting point about how if taxi cab drivers and others can do it, they can to. I think that is a good perspective. It is expensive to live here but it CAN BE much cheaper if you want to live in certain areas or are not hung up on having to buy a home.
SD Realtor
ParticipantI am a native to socal. I can say with all of my heart that it BY FAR is the best place to live in the USA. That of course is an uninformed opinion because I have not been everywhere in the USA but am fairly well travelled. CAR I do agree with your point that the shine has worn off for me personally because of how things have changed but I still would rather live here then anywhere else. No doubt about it.
As far as needing to be ahead of my neighbors or anything like that… I don’t care at all about that. I thing that all ties in to self esteem. If you get uptight about what others around you do or make then that is to bad. That is a you problem and life is to short to grind over how successful others are.
Someone on the thread brought up an interesting point about how if taxi cab drivers and others can do it, they can to. I think that is a good perspective. It is expensive to live here but it CAN BE much cheaper if you want to live in certain areas or are not hung up on having to buy a home.
SD Realtor
ParticipantI am a native to socal. I can say with all of my heart that it BY FAR is the best place to live in the USA. That of course is an uninformed opinion because I have not been everywhere in the USA but am fairly well travelled. CAR I do agree with your point that the shine has worn off for me personally because of how things have changed but I still would rather live here then anywhere else. No doubt about it.
As far as needing to be ahead of my neighbors or anything like that… I don’t care at all about that. I thing that all ties in to self esteem. If you get uptight about what others around you do or make then that is to bad. That is a you problem and life is to short to grind over how successful others are.
Someone on the thread brought up an interesting point about how if taxi cab drivers and others can do it, they can to. I think that is a good perspective. It is expensive to live here but it CAN BE much cheaper if you want to live in certain areas or are not hung up on having to buy a home.
April 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM in reply to: Do I need a real estate attorney to buy a short sale home? #538109SD Realtor
ParticipantHaving your agentbe familiar with short sales is a good thing. However, the success of the short sale depends much much more on the quality of the listing agent. If the listing agent is lame then it doesn’t matter if your agent is a god, or if you have Perry Mason as your attorney. Most short sales end up going nowhere due to the listing agent not being persistent. Your agent should be able to advise you about the quality of the listing agent completing short sales through experience. There are several we have discussed before who simply do not get the job done.
April 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM in reply to: Do I need a real estate attorney to buy a short sale home? #538230SD Realtor
ParticipantHaving your agentbe familiar with short sales is a good thing. However, the success of the short sale depends much much more on the quality of the listing agent. If the listing agent is lame then it doesn’t matter if your agent is a god, or if you have Perry Mason as your attorney. Most short sales end up going nowhere due to the listing agent not being persistent. Your agent should be able to advise you about the quality of the listing agent completing short sales through experience. There are several we have discussed before who simply do not get the job done.
April 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM in reply to: Do I need a real estate attorney to buy a short sale home? #538699SD Realtor
ParticipantHaving your agentbe familiar with short sales is a good thing. However, the success of the short sale depends much much more on the quality of the listing agent. If the listing agent is lame then it doesn’t matter if your agent is a god, or if you have Perry Mason as your attorney. Most short sales end up going nowhere due to the listing agent not being persistent. Your agent should be able to advise you about the quality of the listing agent completing short sales through experience. There are several we have discussed before who simply do not get the job done.
April 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM in reply to: Do I need a real estate attorney to buy a short sale home? #538795SD Realtor
ParticipantHaving your agentbe familiar with short sales is a good thing. However, the success of the short sale depends much much more on the quality of the listing agent. If the listing agent is lame then it doesn’t matter if your agent is a god, or if you have Perry Mason as your attorney. Most short sales end up going nowhere due to the listing agent not being persistent. Your agent should be able to advise you about the quality of the listing agent completing short sales through experience. There are several we have discussed before who simply do not get the job done.
April 11, 2010 at 10:05 AM in reply to: Do I need a real estate attorney to buy a short sale home? #539061SD Realtor
ParticipantHaving your agentbe familiar with short sales is a good thing. However, the success of the short sale depends much much more on the quality of the listing agent. If the listing agent is lame then it doesn’t matter if your agent is a god, or if you have Perry Mason as your attorney. Most short sales end up going nowhere due to the listing agent not being persistent. Your agent should be able to advise you about the quality of the listing agent completing short sales through experience. There are several we have discussed before who simply do not get the job done.
April 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM in reply to: foreclosure wave about to hit — again! — and with a thunderous roar no less (per TG’s ladyfriend) #537884SD Realtor
ParticipantEveryone treats debt differently scaredy. Have you ever known the security of owning a home outright with a paid off mortgage? I have not but know many people who have. Not one of them ever regrets paying the home off.
April 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM in reply to: foreclosure wave about to hit — again! — and with a thunderous roar no less (per TG’s ladyfriend) #538006SD Realtor
ParticipantEveryone treats debt differently scaredy. Have you ever known the security of owning a home outright with a paid off mortgage? I have not but know many people who have. Not one of them ever regrets paying the home off.
April 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM in reply to: foreclosure wave about to hit — again! — and with a thunderous roar no less (per TG’s ladyfriend) #538473SD Realtor
ParticipantEveryone treats debt differently scaredy. Have you ever known the security of owning a home outright with a paid off mortgage? I have not but know many people who have. Not one of them ever regrets paying the home off.
April 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM in reply to: foreclosure wave about to hit — again! — and with a thunderous roar no less (per TG’s ladyfriend) #538569SD Realtor
ParticipantEveryone treats debt differently scaredy. Have you ever known the security of owning a home outright with a paid off mortgage? I have not but know many people who have. Not one of them ever regrets paying the home off.
April 10, 2010 at 3:44 PM in reply to: foreclosure wave about to hit — again! — and with a thunderous roar no less (per TG’s ladyfriend) #538836SD Realtor
ParticipantEveryone treats debt differently scaredy. Have you ever known the security of owning a home outright with a paid off mortgage? I have not but know many people who have. Not one of them ever regrets paying the home off.
SD Realtor
ParticipantI agree exactly with what CB said streak. San Diego is in my opinion the best place to live in the USA IFF –
climate means alot to you
you do alot of things outdoors
you either have alot of money
OR
you are prepared to spend alot of time working******
The local govt here is pretty lame. The unions have a pretty fierce grip on the city and the medical care entitlements from previous contracts will forever cripple the local budget. Once the city can get enough nuts to declare bankruptcy that that would help in a big way. The state of California leadership is inept. There simply is no way the state can cope with the financial ledger because of the ideology splits. More spending and more taxing is the model we have followed and it simply has not worked. Yet not only do we continue to follow that model but many many many people still support it.
Coming around full circle I can think of no better place to raise kids. Take em to the beach, take them to the trails, take them to the mountains, the desert, lots of sports programs, lots of outdoors stuff. Honestly it cannot be beat. However to have to work and work and work just to be able to afford the home that you feel your family deserves in good school districts and such… well there is a diminishing return on the quality of life if you cannot spend it with your family.
So it is a tough call. I can say with all honesty that I take home less then 50 cents on the dollar that I earn. So yes high tax bracket, good for me. I can buy a home in many states for cash and literally commute here to spend more time with my family then I do now.
I think if you don’t have kids and are more centric about you and only you, it also is alot easier to live here. Rent a small place and enjoy all that the city has to offer because it does have alot of cool stuff…
Just don’t look for a championship professional sports team.
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