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Participant[quote=uneven]I lived across from an elementary school in San Jose for 7 years and I loved it. No house/cluttered garage across the street to look at and no cars on the streets in the evenings or weekends. Worked out like having a private park with play ground etc. Morning traffic was a little tight, but I went into work late, after drop offs were done, so it wasn’t an issue for me.
I would have been much more hesitant with a HS though. More chance for vandalism, noise, dances etc. Most of my friends would say “it’d be great to live across from an elementary school, wouldn’t live near a high school though” for whatever that’s worth. I’d guess resale will be lower if you are in the walking path of high school kids. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]
We looked at a place next to Mission Hills in San Marcos. No way, I thought, do I want smoking teenagers loitering around my house — albeit the house was next to the ballfields area of the campus away from Mission Avenue and the student parking lot. An adjacent elementary school doesn’t alarm me as much.
smshorttimer
Participant[quote=uneven]I lived across from an elementary school in San Jose for 7 years and I loved it. No house/cluttered garage across the street to look at and no cars on the streets in the evenings or weekends. Worked out like having a private park with play ground etc. Morning traffic was a little tight, but I went into work late, after drop offs were done, so it wasn’t an issue for me.
I would have been much more hesitant with a HS though. More chance for vandalism, noise, dances etc. Most of my friends would say “it’d be great to live across from an elementary school, wouldn’t live near a high school though” for whatever that’s worth. I’d guess resale will be lower if you are in the walking path of high school kids. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]
We looked at a place next to Mission Hills in San Marcos. No way, I thought, do I want smoking teenagers loitering around my house — albeit the house was next to the ballfields area of the campus away from Mission Avenue and the student parking lot. An adjacent elementary school doesn’t alarm me as much.
smshorttimer
Participant[quote=uneven]I lived across from an elementary school in San Jose for 7 years and I loved it. No house/cluttered garage across the street to look at and no cars on the streets in the evenings or weekends. Worked out like having a private park with play ground etc. Morning traffic was a little tight, but I went into work late, after drop offs were done, so it wasn’t an issue for me.
I would have been much more hesitant with a HS though. More chance for vandalism, noise, dances etc. Most of my friends would say “it’d be great to live across from an elementary school, wouldn’t live near a high school though” for whatever that’s worth. I’d guess resale will be lower if you are in the walking path of high school kids. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]
We looked at a place next to Mission Hills in San Marcos. No way, I thought, do I want smoking teenagers loitering around my house — albeit the house was next to the ballfields area of the campus away from Mission Avenue and the student parking lot. An adjacent elementary school doesn’t alarm me as much.
smshorttimer
Participant[quote=uneven]I lived across from an elementary school in San Jose for 7 years and I loved it. No house/cluttered garage across the street to look at and no cars on the streets in the evenings or weekends. Worked out like having a private park with play ground etc. Morning traffic was a little tight, but I went into work late, after drop offs were done, so it wasn’t an issue for me.
I would have been much more hesitant with a HS though. More chance for vandalism, noise, dances etc. Most of my friends would say “it’d be great to live across from an elementary school, wouldn’t live near a high school though” for whatever that’s worth. I’d guess resale will be lower if you are in the walking path of high school kids. Just my 2 cents.[/quote]
We looked at a place next to Mission Hills in San Marcos. No way, I thought, do I want smoking teenagers loitering around my house — albeit the house was next to the ballfields area of the campus away from Mission Avenue and the student parking lot. An adjacent elementary school doesn’t alarm me as much.
smshorttimer
Participantsdr,
I hope you are not the powerhouse agent/broker who closed a short sale that we wanted.
In May, we saw a house we loved in SE Escondido. We liked it so much that we went $5K above list (hold your snickers). Alas, it had to be a backup offer, but we were apparently at the front of that line.
Yesterday it closed at $3K over list on a FHA loan — a brokerage repped both sides. I wonder if the lender knew there was at least one higher offer on the property — and a conventional, 20 percent down one at that? I realize $2K ain’t much, but it still stinks for us. We’ve seen inferior properties go up to $70K over list, so to see this place go for what it did is comparatively baffling.
smshorttimer
Participantsdr,
I hope you are not the powerhouse agent/broker who closed a short sale that we wanted.
In May, we saw a house we loved in SE Escondido. We liked it so much that we went $5K above list (hold your snickers). Alas, it had to be a backup offer, but we were apparently at the front of that line.
Yesterday it closed at $3K over list on a FHA loan — a brokerage repped both sides. I wonder if the lender knew there was at least one higher offer on the property — and a conventional, 20 percent down one at that? I realize $2K ain’t much, but it still stinks for us. We’ve seen inferior properties go up to $70K over list, so to see this place go for what it did is comparatively baffling.
smshorttimer
Participantsdr,
I hope you are not the powerhouse agent/broker who closed a short sale that we wanted.
In May, we saw a house we loved in SE Escondido. We liked it so much that we went $5K above list (hold your snickers). Alas, it had to be a backup offer, but we were apparently at the front of that line.
Yesterday it closed at $3K over list on a FHA loan — a brokerage repped both sides. I wonder if the lender knew there was at least one higher offer on the property — and a conventional, 20 percent down one at that? I realize $2K ain’t much, but it still stinks for us. We’ve seen inferior properties go up to $70K over list, so to see this place go for what it did is comparatively baffling.
smshorttimer
Participantsdr,
I hope you are not the powerhouse agent/broker who closed a short sale that we wanted.
In May, we saw a house we loved in SE Escondido. We liked it so much that we went $5K above list (hold your snickers). Alas, it had to be a backup offer, but we were apparently at the front of that line.
Yesterday it closed at $3K over list on a FHA loan — a brokerage repped both sides. I wonder if the lender knew there was at least one higher offer on the property — and a conventional, 20 percent down one at that? I realize $2K ain’t much, but it still stinks for us. We’ve seen inferior properties go up to $70K over list, so to see this place go for what it did is comparatively baffling.
smshorttimer
Participantsdr,
I hope you are not the powerhouse agent/broker who closed a short sale that we wanted.
In May, we saw a house we loved in SE Escondido. We liked it so much that we went $5K above list (hold your snickers). Alas, it had to be a backup offer, but we were apparently at the front of that line.
Yesterday it closed at $3K over list on a FHA loan — a brokerage repped both sides. I wonder if the lender knew there was at least one higher offer on the property — and a conventional, 20 percent down one at that? I realize $2K ain’t much, but it still stinks for us. We’ve seen inferior properties go up to $70K over list, so to see this place go for what it did is comparatively baffling.
August 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM in reply to: WoooHooo. Consumer spending is up, savings and income down….. #440823smshorttimer
ParticipantI can’t see that being possible with my income. Even if our rent was 20 percent, I’m guessing we’d still fail – easily – at reaching that threshold.
August 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM in reply to: WoooHooo. Consumer spending is up, savings and income down….. #441022smshorttimer
ParticipantI can’t see that being possible with my income. Even if our rent was 20 percent, I’m guessing we’d still fail – easily – at reaching that threshold.
August 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM in reply to: WoooHooo. Consumer spending is up, savings and income down….. #441355smshorttimer
ParticipantI can’t see that being possible with my income. Even if our rent was 20 percent, I’m guessing we’d still fail – easily – at reaching that threshold.
August 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM in reply to: WoooHooo. Consumer spending is up, savings and income down….. #441425smshorttimer
ParticipantI can’t see that being possible with my income. Even if our rent was 20 percent, I’m guessing we’d still fail – easily – at reaching that threshold.
August 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM in reply to: WoooHooo. Consumer spending is up, savings and income down….. #441597smshorttimer
ParticipantI can’t see that being possible with my income. Even if our rent was 20 percent, I’m guessing we’d still fail – easily – at reaching that threshold.
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