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[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.

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[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.

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[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.

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[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.

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[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.

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sdr,

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.

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sdr,

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.

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sdr,

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.

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sdr,

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.

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sdr,

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.

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I 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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I 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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I 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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I 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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I 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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