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ParticipantNeighborhoods Considering:
Riverside, in the UCR area
Moreno Valley, north of the 60 freeway
Redlands, south of the 10Condo House: House, but will start in a condo if necessary
Price Range: $250,000-300,000. Even in the Inland Empire, that won’t get you much right now.
Size Range: anything over 1,000, but most important is a backyard bigger than my armspan. I want room for my kids in the future to play, and for me to have a garden.
Currently: renting an apartment.
Shopping the Market?: Not really, more like monitoring the market, using Ziprealty. I won’t start seriously shopping until prices are somwhere near sane.
ParticipantNeighborhoods Considering:
Riverside, in the UCR area
Moreno Valley, north of the 60 freeway
Redlands, south of the 10Condo House: House, but will start in a condo if necessary
Price Range: $250,000-300,000. Even in the Inland Empire, that won’t get you much right now.
Size Range: anything over 1,000, but most important is a backyard bigger than my armspan. I want room for my kids in the future to play, and for me to have a garden.
Currently: renting an apartment.
Shopping the Market?: Not really, more like monitoring the market, using Ziprealty. I won’t start seriously shopping until prices are somwhere near sane.
ParticipantSomewhere between 3% and 4% for me, and my husband will get his usual 10%.
ParticipantSomewhere between 3% and 4% for me, and my husband will get his usual 10%.
ParticipantWhere does this idea come from that by enforcing its immigration laws America would suddenly be the “bad guy”? Our laws are no more strict than any other nation’s immigration laws, and they all actually enforce them (by they I mean Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, etc). If you overstay your VISA in Australia, guess what happens- you get kicked out within weeks of overstaying, you’re on the next plane out, and told to not come back.
Is our system broken? Yes. Having gone through the immigration process (still going through, acutally) with my husband, I can say that this system is broken. However, our laws are fine, and there should be no change to them except that we should actually enforce them.
This bill that they’re trying to push through is totally unenforceable. As others on here have said, it’s merely lip service to make pro-illegal immigrationists think things are getting easier, and anti-illegal immigrationists think that things would be stricter- in reality we would just have more unnecessary and jumbled red tape that isn’t actually helping at all.
A fence won’t help either. Desperate people will go to desperate measures, no matter how high the fence. The best you can do is to actually enforce our laws. If illegals knew that they wouldn’t be able to work here, and that deportation would be imminent, it would be a lot less appealing. We’ll never have 0% illegal immigration, but even if we cut it in half it would be a significant improvement.
Above all, do not give these people amnesty! Whether or not the system is broken, a law is a law. If our government rewards these criminals (that’s right, criminals- what else do you call someone who has flaunted our laws in our face) with citizenship in return for their illegal actions, I think I will be sick to my stomach. My husband and I have spent an enormous amount of time, effort and money to do this the right way- why should they be rewarded for doing it the wrong way?
ParticipantWhere does this idea come from that by enforcing its immigration laws America would suddenly be the “bad guy”? Our laws are no more strict than any other nation’s immigration laws, and they all actually enforce them (by they I mean Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, etc). If you overstay your VISA in Australia, guess what happens- you get kicked out within weeks of overstaying, you’re on the next plane out, and told to not come back.
Is our system broken? Yes. Having gone through the immigration process (still going through, acutally) with my husband, I can say that this system is broken. However, our laws are fine, and there should be no change to them except that we should actually enforce them.
This bill that they’re trying to push through is totally unenforceable. As others on here have said, it’s merely lip service to make pro-illegal immigrationists think things are getting easier, and anti-illegal immigrationists think that things would be stricter- in reality we would just have more unnecessary and jumbled red tape that isn’t actually helping at all.
A fence won’t help either. Desperate people will go to desperate measures, no matter how high the fence. The best you can do is to actually enforce our laws. If illegals knew that they wouldn’t be able to work here, and that deportation would be imminent, it would be a lot less appealing. We’ll never have 0% illegal immigration, but even if we cut it in half it would be a significant improvement.
Above all, do not give these people amnesty! Whether or not the system is broken, a law is a law. If our government rewards these criminals (that’s right, criminals- what else do you call someone who has flaunted our laws in our face) with citizenship in return for their illegal actions, I think I will be sick to my stomach. My husband and I have spent an enormous amount of time, effort and money to do this the right way- why should they be rewarded for doing it the wrong way?
ParticipantShe had a million+1 pictures of her kids on the walls. Probably the only way she can see them.
How sad…I said this on the “how much do you make” thread, but I’ll say it here too- being wealthy has never been a priority to me. I’d rather have less money and see my kids a lot more.
ParticipantShe had a million+1 pictures of her kids on the walls. Probably the only way she can see them.
How sad…I said this on the “how much do you make” thread, but I’ll say it here too- being wealthy has never been a priority to me. I’d rather have less money and see my kids a lot more.
ParticipantStartingout, move to the OC. You can find apartments in the nicer areas for $1400 for a 2/2. Why live in the IE when you can live in the OC for the same price.
I would love to, but my hubby’s job is in Perris, and he’s very happy with his job. Good to know that we’d be able to rent there if we wanted to though!
ParticipantStartingout, move to the OC. You can find apartments in the nicer areas for $1400 for a 2/2. Why live in the IE when you can live in the OC for the same price.
I would love to, but my hubby’s job is in Perris, and he’s very happy with his job. Good to know that we’d be able to rent there if we wanted to though!
ParticipantI can’t speak to San Diego, but if anyone is interested, rents in the Inland Empire have definitely increased. 3 years ago I could have rented nice apartment or condo for under $1000. Now, it is nigh impossible to find one for under $1400. Our rent has increased by at least 10% every year, and it’s not just our property mgmt co. being greedy- all the other apt complexes are comparable.
So in the IE at least, rent is still increasing. 🙁
ParticipantI can’t speak to San Diego, but if anyone is interested, rents in the Inland Empire have definitely increased. 3 years ago I could have rented nice apartment or condo for under $1000. Now, it is nigh impossible to find one for under $1400. Our rent has increased by at least 10% every year, and it’s not just our property mgmt co. being greedy- all the other apt complexes are comparable.
So in the IE at least, rent is still increasing. 🙁
ParticipantHow are some people renting for 1300 in riverside while others are renting 1300 in carlsbad??? That’s too bizarre.
Dr. Kevin, I think it is too. 🙂 We’ve been living at this complex since 2004, when we originally rented a 1 bd/1ba 715 sq. ft. for $890 or something like that. In Feb. 2007 (still in the same 1 bd. 1 ba., but then at $1090), we decided we needed to upgrade to a 2 bd (we were just really feeling cramped).
I’m tellin ya, we looked at every complex in Riverside and Moreno Valley that didn’t look like the cops visited it every night, and we found that our complex was the best deal around (i.e. lowest rent in a decent complex). The thing is, most of the older complexes with the more reasonable rents have fallen into disrepair, and are usually in VERY questionable neighborhoods. Newer complexes are obviously newer and are generally in better shape, but the rent at these newer complexes for a 2bd starts at at least $1400. There is one particular complex called diRenzo whose rents start at $1550.
So, we stayed at our complex, but moved up to the 2bd/1.5ba model, 975 sq ft., $1,285 (I rounded up in my earlier post). And we only got the rent at $1,285 because they were running a special at the time (which strangely all the other complexes were doing too), the rent would have normally been $1325. And soon our rent will be going up by $50 because they are going to install washers/dryers in each unit (which I am happy for, but $50 seems high).
ParticipantHow are some people renting for 1300 in riverside while others are renting 1300 in carlsbad??? That’s too bizarre.
Dr. Kevin, I think it is too. 🙂 We’ve been living at this complex since 2004, when we originally rented a 1 bd/1ba 715 sq. ft. for $890 or something like that. In Feb. 2007 (still in the same 1 bd. 1 ba., but then at $1090), we decided we needed to upgrade to a 2 bd (we were just really feeling cramped).
I’m tellin ya, we looked at every complex in Riverside and Moreno Valley that didn’t look like the cops visited it every night, and we found that our complex was the best deal around (i.e. lowest rent in a decent complex). The thing is, most of the older complexes with the more reasonable rents have fallen into disrepair, and are usually in VERY questionable neighborhoods. Newer complexes are obviously newer and are generally in better shape, but the rent at these newer complexes for a 2bd starts at at least $1400. There is one particular complex called diRenzo whose rents start at $1550.
So, we stayed at our complex, but moved up to the 2bd/1.5ba model, 975 sq ft., $1,285 (I rounded up in my earlier post). And we only got the rent at $1,285 because they were running a special at the time (which strangely all the other complexes were doing too), the rent would have normally been $1325. And soon our rent will be going up by $50 because they are going to install washers/dryers in each unit (which I am happy for, but $50 seems high).
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