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Escaya had some issue with the local water board involving methane. I’m not sure of the state of investigation. I get the need to reuse and reclaim land as well as building higher density, but did someone hide/bribe something in the permit process to cheat the system? Maybe they quarentined the bad and it’s all hunkey dory?

I think it is legitimate enough to warrant due diligence.

Have you seen the units by the 5/54? I like the location dude to it’s proximity to going north where almost all the jobs are

I’m partial to West Chula Vista…for those prices you could get detached house.

Check out Chula-Vista/925-Myra-Ave-91911

Disclosure: I live in Castle Park, close to the HS.

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Rented in Normal Heights for 3 years (2013-2016), north of Adams. Seems anything north of Adams is good. Univ, normal, kens, Talma….all good imo.

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Are you using 20% down as an input? What if you use the 3.5% HFA?

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Gracias sdgrrl.

I hardly made it over there, once or twice. One of them was an MRI. I did like the area betwixt Bloomington and Columbus: Brown County. Hilly. Woodsy. Sparsely populated.

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I’ll let you know lol…

Our company is moving from Poway to Sorento valley and we love in….South Chula!

Not looking forward.
Need new job 🙂

As for lakeside itself. It’s fine, just not my cup of tea. Weather (wheres my coastal breeze at yo?) and “East county”… i.e. too much like Indiana too me. Full disclosure: I was stuck in Indiana for my 20s.

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https://www.redfin.com/CA/Chula-Vista/116-E-L-St-91911/home/5982790

Cheapest 3/2 detached in 91911

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91911

We bought a 1392sqft 3/2.5 condo/townhouse with garage last spring.

There are currently 3 active listings in my ZIP for 3+ bedroom condo/townhouse and one of those is a twinhome/duplex leaving 2 comps for sale.

10 pending with 1 detached, 1 a MFG home, and 2 townhomes leaving 6 comps pending.

I’m glad I’m not looking currently for a home

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Just bought for the first time. Needed <350K detached house, 3/2

Couldn't get it. Just not doable in the current market. Under 500k super hot.

Townhouse....settled. But happy (other than piss poor now lol). 303K

Just putting some random 1.2¢. I feel your pain.

But...will housing really get much cheaper than it is now? Maybe, but doubt that it will be much cheaper. Yes house prices can go down, but they will eventually go up.

I just had to get in the game... however, it was right for us. If it'sright for you then I say get what you can. If not, save 'n wait.

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And on that note I am trying to be better prepared to take advantage of it

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Normal Heights here…

We broke down and turned the a/c unit on. First time we’ve run it longer than an hour since we got it last autumn. We bought it because we wanted to have it for when the baby came, just in case. Lol, baby doesn’t really need it.

We were down in Ensenada today….walking around was brutal. Sweat dripping lol.

We would melt in Vegas! I miss snow…

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BG – Thanks for the insight 🙂 Sounds to me you really know your Chula well! Got any recommendations on an awesome RE agent that knows Chula? 😉 😉 nudge nudge

When I was actively looking the good priced homes went pending prior to even being able to send an offer. I called on a few to see how they were sold and got CASH as an answer. There was one that sold… (http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/633-4th-Ave-Chula-Vista-CA-91910/17108155_zpid/)… that was sold by the brother of the owner and they took the first full asking 20% conventional offer they had.

This led me to the conclusion that I was seriously outgunned.

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I agree with all of that… that is a big driving factor in why I would like to live there 🙂

I may be a bit whiney 😉 but I can afford what I can afford and for me to pull the trigger it has to be the middle bowl of porridge: juuuuust right!

I don’t want a fixed up home, I want a fixer upper or something that has ‘good bones’ that is livable but needs updating.

Example of a house I would’ve liked, but CASH buyer:
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1319-E-30th-St-National-City-CA-91950/17100460_zpid/

I also feel like the few Real Estate agents I have briefly worked with are all like (lol): I don’t do foreclosures or much of anything, here is the Sandicor sight with some numbers I plugged in, call me when you like something.

I guess I thought the RE was supposed to have some insights or some hookups or call me up and say OMG this is so you, come check it out. If we act fast maybe we have a shot at beating out CASH or conventional financing. I don’t, something for $10K!

I do a lot of lurking on this sight and watching what is on sale and what is sold 🙂

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I have a hard time justifying some of the prices in Chula (west 91910, 91911) that I see they are going for compared to just a year ago. Maybe we missed the boat?

In fact, we took our savings and plunked it into debt. But, because I really want to own I keep obsessing about this!

How did they get such a price on this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/331-1st-Ave-Chula-Vista-CA-91910/17105110_zpid/

or this one?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/177-Shasta-St-Chula-Vista-CA-91910/17105487_zpid/

or?
http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/253-K-St-Chula-Vista-CA-91911/17108770_zpid/

Are they cash buyers? FHA?

I just feel very deflated when it comes to me trying to get into something. Is it different this time? Or will there be a dip sometime in the next 5 years?

Spending that kind of money on something terrifies me lol; I’ve been driving the same car for 14 years now, so spending more than a $1k on a single thing scares me!

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NPR talked the other day where some study was done back in the 90s where they took lower income folk and moved them to middle income areas.

They had hoped the kids would do better and the adults would too. They largely found it didn’t.

HOWEVER, looking back at it from a different question: what is the impact on kids when moving to better schools at different ages. Age 13 was the key

http://pschousing.org/news/long-term-benefits-low-income-children-who-move-better-neighborhoods

So, just make sure the kiddos are in a good school by Junior High 🙂

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family babysitters are in Menifee and Chula

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