GF+prev-house–> Divorce, she gave up rights to the house. Full and clear from that as of Feb/2015… another reason we started house hunting 🙂
FHA+luck+NW-Chula–> I agree NW Chula is very nice… I mean you get spill over from Broadway and some areas have a high concentration of apartments… but don’t need a/c! 🙂
I also agree that we are a long shot… and to be honest, idk if I could really actually pull the trigger. Soooo much student loan debt, plus credit cards and all.
I feel I am a microcosm of the current issues facing first time home buyers…
Renting–>Normal Heights yes… lovely place, and super cheap. Still have to drive down to Chula to drop kid off and then head to Poway for work.
Thanks for the response and insight. Condos… yeah, they scare me. Like an APT I can’t bounce from if I don’t like. East Chula… meh, all HOA crap. I’m a bit of a hick so if I’s buy’s land ain’t nobody gun tell me what ta do… ‘cept maybe law dawg
She says she just wants a house… so, maybe we look elsewhere in South Bay. Lemon Grove? Nasty City… omg La Presa is fugly, like TJ hills… S Bay Terrace is like condo land… #1 gentrifying area 92113… encanto, are there pockets of nice?
Friend says to move up to Menifee… but wow @taxes and meloroo and hoa and 15 PARKING LOT SHOOT SELF
I stumbled upon this site a few months back and loved the analysis. Have lately been reading the comments… so a bit of a lurker here 🙂
But, this got me to post since relevant.
We just had our first baby in Dec and we are trying to turn that tax windfall into a house in Chula Vista where my gal pal (don’t plan on marriage anytime soon) grew up. Ideally NW Chula…
3.5% FHA, maybe a small 203K, trying to be around $300K-$330K, need 3/2, already laden w/ debt
So, the realtor.com link is very familiar to me 🙂
709 4th–>went pending in 1 day; it was a relisted/back on market… I’m guessing all cash
752 2nd–>owners squatting, will not move. bank has offered ‘substantial’ $$, but they no take. Auction I think starts at $209k
164 Landis–>I’ve seen bounce from 375-350-375
The rest are contingent. I don’t feel like NW Chula is ‘cheap’
This all makes us sad and frustrated lol… She bought a house in 2007 and prices are back above that level a decent clip. At our price range we are in direct competition w/ investors with fat wallets.
We’d love to get a house… American Dream and all that, but maybe we missed the boat on this ‘time to buy’ so to speak? But how long is too long to wait… in the mean time we rent at a low cost ($1120 North Adams, 1/1+den… baby room!) and save/pay down debts… and obsess!
