[UCGal]

Sorry I’m late to this thread.

I monitor 3 sites that I learned about here on Piggington.

http://www.lpsasap.com/ts.aspx

http://www.priorityposting.com/PPPAdvancedWebSearch/Pages/AdvancedSearchPage.aspx

http://rppsales.com/Properties.aspx

The last two seem to be the auctions at the east county court house… lpasap is mostly the downtown courthouse.

There does not seem to be any correlation between the homes address and which courthouse…

I originally was posting on properties before the sale – but that got really tedious with the many many many postponements.

Now I only post the trustee sale results, after the fact, since the websites above have limited lookback… It makes it easier to see what’s going on with a property if you know it was purchased at the steps, or went back to the bank.

I only post the zipcodes that interest me.

[UCGal]

Sorry I’m late to this thread.

I monitor 3 sites that I learned about here on Piggington.

http://www.lpsasap.com/ts.aspx

http://www.priorityposting.com/PPPAdvancedWebSearch/Pages/AdvancedSearchPage.aspx

http://rppsales.com/Properties.aspx

The last two seem to be the auctions at the east county court house… lpasap is mostly the downtown courthouse.

There does not seem to be any correlation between the homes address and which courthouse…

I originally was posting on properties before the sale – but that got really tedious with the many many many postponements.

Now I only post the trustee sale results, after the fact, since the websites above have limited lookback… It makes it easier to see what’s going on with a property if you know it was purchased at the steps, or went back to the bank.

I only post the zipcodes that interest me.

[UCGal]

Sorry I’m late to this thread.

I monitor 3 sites that I learned about here on Piggington.

http://www.lpsasap.com/ts.aspx

http://www.priorityposting.com/PPPAdvancedWebSearch/Pages/AdvancedSearchPage.aspx

http://rppsales.com/Properties.aspx

The last two seem to be the auctions at the east county court house… lpasap is mostly the downtown courthouse.

There does not seem to be any correlation between the homes address and which courthouse…

I originally was posting on properties before the sale – but that got really tedious with the many many many postponements.

Now I only post the trustee sale results, after the fact, since the websites above have limited lookback… It makes it easier to see what’s going on with a property if you know it was purchased at the steps, or went back to the bank.

I only post the zipcodes that interest me.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

It all depends on your tolerance.

I live above freeway 52. The freeway is in the canyon below – and we’re about 1500 feet away. The noise is there in the background.

You do hear it on summer nights when it’s warm and the windows are open. When the windows are closed, you don’t hear it at all.

I think the amount of hard surfaces, vs vegetation, between your home and the freeway, makes a difference… the vegetation absorbs the noise… hard surfaces echo it – making it worse. My part of UC is pretty low density with lots of mature landscape – so that matters.

The sunsets over the canyon and over Mt. Soledad are awesome. To me, that’s well worth the freeway noise. If I had an ocean view – I’d be willing to up the noise level.

I will agree with the comment that tire noise is not the issue – lack of mufflers on motorcycles, ambulance or police sirens, etc… those are disturbing and not background noise. Fortunately, they don’t happen often.

[UCGal]

[quote=Huckleberry]Came across this AARP article that was recently published.

It states Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica and France as the top 4 places to retire abroad.

What are Piggs thoughts? Are the opinions and assessments correct?

Has anyone lived in any of these places?

What are some of the other tropical/Caribbean places that would compare to these, with fairly ideal standards of living?

http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/best_places_to_retire_abroad/%5B/quote%5D

I’ve seriously looked at Costa Rica. Advantages: They allow legal residency with a fairly low asset level. (500k IIRC).
They are a democracy with freedoms we take for granted (speech, property rights, etc.)
They are non-militaristic – no army.

disadvantages – I’d need to learn spanish (not a deal breaker). The places I’d want to live (Pacific side) are more expensive and further from the main airport.

Other countries (new zealand, australia to name two) you have to either have sought after skills of serious $$. Australia was particularly difficult if you were above a certain age – even if you career/skillset was on their list.

Argentina has some great architecture.

[UCGal]

[quote=Huckleberry]Came across this AARP article that was recently published.

It states Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica and France as the top 4 places to retire abroad.

What are Piggs thoughts? Are the opinions and assessments correct?

Has anyone lived in any of these places?

What are some of the other tropical/Caribbean places that would compare to these, with fairly ideal standards of living?

http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/best_places_to_retire_abroad/%5B/quote%5D

I’ve seriously looked at Costa Rica. Advantages: They allow legal residency with a fairly low asset level. (500k IIRC).
They are a democracy with freedoms we take for granted (speech, property rights, etc.)
They are non-militaristic – no army.

disadvantages – I’d need to learn spanish (not a deal breaker). The places I’d want to live (Pacific side) are more expensive and further from the main airport.

Other countries (new zealand, australia to name two) you have to either have sought after skills of serious $$. Australia was particularly difficult if you were above a certain age – even if you career/skillset was on their list.

Argentina has some great architecture.

[UCGal]

[quote=Huckleberry]Came across this AARP article that was recently published.

It states Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica and France as the top 4 places to retire abroad.

What are Piggs thoughts? Are the opinions and assessments correct?

Has anyone lived in any of these places?

What are some of the other tropical/Caribbean places that would compare to these, with fairly ideal standards of living?

http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/best_places_to_retire_abroad/%5B/quote%5D

I’ve seriously looked at Costa Rica. Advantages: They allow legal residency with a fairly low asset level. (500k IIRC).
They are a democracy with freedoms we take for granted (speech, property rights, etc.)
They are non-militaristic – no army.

disadvantages – I’d need to learn spanish (not a deal breaker). The places I’d want to live (Pacific side) are more expensive and further from the main airport.

Other countries (new zealand, australia to name two) you have to either have sought after skills of serious $$. Australia was particularly difficult if you were above a certain age – even if you career/skillset was on their list.

Argentina has some great architecture.

[UCGal]

[quote=Huckleberry]Came across this AARP article that was recently published.

It states Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica and France as the top 4 places to retire abroad.

What are Piggs thoughts? Are the opinions and assessments correct?

Has anyone lived in any of these places?

What are some of the other tropical/Caribbean places that would compare to these, with fairly ideal standards of living?

http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/best_places_to_retire_abroad/%5B/quote%5D

I’ve seriously looked at Costa Rica. Advantages: They allow legal residency with a fairly low asset level. (500k IIRC).
They are a democracy with freedoms we take for granted (speech, property rights, etc.)
They are non-militaristic – no army.

disadvantages – I’d need to learn spanish (not a deal breaker). The places I’d want to live (Pacific side) are more expensive and further from the main airport.

Other countries (new zealand, australia to name two) you have to either have sought after skills of serious $$. Australia was particularly difficult if you were above a certain age – even if you career/skillset was on their list.

Argentina has some great architecture.

[UCGal]

[quote=Huckleberry]Came across this AARP article that was recently published.

It states Argentina, Belize, Costa Rica and France as the top 4 places to retire abroad.

What are Piggs thoughts? Are the opinions and assessments correct?

Has anyone lived in any of these places?

What are some of the other tropical/Caribbean places that would compare to these, with fairly ideal standards of living?

http://www.aarp.org/home-garden/livable-communities/best_places_to_retire_abroad/%5B/quote%5D

I’ve seriously looked at Costa Rica. Advantages: They allow legal residency with a fairly low asset level. (500k IIRC).
They are a democracy with freedoms we take for granted (speech, property rights, etc.)
They are non-militaristic – no army.

disadvantages – I’d need to learn spanish (not a deal breaker). The places I’d want to live (Pacific side) are more expensive and further from the main airport.

Other countries (new zealand, australia to name two) you have to either have sought after skills of serious $$. Australia was particularly difficult if you were above a certain age – even if you career/skillset was on their list.

Argentina has some great architecture.

[UCGal]

[quote=sdrealtor]Beautiful house. Its funny to me as I look at these old coastal properties and think they are all too big. All I dream about is finding the perfect little 3/2 beach cottage no bigger than 1400 sq ft to remodel to my heart’s delight.[/quote]
LOL – I thought in todays market 3000 sf is a starter home.

[UCGal]

[quote=sdrealtor]Beautiful house. Its funny to me as I look at these old coastal properties and think they are all too big. All I dream about is finding the perfect little 3/2 beach cottage no bigger than 1400 sq ft to remodel to my heart’s delight.[/quote]
LOL – I thought in todays market 3000 sf is a starter home.

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