Recent content by ch

Congrats on the home, Also kudos for eating your own dog food - seen too many agents in my apt complex who are pushing homes, yet they rent - drive cars well over 3x the value of mine...hopefully they will follow in your foot steps. Luckily I wont be renting soon anymore also. ch

Our agent provided three companies but I wasn't sure about them: http://www.eliteinspections.com http://www.amerispec.com/ http://www.statewide-inspections.com/ I wasn't sure they end up sending me to a local rep that might be a independent working via referrals or not. ch

We're looking at homes in these area and possibly going to make an offer soon, could someone please recommend a good home inspection service for this general area.

Wouldn't it be more likely that the insurance companies go belly up if a massive earthquake that totals Southern California occurs? So unless you are in a localized area that is hit hard - perhaps thats the only situation that would apply for not having insurance.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/tech/2012/03/13/dnt-simon-no-tech-schools.cnn#/video/tech/2012/03/13/dnt-simon-no-tech-schools.cnn Any thoughts about this Wardolf school system - there is one in Costa Mesa.http://www.waldorfschool.com/

http://www.ocregister.com/news/kim-343219-bank-authorities.html The gunman was from Irvine... safe neighborhoods but don't piss off your neighbor - who knows what they'll do..

You need to move to Palo Alto  :D Not live in Irvine.

I'm curious how this turns out since I'm in a similar situation.

http://gizmodo.com/5879750/erin-brockovich-cyanide-industry-solvent-may-be-cause-of-rare-teen-syndrome-in-new-york Interesting read

The CSU Chancellor Office turned around shortly after and voted on raising tuition 9%. You can see the results from this from this article on OC Register. "Student demonstrators duck to avoid being pepper sprayed by Long Beach Police officers during a protest Wednesday Nov. 16 at the California...

I'm sure a gas mask would look really good too  :o

The state has money just cutting it so the masses feel the pain. Education out of money - does this make sense to you? CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed loaned state $700 million from the university's large reserve fund Despite slashing $650 million each from the California State University and...

http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/14/common-chemical-linked-to-parkinsons/?hpt=hp_bn10 Exposure to a man-made chemical known as trichloroethylene, or TCE, is associated with a sixfold increased risk of developing Parkinson's disease, according to a new study published Monday in the Annals...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2011/10/08/sylvester-foreclosed-and-sued.cnn I bet this is gonna get abused by third party collectors.

So a question for Test - what areas do you deem safe in Irvine? I've researched now and read about the plume from the Great Park, Columbus Tustin having same issues, and now another place I was looking at far from Irvine in Fullerton Amerige Heights is deemed toxic as well due to similar...