Recent content by dcn1_IHB

I work in the "Bright Now Dental" office building right next to Skyline. When they first opened the sales floor last year the 1 bedroom's were starting in the 700's- my co-workers and I couldn't imagine who would pay 700k+ to live in Santa Ana, next to a freeway and the flight path. Glad to...

I just left the Anaheim convention center (CDA Dental Meeeting is this weekend) and as I was pulling out of the Marriott lot there was sign for the Brea Loft Auction parking. It must be going on at the Marriott today. Maybe they'll have a story in Register about it on Monday. Will be very...

I know Warren G used to live in Coto. He lived in the neighborhood next to my parents. My little sister used to go with her friends up to his house to try to say hello. It was a modest looking (for Coto) custom, single story house that backed up to Vista Del Verde. Perhaps he moved to a nicer...

This property in ladera for 579K is a condo in Covenant Hills. The Covenant Hills HOA is $400 per month and then the condo has it's own HOA of $340 per month~insane!!!! These will keep dropping fast as I don't know anyone in their right mind that would fork over that amount of cash a month for...

Good point about the mello-roos and hoa in ladera, caliguy. I have several friends that live there right now and their double HOA is $400 a month~ that's almost a car payment! The tax rate w/ mello-roos of 1.6% doesn't help monthly payments either. I've thought about LN (Especially like the...

I'm a first time buyer and have been watching the condo market in ladera for the past 6 months. Every single condo I've been in is a short sale or bank owned. Right now you can get a 3/2 for around $400k when two years ago some were selling in the 600's. I think ladera is going to keep...