Recent content by LookieLucy

Either way :) Not too far south though. I was thinking of Aliso Viejo. But I don't know much about the city. I've been focusing my attention on the unicorn land for too long. I'm thinking of steering away from Irvine. I've actually have had a lot of bad experiences in Irvine recently. Not...

Was wondering if you knew of a really friendly city with good schools? We would want something near the 405 too if possible. :D Thanks for your suggestions! Lucy

I mainly work with a buyer's agent because I don't have to deal directly with new people. :) I've come across seller agents that are downright condescending and not very nice and at those times I wish I had brought my agent. My agent seems charismatic and isn't pushy either. I think it's good...

So there are a lot of crazy priced homes out there. Say you are interested in a home. Do you A. Make an offer. Possibly offending the sellers and wasting your time. B. Wait until the price drops. What I've noticed in the past is that most of the time if you aren't willing to pay the asking...

Same thing happened to us. We didn't have the heart. She's still in our bed at 3. But I noticed with most things they kinda of just work out in the end. Like for breastfeeding it naturally came to in end without too much struggle. Her starting preschool at age 3 wasn't much too bad either.  I...

We never did buy in San Mateo. And recently we bid on a few homes. In order to actual buy these homes I think we would have to bid higher than the asking price. Most homes we bid on had multiple bidders. If you bid lower than asking price you basically aren't considered. And the homes that are...

Thought this was an interesting article about how a couple in Irvine planted drugs on a school volunteer because she didn't do a good job watching their kid back in 2010...

Still waiting. We actually almost bought twice (new homes) and backed out. And we got priced out of a short sale. There really aren't many homes to choose from. We keep hoping to find that dream home at that deal of a price but it hasn't happened. Think my husband is tired of looking for...

Saw the house today IR. Was very nice! :) The only thing that didn't work for us was the bottom floor. Wish it was a little more open. Other than that it had so many nice little features like the porch, backyard and I loved the little seating space near the window of the master bedroom. Very...

Same here. We've been approached a couple times by the same type of foreign well dressed people at the Tustin Ranch Costco.

Yes. I too have given unsolicted advice and what I have learned is people usually don't and won't change unless they want to. So even if you try to tell them as loud as you can they usually will not listen. I did intervene in my sister's life but it was really tough and painful and I really had...

Maybe you could try to do it subtly or "try to" i.e. Ask your friend if he/she wants to walk or exercise or do some type of activity? That sounds tough though. I do think if you say something direct it will affect your relationship.

Oh no! We have a poo problem here too! Doesn't sound as bad since it's not a minefield of poo. But I see poo on the sidewalk once in a while. Yuck. :(

Actually wanting to move to Irvine to avoid this. Our community pool doesn't allow any of that but it still happens. Don't live at SG yet.

That thought did cross my mind.  ;)