Recent content by scubasteve

Are you in Woodbury East based on your username or am I reaching? USC sold my first home in WE so curious. I regret selling that house (4br/3bth bought for 650k) but keep reminding myself if I one of my biggest regret is selling a place for a profit than its not so bad...

should've added a "/s" for those that are late to the thread... @Martin - you know I know what you are doing!

Balance sheet poor!

It does suck not to have a 3CG for sure but I don't feel the pain yet since my kids are a few years away from driving. Fortunately I do have a long driveway and can fit 4 cars. If I only park 2 cars on my driveway then I can still get the other 2 cars in the garage in/out. Correct. They have...

I am not sure where you are at in life and home ownership but I will say life is short but there's always time to make the change you want to see. Want to work for a tech company and get RSUs but no engineering background? Get a project management certification (< 1 year) and be a PM to get...

I won’t get into too much here but this goes back to my original comment of only you knowing what you are comfortable paying. Leveraging debt can be a good thing; 4.25% interest wrt to my risk profile is still low vs. the opportunity costs to invest elsewhere. Panda’s been on the forum for a...

I did... the lot premium was $300k for ~just under 8k sqft.

My mortgage is $2M on my primary; put $1M down. HOA is ~$385/mo; this has gone up from $289 when we first moved in but thankfully not $1000 like the Summit! Yard maintenance: $90/mo Pool maintenance: $100/mo Insurance: $2k/yr; probably going up this year due to LA fires Property tax+MR...

Lol no I can’t. Plus, they don’t offer anything new in terms of functionality to our current house. The prices are crazy… But we’ve all been saying that since 2006!

Agree on the family time for sure. They say you will have spent 50% of your time with your kids when they start H.S. And 90% of the time with them when they finish. Of course this is different for everyone but based on my own experience I moved to Irvine for college and never moved back home. I...

I'll probably get flamed for this but here's another way of thinking. I used to save all my $ and one day my boss asked me, "What are you doing saving all this? Will you spend it when you are 70 and an old P.O.S. (no offense to any 70 year olds out there!)" We stretched ourselves to get into...

Yikes… from the Brookfield site FAQ; fire insurance related or because they can? What are the HOA dues at Vista in Summit? The HOA dues at Vista are estimated to be $995/month, then at Build-Out, estimated to be $774/month, all subject to DRE approval.

I'm glad I don't live in the Bay Area anymore! Best of luck and hope things are well!

I didn’t have one in Cetera either but luckily I wanted to redo my driveway. Does seem like a major inconvenience for my neighbors though who opted not to do demo their driveway

Geez congrats! Is Irvine still relatively cheap compared to the Bay Area or is it getting up there now?