I searched the first line of the first email and found it was a scam...
http://www.vacationpads.com/Isis/VPadsHelp/general/inquiry_safety/index.html
There is also a listing on san diego craigslist about a similarly worded email being a scam.
<p>635sqft is a pretty small space to live in for several years. At 380k, you're probably going to be locked in there a little while (assuming no downward momentum) to recover your 6% costs. If you want to have children (assuming not from 1/1), the 1/1 model will not really work for that...