Recent content by ThirtySomethingWEquity

My friend who lives up in Orchard Hills says the parks and pools are pretty empty (he lives on the Groves side). I'm happy that I can just walk 10 houses over to an enormous park and there are always a buncha kids for my sons to play with. If I had 6 million I'd be tempted to buy a bigger...

just come to Lake Forest, you get a huge discount for slightly less good schools and slightly sub optimal city planning.

But Liar Loan is a perpetual renter. He convinced his wife and kids to sell their house that it'd be "just for a little bit until the crash happens." But now they're priced out, stuck in a one bedroom apartment in santa ana, all the kids cramped in the loft, the kitchen appliances barely work...

Yup. Work for a FAANG with a 25 minute commute in OC. You'd have to give me like L+3 to even think about a job in NorCal. Netflix is still fully optionally remote. I believe Github hires remote. Block *was* huge on remote. (just laid off like a ton of their company). There are others...

It's a fair concern. For me the price difference (plus no mello roos) was so large that I'm able to hire a nanny to help mitigate some of this.

If you're dead set on Irvine, good luck. I moved ~7 minutes south to Baker Ranch (in Lake Forest), and it's pretty great! The schools aren't rated quite as high, but my kids are little still, so i'll just plan on a bigger tutoring budget. Tustin Ranch is a great neighborhood too and...

Why do you care if it's off market? I don't think things are so hot that you're going to get into a bidding war these days.

yeah at a certain point though you make it more profitable to build new multifamily units or invest in the stock market etc. rather than just buying up residentail properties hopefully. well, that'd be the goal.

The solution to a lot of this is to jack up property taxes EXCEPT for primary residences. If someone is going to buy a house and let it sit empty to wash some cash, might as well pay extra tax beyond what someone living in the house would pay.

Quail Hill, right?

I don't have near the equity to live there, but I think we agree, I wouldn't spend that kind of money on something that close to the landfill. I have a hard time justifying any prices in Irvine these days, to be honest.

I think it's not just a question of if it's affordable, it's what you can get for similar pricing. If I had 5+ million to spend, I'm going to look for larger lot homes in Tustin Ranch. If I have 6M+, Hidden Canyon has better lots and feels less cramped.

those aren't the only two options though!

where you're renting?

I've met a couple folks a lot older than I am who have moved to lower cost of living places to be near kids.