Your situation is more of a corner case. It's highly uncommon for someone to be a "move-up" buyer within 2 years of purchasing a property. Congrats to you BTW.
I don't think there is any concern these days for move-up buyers. The DOM reflects this and typically a "move-up" buyer will have a property that has a larger buyer audience.
Tried the 3 delicacy combo and the meats were all decent (honey pork, soy chicken, bbq duck). What I didn't like was paying Vegas pricing for a place that's in a crappy strip mall in LF. DFC (Delicious Food Corner) in Irvine is actually CHEAPER and I would argue better tasting. And DFC...
TX has no state income tax and CA has the highest income tax in the nation. For sales tax, Texas has sales tax rates between 6.25 and 8.25 while CA has rates of 7.25 and 10.25. I guess the article is saying very low income people who own houses will pay more property tax in TX vs. CA (high 2s...
$600k/year for a couple is not unusual in Irvine. Engineers, Physicians, Attorneys, etc. (late 30s, early 40s age) will easily get there. $600k as a single earner is much more rare....
I haven't seen any movement on this proposal which was introduced more than a year ago. I'm not even sure it's worth discussing as it's so early on in the legislative process..
Just picked up donuts and cashier mentioned they were made in the morning (tasted as expected). Great deal as I normally pick up donuts late morning anyway. Cheaper than the price I pay for 4 donuts.