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Can you update your numbers to include maintenance costs? In our brief foray into ownership we were stunned at the amount of money we needed to spend on maintenance. Things like furnaces, ac's, hot water heaters, roofs, windows, etc. aren't annual expenses but they are big chunks of change...

Just over a year ago we looked at a short sale property up here in Sacramento. We heard that it sold a few months after we looked at it. Six months later it was back on the market as a bank owned foreclosure. I have no idea what happened to the short sale but it does make me wonder how...

Many people have them up here in Sacramento. I think it is because most summer nights the temps dip down to the low 70's even when the daytime temp is over 100. So people use their ac during the day and open the windows and use the whole house fan overnight. I've been at a few homes...

<blockquote>All much appreciated, but at this point I know diddly about Newport Coast. I?d like those paychecks, but I?ll kindly bow out of that race. </blockquote> I'd be listening to <strong>IR2</strong> VERY carefully here. Unlike a previous poster who suggested you get a realtor from a...

Throwing my thanks in with the others, <strong>sell4u</strong>. Please do update us especially if things begin heating up in the Pelican Hill custom areas. My gut (and brain) tell me that <strong>IR</strong> is correct in his belief that the high end will be the last to fall. But I keep...

I also have been very impressed with both <strong>sell4u</strong> and <strong>IrvineRealtor</strong> on the blog and forums although I've never met them or worked with them. I have met and worked with the Hoovers...I believe they are at Suterre (sp?) now. I've known Anne for decades so I...

Bumping this back up because I'm curious what has been going on down there. I know some people who own in one of the nicer sections of Newport Coast and from what I can tell they are HELOC'd pretty heavily. They're getting ready to list their home in the next few months. What's the news...

<blockquote>Finding a mobile home park in Irvine is like asking for a trailer park next to the water with the wider side of the home facing the ocean. (sarcasm) </blockquote> Ahhh...remember <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/national/02laguna.html">El Morro</a>? Back in the days...

<blockquote>Hey, at least plane fights to Cow Town on Southwest are cheap. Wanna get away? </blockquote> I don't know, <strong>graph</strong>. <strong> Ten </strong>lost alot of yardage with his misread of the "Lindsay and Stevie circa '75" comment. The Bunco Babe crowd can tolerate dumb as...

Heck yeah!!! That's the ticket, ten. Hop into your PT Cruiser and mosey on up the 5 to Cowtown here. I'll get you hooked up on the Bunco Circuit and you'll have a bevy of ladies willing to play "Lindsey and Stevie circa '75" with ya. You haven't been rejected...just redirected. Find...

<strong>Mr. Tenmagnet </strong>may have struck out with the young 10+++ crowd of ladies, but us minivan driving soccer moms are quietly sitting on the sidelines cheering him on. Of course, we're also the same people who keep Dr. Phil and Montel on the air so perhaps <strong>ten</strong> won't...

Oops. Saw the question "Are you a renter..." and hit the yes button without reading the directions. So my vote was cast as a home owner even though I'm a renter. Sorry...

<blockquote>SacRenter, you?re ?fascinated? by the ?frenzy? while long time real estate investors are licking their chops. The situation in which we find ourselves is when/how fortunes are made in real estate. I know several successful real estate investors who have waited a long time for this...

<blockquote>Are banks there really doing short sales. I hear rumors of them; a former client called 3 weeks ago, but they don?t seem to actually be happening. </blockquote> Here in Sacramento I've seen quite a few houses that appeared to be sold via short sale. I'm not certain though...

Found on Sacramento Flippers in Trouble blog. 49.9% of high sales price. 50.9% reduction from MLS listing high. <u><a...

<blockquote>On another note - I have been trying to find information about the Fresno housing market - Sacrenter - have any good websites you know about??? </blockquote> The main Sacramento housing blog has links to a few Central CA blogs that may include Fresno. But I've never looked at...

<blockquote>Of these homes that are listed for $200K, what could you reasonably rent one for today? </blockquote> Less than $1,000. Homes comparable to the one we're renting now are listing for around $450,000 and selling for around $400,000. We're paying $1600 a month to rent it...

I have family in Newport Coast (Pelican Crest I believe) with a manned gate and I've never been able to get through easily. The guards always call and check before letting me in. Unless we are in the car with the community sticker on it we always have to be called in. It's not Irvine but it...

It baffles me that people still don't appear to understand the fundamentals of this bubble. Even when they themselves are underwater! I'm guessing there will be a small spike in sales in the next few months while people gobble up those early "bargains." From what I can see there is a...

In the past few weeks I've noticed some interesting foreclosure activity in my target areas (in Sacramento). What I've seen is that houses that were on the market as short sales last spring are coming back onto the market as foreclosures. These are houses that were listed as short sales a year...