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For the plain boxy look and size of the place, that thing will sit on the market for quite a while longer at that price.

Way back in college, my economics professor said that when buying a house you should make the lowest monthly payment you can since the bank is basically letting you live and use an appreciating asset on their dime.  The longer you have it, the more it is worth generally.  In addition you get the...

Just make sure that your property description says 'Fee Simple' and NOT 'Fee Lease'.  Fee Simple = you own the land Fee Lease = you are leasing the land.

It is surprising how crazy things are getting out there again.  Kinda freaky actually.  I saw a house (same plan as mine) listed in my neighborhood recently and they are asking over $200K more than what I bought at a little over 3 years ago. Crazy times.....

I would like the continuation of both stories and determine which is better at the end.  :)

Need an update please....

irvinehomeowner, I know this question was not directed toward me but in my experience, we offered what we felt it was worth while still taking comps into consideration but also factoring in if it is in the area we liked a lot, had a layout we liked, upgrades we liked, size of yard, backs to...

When we were looking, we bid what we wanted on houses we liked regardless of the asking price or comps (we took comps into consideration).  We had every type of response from a buyer refusing to respond until we 'get real' to a heated back and forth negotiation which closed the gap to a possible...

When I was looking at houses, there was one house that was closed for showing (empty house) due to an active beehive that set up shop in the house.  I found the garage side door open and decided to have a look-see anyway.  The garage was huge, 1.5 car lengths deep and almost four cars wide. ...

Culverdale is the lowest API scored elementary school for Irvine I believe.

Tons of homes in south Laguna Niguel with views as well. 

I believe there is some clause that allows a parent to transfer property to a child and not trigger a tax change but I am not sure if that has to be done by the parent while they are still alive or what...  I think the county tax assessor site has the details.

For $2 million to spend, why limit yourself to just Irvine?  For that money you can get a nice home in other parts of the county that have great schools and ocean views.

The kids love it.  That is one of the reasons I am resisting ripping out our concrete driveway and putting in a 'decorative' driveway.  Well, that and the cost of doing that for a 3CWG driveway.

I thought IRWD was one of the water districts which had over 100% of the annual budget in reserves?  From the OC Register report I recall them having one of the highest reserves of all the OC water districts.

You leave your wallet in your car?  :o Hopefully not sitting on the passenger seat in plain sight...

This has me thinking.  Our library/piano room is the first room on the right you see when you enter the house (other than the living room straight ahead).  We converted the library/piano room to the combined kids play room and it is a mess 99% of the time (even 10 minutes after it has been...

I had no idea that a pass through laundry was so despised.  I have that in my house and although I do wish it was in a separate room, it would not be a deal breaker for me (obviously since I bought).  To me, having the laundry in the garage is the worst location.

He seems to think like a teenager.  Live for today instead of thinking about tomorrow or your obligations.  Unless he comes into a lot of money or gets his crap together (drop the comedian 'career') and puts his financial/life house in order, she will tire of it and move on.  Then you can watch...

USCTrojanMan is a stand up guy.  He says it like he sees it and he also does not need the commission to make a living.  He has a day job that does him well.  I used him when I bought and his motivation was more about getting me what I wanted rather than what would earn him the easiest or largest...