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There is a short sale in the Port Streets that I thought I'd point out. 1962 Port Trinity (http://www.redfin.com/CA/Newport-Beach/1962-Port-Trinity-Pl-92660/home/4720199) is a 4 bedroom, 2,800 sq ft house on a 8,800 sq ft lot that some Kool-Aid drinker bought for $1.75 million in 2005...

Thanks so much BK. My wife and I recently found a house that we liked, and it was advertised as having a wood burning fireplace (one of many realtor mistakes, it turns out) but in fact during a remodel about 9 years ago the owners ripped out the "real" fireplace and replaced it with a small...

Does anyone know the straight story on installing or using wood burning fireplaces here in Orange County? From what I have been told, you can no longer install a true wood burning fireplace (like most of us probably grew up with) in a new home or even on a remodel. Furthermore, it seems that...

It sounds like you ruled out Uni High for the same reasons we did. As we searched for homes in Turtle Rock we kept hearing about the stressed out kids, pushy parents, etc., and we decided that all of Irvine's schools are pretty amazing and trying to pick one that seems to have the right feel to...

I still like Woodbridge, but I do think the family environment really depends on the particular street/neighborhood you are in. I've seen a lot of posts here in the past commenting on the older population in Woodbridge and I do think this is correct for a lot of streets. We live in the south...

The Beach House in Laguna (http://www.thebeachhouse.com) is kind of funky but it is right on the sand. You can ask for a table on the balcony overlooking the beach, or the inside table are nice as well. If your budget is unlimited go for Studio at the Montage (mentioned above), or if you want...

We have been looking at some homes that feed in to Eastshore Elementary School in Woodbridge, and we were surprised to see the relatively low ranking of 114 for this school vs. other Woodbridge schools such as Meadow Park, which ranked #9, and Springbrook, which ranked #28. Does any one have...

Sorry to keep picking on this agent, but here is the text from another one of his listings. Oh, and there are only 2 pictures in the listing, and one of them appears to be dolphins swimming under water (or maybe just some rocks)???: ***FRONT LINE OF PACIFC DRIVE **** No one in front no one...

We found a really interesting home in San Juan Capistrano recently and were tempted, but the more I looked in to the school system the more confused and concerned I got. I kept hearing a lot of concerns about the quality of the education in the SJC schools and there seemed to be a lot of...

Could someone get a "construction loan" on this once they bought it for cash? It seems like have heard that raw land can be bought with a loan up to about 50% of the purchase price, and then it is possile to get a construction loan to use while you build the house. It seems like there would...

There is a house in Newport Beach that keeps showing up on my e-mail alerts that is really ridiculous. http://www.redfin.com/CA/Newport-Beach/2027-Commodore-Rd-92660/home/3559262. It has been listed since June of 2007 with no sale, and in the past the listing has referenced various reasons...

Yes, I saw that too - although they seem to still list the agent's name under the photos shown as "this listing provided courtesy of Mr X." They seem to also want to get you to verifty your e-mail address before they display "all available listing information."

Is the concern that Woodbridge High is bad, or is it just that Uni is considered to be so good?