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we COULD save more but we both are not the type to brown bag and we both work in office environments where going to lunch is part of the culture.    And we like having a washer dryer and air conditioning in our apartment - we could save about 150-200 a month by doing without that I think but we...

god I am SO hungry right now and then i click this topic and BOOM. Gigantic delicious cookie. if prices drop and interest rates rise (and as things stand the chances of interest rates rising at the moment are like, not very good at all) it would still be worth it because lower sales price =...

Yeah it was 5k/year - maybe that is too low, the only close friends i have with kids have very young ones and stay at home moms.  Yeah i dunno how people are putting down all cash for an 800k home.  Investor groups and stuff sure, but regular people? i mean, if you bought during the last big...

I dunno if its allowed either but I also don't think you're gonna get very many views from relevant people through here.    What WOULD be awesome is you can post it on CL and then let us help you sort through the responses and come up with ridiculous critiques of why we are NEARLY certain that...

I remember that the last one they did this with sold for a big fat amount (right?) but wasn't that during the pre-tax-credit-expiration buyers rush? it'll be interesting to see how it does. that location is certainly less than ideal  - if it goes for over a mil I want to call Irvine Koolaid on...

Oh right, i forgot about additional savings.  I don't know what a normal amount is, I think we potentially could save ... (we haven't done a joint budget yet with our new debtfree status) something like 2500 a month without sacrificing many of our current creature comforts (which includes a...

I diagree with you -- in the world of mortgages 10 years is not a long time at all.  If you buy a 350k starter home right now with 10% down, in 2020 you will have $7,728.02 dollars in principal paid down.  plus your original 35k.  That's not gonna get you an 800k house unless your income...

Yeah IHO has it right.  Of course no 28 year old expects to walk out and buy a million dollar home rihgt now, BUT the types  of homes that are selling in that range in nice but not exclusive or super ritzy neighborhoods, are the kinds of homes that the 30 year old might reasonably expect to buy...

I experience a lot of what RC mentioned at my costa mesa apartment complex -- but mostly it is our own fault.    There are neighborhoods in orange county where one household (or maybe two or three households) create a community, but it takes a lot of work and free time on their part.  And in...

A couple weeks ago my boyfriend and I decided to walk through some of the residential neighborhoods around us.  We'd walked through the pricer one at night but it was our first time walking through there in the afternoon.  The more expensive neighborhood we walked through is the one behind...

mm well, I personally just plain got really busy at work, but for a while all the new posts were just "what kind of drapes should I buy for my new 2010 collection home" and that's not at all related to real estate in general so there's only so many times you can see people say "don't buy from...

yeah thats what I think.  If they built a bunch of 3-4 br detached at 600k they would be sold before they even so much as casually glanced at the ground they were going to build them on.

i had to google slipper slides, those look comfortable and awesome Mar 07, 2003  Sold (Public Records)  $635,000  Says its a short sale but looks like they should have had equity...  Oh well.  How do you know they got rid of the 3rd garage?  And if its just an extra room for stuff does that...

Aside from the "its such a small amount" thing, what about the ability that buyers now have to shop for themselves on the internet?  At some point aren't you going to turn to your realtor and be like "hey uh, I saw that house online and it looks like a good fit for me, why don't you ever take me...

What about existing homes outside of woodbury that were similar sizes/lot sizes?  Are there any older irvine homes that were anywhere in the general realm of comparable?

It wasn't a huge number in the relative scheme of things right?  Helps when you can make them look like a bargain compared to the sellers still sitting on too-high prices nearby.  Out of curiosity, what were the comparables against similar (obviously not VERY similar since they'd be a lot...

I see that you're mostly focused on the high end, but if you have the time would you do the numbers on a bunch of these all over the market?  And maybe put a parent post with the basic methodology you apply to each?

Thats a good one SGQIP --  or at least that can tell you clearly what your options for upselling are - "this will make your cost X more expensive, a lot of people really value it but if you don't care about it either way then don't bother, it wont' affect the value of your purchase and it will...

Man this is super awesome - I imagine there are a lot of relatively delusional sellers out there who think there is no way their house is worth less.  Everyone should have this clause.  I mean obviously the seller has to be desperate enough, but if you can find someone that is it might work...

obviously realtors are in it for the commission, I doubt there are many people out there who can afford to spend that much time with someone for free.  Regarding number 8, I was recommended one lady who was not terribly knowledgable but she was unbelievably aggressive about getting her...