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Since you don't know the area well and are not used to US real estate transactions, I would recommend strongly (very strongly) that you use a local sales consultant (I personally trust and would contact IrvineRealtor, above, but there are other trustworthy ones too). They will be able to...

I hope that they offset those studs, or the sound will travel right through.

yes, what I'm looking for is when the pace slows this fall. will the banks lower prices then to move the inventory, or will it just sit there? or will the cash buyers really step up?

Once you consider the HOA, and that it may well increase, then add on a reasonable vacancy allowance, I'm guessing that a prudent investor wouldn't pay over $100k/unit.

<blockquote>Lucy said, ?Basically, the officer made me give [him] a freaking hand job and he let me go." She earlier received a $400,000 settlement from the City of Irvine to avoid a civil trial, which might be one reason she was so conciliatory in her response to the shocking felony...

I think the photos issue is BS. Armchair buyers wanting all their needs catered to. If the buyers and sellers are serious, they can drive by the comps. I will reiterate my point in the main blog that purchase history and current loans outstanding are useful.

the judge in the small claims court will believe you, if you have photos/ video and are honest. The judges all know that most landlords illegally withhold security deposits.

(btw, just read the title more closely. Since they were living in those apartments, it couldn't have been a "professor". Most likely some whacko grad student.)

that guy was a moron for trying to provoke the cops (UC police are a state police force). Of course, the cops showed their comprehension abilities too, if what he said was true, that he asked "whether he should get a gun to protect myself", rather than there was an intruder with a gun. He...

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Roo, nice, but you should re-frame the data showing the magnitude of the previous peak that the decline is from. For instance, the 87 to '90 peak rise was ~25% in SD, followed by the above 15% loss, while LA was ~60% increase, 25% loss. the current bubble was 300% to 400% for both...

<blockquote>Fed was the only purchaser of Treasuries. In a normal environment this would be a very troubling development.</blockquote> uh oh

Where are all the people with that level of income going to come from? All FCBs? take all those NC/TR/QH units, and assume that the households with higher incomes will first see if they can afford CdM, NPB, Laguna, TRock, etc. Does that really leave enough households with $200k+ incomes...