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My wife and I drove through the neighborhood on Sunday morning. They're still quite a few units still available from what we could tell. One issue we discovered as we drove around the backway is that there isn't a lot of space for two-way traffic. On top of that, there are too many tight 90...

My wife and I have been looking around Newport Harbor High School for the last few months. It used to seem untouchable at anything under $900K ($300/sq ft), but there have been a few short sale homes on redfin. Like many short sales, the few properties were all bought in the last 6 years...

EPA ERRORS BIG TIME! In Sunday's LA Times, 7/12/09, the original report had a few major mistakes. I can't remember the specifics, but some of the figures were outdated and the industrial side of Santa Fe Springs was accidentally included in the Cerritos study. The cancer ratio is expected...

My wife and I were strongly considering the live/work loft lifestyle back in 2004. We waited for the Santiago Street Lofts to break ground, we waited for Olson's SOCO lofts in Fullerton, Depot Walk in Orange, and Bisno's Cityplace. In fact, we almost bought a loft at t he Santiago Lofts at the...

Dammit, what's going to happen to Stonehill Tavern? While it's not as good as Michael Mina's other restaurants, it's one of the few legitimate (in my opinion) fine dining restaurants in OC. In fact, I've only been to the St. Regis to eat at the Tavern. I agree that the location is...

Definitely look into your options. I'm not hearing too many positives about Main Street Village. It's too early to tell how the community will develop. As for Camden Place Lofts, my wife and I toured the property just before our lease at BRE Pinnacle at MacArthur Place was up. We ended using...

Here's an interesting tangent. My friend has been looking for a job since passing the Bar over a year ago. 3 months ago, he starting working for a loan modification service. After two days of work, he asked my wife (she works for big law) since he felt the business was a little shady. My...

That was very kind of your to reply, bkshopr. At first, you had me laughing at your generalizations, but then it got me worried. My wife and I were strongly considering City Place, but the three major risk factors were the following: 1) The exterior paint schemes reminds my wife of the...

Pasadena and Irvine seem to be at two ends of traffic congestion (the 5, 405, 605, 110, 710, 210, 10, 57 and 91 all seem to have heavy traffic between the two cities). Therefore being equidistant from Pasadena-Irvine (Cerritos, La Habra, Pomona) would suck for both of you. I guess it depends...

My parents bought a 2,100 sq ft home in Huntington Harbor in 1992 for $410,000 ~$195/sq ft. A lot has changed since 1992. Not only have home prices have definitely jumped, the OC population has boomed, but also the idea of buying a house as large as one can afford is no longer the rule to...

Interesting opinions. My sister explained to me that in the old school Chinese philosophy (pre gen-x), one doesn't own a house unless it's paid off. I can't help but feel like things would have ended up better for people if they factored their financial positions based on cash/assets, rather...

I would suggest Tustin or Irvine (west of the 5 fwy), Costa Mesa, and Lake Forest. Unless you and your husband carpool, you'll be in a good amount of traffic. We currently live in Santa Ana (Macarthur and Main off the 405/55) and my wife's commute is less than 10 minutes with a variety of...

From what I can tell based on Redfin, there were a lot of speculators and investors who bought a good amount of the Ave One homes. There's a 2bd/2ba going for $300K (taking a $265K+ loss). My wife and I were considering buying back in 2007. We didn't care for the layout, the asking price...

When out lease was up at Pinnacle at MacArthur Place (BRE Properties), we were sent a letter to renew at the same rate or pay a premium of $500 each month to go month-month. I saw some of the same units on a craigslist ad for $50-$200 less per month. I spoke with the leasing office and they...