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Most people think because it's all cash purchases, that it's a safer.  While that is true, there is a high risk this OC Bubble can pop a good chunk.  There's a lot of money coming from overseas and also from market funds built around real estate funds.  With the overseas money a lot of it is...

Cash by definition is not leveraged, but cash can be leveraged/borrowed.  It's like trading on margin.  They park cash here in USA real estate because there's a lot of restrictions on real estate purchasing there and if you ever see what a million dollars buy in Hong Kong then you'll understand...

FCBs pay in cash, but a lot of that cash is leveraged.  So what happens when they need to pay up when the Asian stock markets go down like they are now?  Either going to see a lot of houses sold or a lot of immigration coming in.

It's all dependent on how that given city registers the plot of land your house sits on.  In the case of Irvine, all homes on motor courts are viewed as condos because the county lists the property that way.  That's why a lot of the "single family condos" will have a #<lot number> at the end of...