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It's been awhile since I posted here, but I have a family member considering the Temecula/Murrieta area for buying, so I am back. I took a quick look at some of the properties for sale there, and many are at or below $200sf which I remember was a basic metric I read about a decade ago. Like last...

Alright, I have a new situation I would love some advice on, and this Board is always a great place to go for that. So I bought a house from a family that had owned it for 20 years at the end of 2011 which the County appraised at the time of purchase for property tax purposes at $140K more than...

I have a 30 year fixed mortgage that just started in the Fall of last year. I have been receiving offers to sign up for "The Equity Accelerator" program which I believe is a third-party company. The program claims that by having my monthly mortgage payment that is due the first of every month...

I should have done this earlier, but I want to say thanks to SGIP for all his help in my recent home purchase. The TalkIrvine board was a daily site for me for awhile (as was IHB) as I lurked and learned (and eventually posted) from the many educated, street-smart, talented, witty and HONEST...

I should have done this earlier, but I want to say thanks to SGIP for all his help in my recent home purchase. The TalkIrvine board was a daily site for me for awhile (as was IHB) as I lurked and learned (and eventually posted) from the many educated, street-smart, talented, witty and HONEST...

Not that I want to give free advertising to TIC...but as a sample of market conditions, please see the attached. Just got it in the mail today. "Free Appliance Package" in San Carlos and "We have a lease-break solution!"

I made a very aggressive offer on a house and they took it with an 'as-is' caveat. I had a full inspection done and lots of items were found, but nothing major and nothing immediate. All stuff I can live with and knock out over time. Except for one thing. When they made the 'as-is' comment it...

So I am seriously considering an older house on a hill (fairly steep) and I might be going overboard with the home inspectors... It was built in 1989 and has been kept up, at least on the inside and the outside surface. There might be some history of termites. I want to get a termite...

I saw a recommendation for Bilt-Rite on another post here, but if anyone has anyone else or anything else to add, that would be great. Of course, I am a bit more concerned now that I have become a Holmes Inspection junkie on TV. We are looking at some older properties, from the 70's and 80's...

We are still waiting a bit longer (been saying that for six years now) but I thought I would get a feel for what we would qualify for by going through the pre-approval process with a bank. I picked Bank of America just to see what your standard big bank would say so I can compare it to other...

I was reading USCTrojanCPA's thread on broker co-ops last week and thought that was pretty interesting. I told my wife about it, and pointed to that as a sign of a decrease in foot/sales traffic for TIC which points to signs of a slowing housing market in Irvine (which would be an indication...

We need to move from an IAC apartment to a house or condo. We both work in Irvine and we are scouring Craig's List ads for homes and condo's for rent. But of course, I have heard the horror stories of renters moving into someone's foreclosure or about-to-be-foreclosed-on property and being...

I've looked for this several times and can never seem to find a simple, concise list. I've seen studies done at the national level that show the total tax burden on individuals in each state. It gives a rough idea which states are going to suck the most money out of your wallet for government...

One of the ideas I've been considering is that I don't think most people realize how much money housing diverts from the "true" costs of a responsible life. Or maybe they do, but make the conscious decision to disregard it. By that I mean, if we are really going to admit to being responsible...

I always hear about buying in Irvine because of the quality of the schools. It seems a large factor for buying here. I assume this is for just two reasons: 1) So my kids would go to good schools 2) So I have good resale value on my home Question for #1 I was thinking...if I bought into some...

Married in 2006, my wife and I have been riding out the housing bubble, and the bursting, in an Irvine apartment rental. We've been touring models since 2005 comparing price sheets collected from dozens and dozens of places over the past several years and it's always been interesting to watch...