Originally posted by ScottK:
Well, I just signed the counter offer for a settled on purchase price of 459,000 dollars!!!

What does almost 1/2 a million dollars get for you here in San Diego you ask? A 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom 1304 sq ft single story on 7000 sq ft of land




Damn thats a bargain!

Same house here would go for $600- $650K Not a horrible lot size either at just over 80x80.

Congrats on the new house.


And to all the haters, were supposed to be in the upper 70's all week and its rained (OK, sprinkled) once since late May.
We dont need snow tires, or a winter beater, utilites are generally low as the AC/heat rarely gets used. Cars last forever due to the no-salt/sand/snow on the roads. Lots of costs other people have we dont.
Crowded yes, but lots of that is due to the urban growth boundaries that keep eveyone locked into a small amount of land. Driving 15 minutes outside of San Jose (population 940,000) gets you into the country and farming or the mountains and Ocean views.

The endless amount of land that you midwesterners and southerners have is called sprawl. LA did not plan well, but the Bay Area has and we have little of it. Just a tightly packed community.

Money doesn't always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars ~ Hobart Brown