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    Home buying thread

    We just bought a place in San Diego and our inspector used infra red cameras to check the walls for mold and all of that. Some inspectors do I believe. The funny thing was, some company came to do our air vents and tried to tell us there was mold in the vents and showed us the positive test...
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    Home buying thread

    Any of you guys in the San Diego area? I own real estate in SC (dead), Florida (getting rid of, but not taking a loss), and NorCal, but my wife and I are thinking about buying in the San Diego area. I like San Marcos (near SD, Cal State, cheaper) and have seen some good deals around Mirimar...
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    Adventures with lyrical - buying a business

    Lyrical you give me a broner.
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    Home buying thread

    Oh, forgot about financing. Originally I think my mortgage was 30yr at 6%. I refinanced almost exactly a year ago (March 2008) to a 15yr at 5.00%. I could probably do better now, but even if I got an interest rate in the 4.XX% I"d be saving maybe $50/mo, maybe more...even if it was $100/mo, not...
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    Home buying thread

    double post
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    Home buying thread

    Here"s my 2cp. I bought my first house back in Fall of 2007, while the market was slower, but by no means as good as it is today. I see that some of you have some pretty hefty budgets, but I was a little more restricted at the time. I was 22 years old at the time and didn"t want to spend more...