7 Steps to a Successful Home Inspection
August 17, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Because buying a San Diego North County home is probably the biggest investment you’ll ever make, you should take every precaution to ensure that you know as much as possible about your new San Diego home before completing your purchase. A San Diego property inspection, sometimes called a physical inspection, can save you thousands of dollars [...]
[Read more...]927 Parkwood Avenue
August 15, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
927 Parkwood Avenue Current Real Estate Listings of Vista CA Home for Sale 927 Parkwood Avenue, Vista, CA 92081 is a regular listing, but priced to compete with foreclosures and short sales of San Diego North County Homes. This home is in a gated community on a half acre view lot. It has 5 bedrooms [...]
[Read more...]Quick Facts about Mello-Roos
August 4, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
How is community funding provided? Let’s say for example, that plans for a new Carlsbad school are approved in your Community Facilities District. To finance the San Diego school, tax-exempt municipal bonds are issued. These public bonds are repaid (or secured) over an extended time through the levy of a special tax (Mello-Roos) on properties that [...]
[Read more...]How to Avoid Mello-Roos
July 21, 2011 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
If you are looking for a San Diego North County home, you have probably come across the term “Mello-Roos.” You don’t know what it is, but you see it is a cost you will have to pay on many newer North County homes. The only way to avoid Mello-Roos is to buy an older home [...]
[Read more...]June 2011 San Diego North County Home Statistics
July 17, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
The July 2011 HomeDex™ Report provides June 2011 San Diego housing statistics. Information in this report is used by permission from the North San Diego County Association of Realtors® (NSDCAR). Gary Harmon, your Real Living Lifestyles Realtor, has been a member of NSDCAR for over 20 years. • The median price for all San Diego North [...]
[Read more...]Carlsbad Mineral Water – Carlsbad Real Estate History
July 14, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
As mentioned in an earlier blog, just to the west of my Real Living Lifestyles office is the Ocean House. To the east of the our Carlsbad Village Faire office is the old Carlsbad railroad station. Probably the most historic site is one block to the north, the home of Carlsbad Mineral Water. A plack [...]
[Read more...]Best Time to Invest – San Diego Real Estate
July 14, 2011 by Gary Harmon · Leave a Comment
Don’t Miss Out! Prices in San Diego North County are low. Interest rates are low. Don’t let the poem below describe you. I hesitate to make a list of all the countless deals I’ve missed; Bonanzas that were in my grip – I watched them through my fingers slip; The windfalls which I should have [...]
[Read more...]History – Carlsbad Real Estate
July 12, 2011 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
This is the second in my series about Carlsbad real estate history. If you missed it, the first was Twin Inns – Ocean House. Behind Carlsbad Village Faire to the east is the original Carlsbad train station. I see it everyday as I walk around the Faire. Walked over last week and took the photo [...]
[Read more...]Carlsbad Real Estate History
July 12, 2011 by Gary Harmon · 1 Comment
Ocean House – Twin Inns My Real Living Lifestyles real estate office is located in Carlsbad Village Faire at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Carlsbad Boulebard, suite 223. Looking out of my desk window, I look directly at the Ocean House. Since it is such an intresting building, I decided to do [...]
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