The So Cal Real Estate

It's all just a game.

We submitted offers on 2 new houses last night.

One bank owned, with guest house on 1/2 acre out in the "rural" area of vista. The neighbors have goats, the house we bid on has a chicken coup. No solar panel, has fruit trees. And a place for both our parents to move in. (HINT hint) not on a street. (not kidding, off the street, you share a long drive way with 4 houses..)

One regular sale that is falling out of escrow. Not rural. Has a pool. No solar panel, but has fruit trees. End of cul de sac.

in a "Normal" world, you find a house you like, you bid on it, wait to hear back and negotiate. Not here- you put bids/offers in all over the place, wait and wait and maybe you'll get it, maybe they'll ask you for more money, maybe you won't hear.. maybe you'll hear "come back with your highest and best offer" which of course was our first offer..

I'd like to put a hotel here on Vale Vista and 2 houses up on Osborne, Mr Banker.. oh, you landed here.. that'll be $500..

In a even crazier turn of events- a house we liked lost it's driveway, pool and pool house to a tax lien sale. The house is now super affordable, but it lost half it's lot AND it's driveway.. How do you sell a house with a 2 car garage and no way to getting to it???? (it was a 2 lot property, the house was supposed to be sold with both since it was built on both. But it's not that the lots are so big that you would want to build a house on each..ya know?) It's such a CRAZY crazy world out here.. and it brings me to the question.. HOW do I buy a lot or house for the taxes owed on it??

For real..

It's the Monopoly Version of life.

Complements the Life game equivalent... only the game I played was before mini vans were invented....or car seats...