6015 Caminito Del Oeste , San Diego

Deluxe Townhome on Tecolote Natural Reserve

Striking University Canyon West two level contemporary townhouse on canyon rim with serene views. Shows beautifully with some updated amenities. Glorious backyard oasis w/tiled patio, partial cover, pond and lush plantings. All set beside a gorgeous canyon setting. Contemporary white kitchen with solid surface counter tops. New dishwasher and stove installed June 2010. 3rd BR  convertible is open loft style w/no closet.
University Canyon West is an upscale condominium development in the heart of San Diego above Fashion Valley behind the USD Campus. Bordering the Tecolote Canyon Natural Reserve, it is a quiet gem in the heart of central San Diego. Close to Mission Bay, Old Town, the world class shops and restaurants of Mission & Fashion Valley and convenient to downtown. This unit shares only one common wall and feels in many ways like a single family home. This floor plan’s features include soaring vaulted ceilings, clerestory and solarium windows, an upgraded fireplace surround with raised hearth, a skylight stairwell, a kitchen with breakfast area, a direct access 2 car garage and an exclusive use/owner maintained backyard/patio on the canyon. Plantation shutters can be found in the dining room, master bedroom, front guest bedroom and in the 3rd bedroom/loft. Wood pattern laminate flooring on the staircase, upstairs hall, 3rd bedroom/loft convertible and throughout the first level with the exception of Kitchen,with rustic white tile. For more information on this home or any other property available for sale in San Diego, contact the Local Expert, William Johnson, RE/MAX Associates

Sometimes San Diego real estate buyers and sellers experience difficulty selecting the perfect Real Estate Professional to assist them with their home buying and selling experience.

Often it can be as easy as taking a test to find the perfect agent for your home buying or selling experience.

Find out who truly is the very best Real Estate Professional for YOU!

(DON’T SCROLL DOWN YET)
DO THE SIMPLE MATH BELOW, AND THEN SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE PERFECT REAL ESTATE AGENT FOR YOU.

No Peeking!!!
It’s AMAZINGLY CRAZY how accurate this is!!

1) Pick your favorite number between 1-9
2) Multiply by 3
3) Add 3
4) Multiply by 3, again
5) You should now have a 2 or 3 digit number….
6) Add the digits together

Now, scroll down.

With that number, see who your PERFECT AGENT is from the list below:
(1) Your cousin, Vinny, who just received his real estate license this past Tuesday

(2) Bob, who rode his bicycle 7 miles to your house, because he lost his license to drive

(3) Nancy, who told you to get in, sit down, and shut up, because you were in for the ride of your life

(4) Madeline, the agent who consulted with a Ouija board to determine your home’s list price

(5) Eric, who brought his aggressive Pit Bull along for showings, because he didn’t know “who” or “what” we might encounter while viewing vacant properties

(6) Marcus, your car’s auto-mechanic, who also sells real estate on Sundays, and sometimes in the evenings

(7) Allison, who once volunteered her time at the hospital, but is into real estate as a hobby now.

(8) Ellis, who told you before you could sell your home you needed to complete the list of 78 improvements on your home. Total cost of improvements $56,000. Home value – $150,000

(9) William Johnson – Realtor for over 20 years and lives here in wonderful San Diego. Caring, experienced and the consummate professional.

(10) Oh, oh, need to cross Don’s name off this list, because we buried him last month.
See, it wasn’t that difficult to select the perfect real estate professional after all.

At the end of your successful real estate home buying or selling experience with #9, you will know how accurate this test was!

Why are you laughing???

P.S. Stop picking different numbers. Just dial (858-487-6975) and ask for William Johnson, author of the Real Estate Text Book with over 20 years of experience. Tell him you took the test, and it told you to call.

*This test is meant for entertainment purposes only! Any names used (other than my own), are either fictional, or have been changed to protect the guilty!

The newly enacted measures call for the following:

          Watering of lawns and landscapes throughout the city and its jurisdictions can only be done from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. 

          Outside watering ( applicable to residential and commercial properties) can only be done three days per week.

          Each property owner must follow the  assigned days of week according to the property address.

Homeowners and Commercial properties are assigned the following watering days:

• Odd number addresses will be assigned Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday only.
• Even numbered Address will be assigned Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
• Apartment Buildings, Condominiums and Commercial properties are assigned Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

The watering time limit on all property both residential and commercial is 10 minutes.

There is a further restriction for car washing at residences can only be done between the hours of 6PM and 10AM.

This proposal and enactment yesterday by unanimous city council vote supersedes the previous and more onerous proposal that would have capped each water customer to a specific overall amount of water usage and then charged that customer  extra if they exceeded the capped amount.

For more information about this new measure that is effective June 1st, 2009 and the consequences for not abiding by it can be found at http://uniontrib.com/more/conserve

Many entry level condominium Sellers have their respective properties on the market and the Buyers have been observing but not doing much with the inventory, save checking on it periodically to see what the prices are doing.

In the lower scale of pricing, many of the available properties are marketed as short sales and REO ( Bank Owned) properties. There are ready buyers for many of these properties but the market circumstances and lender requirements have created road blocks to their being purchased.

Many sellers with few other options, have opted to rent out the properties instead of facing the lower values or the other possibilities of short sales or forclosures. This has knocked down the percentage of owner occupied properties and many of the condominium subdivisions no longer fit with the lenders requirement for conforming loans of 60% owner occupied to qualify for 10% down payments. With that owner occupied qualifier, Buyers need to put down a minimum of 20%. At the entry level most Buyers dont have 20% to put down. So the shortage of qualified subdivisions has actually limited the qualified inventory for new 1^st time Buyers. As time passes and more and more property owners find themselves upside down, this quagmire only worsens.

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