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I decided to take a weekend getaway and wanted to find a nice quiet place close to San Diego. I had originally thought Palomar Mountain would be nice but they only had one place that rented cabins and they would only rent for two nights and not one. That wouldn’t work for me. I then thought what about Idyllwild. I had never been to Idyllwild but had been to Big Bear and Lake Arrowhead many times in the past. I went on-line and did some research on Idyllwild.

It was close to San Diego and a nice, easy drive up the 15 through Temecula then up into the San Jacinto Mountains. I researched several cabin, lodge and bed and breakfast places and chose one that I was very happy with. They had small cabins by Strawberry Creek and the property was very nice. So I made reservations and also dinner reservations and away we went. The drive up was about 2.5 hours partially in rush hour but was just long enough to have some nice conversation and catch up. We arrived at the cabins and checked in and had just enough time to clean up and change for dinner.

We drove into the town of Idyllwild and had some dinner and listened to some live jazz. It was a great dinner and a nice evening. The next morning squirrels were all over our back deck looking for food. From the looks of the many discarded peanut shells they were well fed from previous weekenders. I went and got some sunflower seeds from my truck and they ate like kings for an hour. We enjoyed the day in town by eating breakfast at the Red Kettle and shopping and art browsing and then drove home to San Diego which took about 2 hours.

I would recommend a getaway to Idyllwild. It is close to San Diego and is a nice California Mountain Town.

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Everybody loves the Del Mar Fair. Officially known as the San Diego County Fair it won’t let you down for fun, food, rides, games and entertainment. I went this year and found that the 2009 Fair is just as good as the years before. I stopped by Albertsons Grocery Store and got discounted tickets and then drove to the Del Mar Fair to meet my family and friends. I went on a Friday afternoon was surprised to see that there was no line for parking and a very small line to get into the Fairgrounds. The only reason there was a line was for security to check belongings.

I went to one of the stages where we had friends performing and then strait to the rides and games for the kids. Some of the Funzone rides are Carousel, Cliff Hanger, Crazy Mouse, Creep Show, Dodge’em Bumper Cars, Evolution, Experience, Fast Trax Slide, Fighter, Grand Wheel, Hard Rock, Haunted Mansion, Hi Miler, Hydroslide, Magnum, Mardi Gras, Mega Drop, MetroMaze Mirror Maze, Moscow Circus, Pharaoh’s Fury, Sky Flyer, Speed, SR-2 Simulator, Starship 3000, Storm, Surf Shack, Tango, Techno Jump, Techno Power, Tilt a Whirl, Wave, Wave Swinger, Wind Surf, Xtreme, Zero Gravity, Zipper, and Zombie.

Some of the Kiddieland Rides are Anchors Away, Baby Eli, Baby Venice, Baja Buggies, Balloon, Bees, Century Wheel, Convoy, Cuckoo Haus, Cyclone, Dive Bomber, Dizzy Dragon, Dog O Rama, Drop Zone,  Flying Tigers, Ghost Pirates, Goliath Slide, Helicopter, Incredible Coaster, Jumping Jumbos, Kiddie Bumper Boats, Kiddie Swing, Kite Flyer,  Little Dipper, Lolliswings, Looney Train, Mardi Gras, Monkey Maze, Mini Bumper Cars,  Motorcycle Jump, Oh Chute Big Slide, Raiders, River Ride, Rockin’ Tug, Safari Train, Silver Streak,  Speedway,  Spider Mania, Tea Cups, Wacky Worm, and Winky the Whale.

After a few rides and a few games we were off to the awesome food at the fair. I mostly go for the Del Mar San Diego County Fair food. There are so many different kinds of food from hot dogs to fried Oreo cookies. We grabbed a table full of the good stuff and sat and watched the Navy Band play some Big Band Music. It was great. My 8 month old granddaughter came to the Fair for the very first and loved it too.

We also enjoyed the shopping and great exhibits that the fair has to offer. The 2009 Del Mar Fair or San Diego County Fair whatever you choose to call it runs from June 12 to July 5. Make sure you don’t miss it.

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Ashlon Langley Writer and Director of The Car a 1970’s film starring James Brolin was interviewed on Shameful Cinema. I write many Blog posts Ashlon San Diego Real Estate Blogabout San Diego and San Diego Real Estate and after reading the Ashlon interview about this 1970 movie I thought I would deviate and write about something out of the ordinary. I like the 1970’s low budget movies without all of the special effects and outspoken actors of today’s Hollywood. Ashlon responding to a question from the interviewer Andy about the car design he said;

Ashlon: The under-cranking was reminiscent of the Adams Family and The Munsters television series, making that quality silly to me. However, the design is choice! I love that one of the confusing points for the cops in the movie is that they can’t tell what make or model the beast is. And… it has no tags! If only they could get a license plate, the bungling cops could stop all the mayhem, yeah right!

I wrote about this movie and this interview because things are also reminiscent of the 1970’s even though it’s 2009. We are now like in the early 70’s in a recession and inflation is due to rise. America has taken a hit in the pride department due to the media’s constant attack on the good things America stands for and good things the United States does for so many around the world. The 70’s brought about the 80’s and the economy started gaining ground again and Americans had a lot of good things to feel good about. Watch The Car if you can and read the Ashlon interview. It’s truly entertaining.

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South Bay San Diego has been and continues to be a very hard place to buy a home.  It has one of the highest amounts of REO AKA Bank Owned Foreclosures and Short Sales in San Diego County.  Chula Vista Real Estate, especially homes priced $300,000 and under, is a very popular price range. I have written well over 100 offers with several clients in the South Bay and have had only 2 accepted. My clients also write good fair offers on the properties they are interested in buying.

Most of the homes in the South Bay are short sales and can stay on the market for many months and sometimes over a year. To a buyer or non savvy real estate agent, this makes it looks like there are lots of homes for sale in the MLS and on sites like Realtor.com and Trulia. The truth is that most of the homes are short sales with many offers on them and no answer in site from the bank on what they’ll accept for a sale price. Some short sales I have had offers in on have had well over 20 offers rivaling some of the REO listings with the highest I’ve seen have well over 40 offers. This market can leave many home buyers discouraged.

The rumor of the second wave of foreclosures, which is not a rumor, is on the way with the hole in the dam already gushing water and the collapse of the dam imminent.  But why are the asset managers representing the banks not unloading these toxic assets Government Bailout 2009 faster. This is a good question and is talked about often among real estate agents and REO agents like me.  The most logical and most likely among people in the know is waiting for the administration. That’s right, it’s believed by some that the banks are waiting to see if Obama will buy back the toxic assets with your tax dollars. If the banks sell the REO’s now they won’t get money from Washington. If the bank sells now they will take the loss on the home which is $100,000 or $200,000 or much more. If they wait for another bailout by Big Brother they can get the money from us “you and me” and not take a loss. Would you wait? Of course this is just talk who knows if it’s really true or going to happen.

In the mean time if you’re buying a home in South Bay San Diego be patient and don’t get discouraged. Buying a home will take time and should be considered and adventure like life itself.

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May 2009 - The Mortgage Reform and Anti Predatory Lending Act HR1728 passed on Thursday May 7, 2009. The House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 300 to 114 and is said to protect homeowners from questionable and predatory lending practices that were partially responsible for the record home foreclosures and financial crisis.

This Mortgage Reform and Anti Predatory Lending Act sets up rules to ensure that lenders make loans that mortgage borrowers can afford to pay back. The act also bans prepayment penalties on ARMs Adjustable Rate Mortgages that are the real culprit loans in the foreclosure mess. This bill will also hold accountable the secondary mortgage market for following the same rules. One lawmaker said, “The message is simple. Lenders can’t give loans to people who can’t afford them. And borrowers have to tell the truth about their finances when they apply for a loan.” Not to be disagreeing with the administration of hope but isn’t this just common sense?

Nancy Pelosi the Democratic House Speaker said, “The simple fact is that our laws and efforts did not keep pace with the complexities of a global economy and a financial industry where the greed of some trumped common sense. Insisting on responsible borrowing and lending and ensuring that borrowers enter into mortgages they can repay or refinance will help families protect their most valuable asset — their home — and guard against another financial and housing market meltdown.” I would have to ask Nancy why she didn’t do something about it, she was a lawmaker at the time and there were many economists warning the government about this.

Many San Diego home owners and potential home buyers know the facts about the San Diego housing market and its foreclosure mess. This act, although very important for protecting potential home buyers when getting a mortgage comes in way too late. The damage is already done. I think if anyone dropped the ball it was the U.S. Government and there lack of proper legislation to protect home buyers and the greed that’s within the system itself. Isn’t that what we elect them for? It’s very interesting to see where all of the elected officials got their campaign contributions, the banks and companies now getting all of our future tax dollars in the form of a so called bailout? What a joke.

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The Freddie Mac acting CFO David Kellermann 41 years old was found dead in his home in an apparent suicide. His wife found him in the basement Wednesday morning in Fairfax Virginia. Freddie Mac established by the US Congress in 1970 to back affordable home loans to Americans is in the middle of the mortgage meltdown. David Kellermann was hired on at Freddie Mac in 1992 and rose to the position of Acting CFO of the crumbling mortgage giant.

Our prayers go out to his family.

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In EastLake Chula Vista a beautiful suburb of San Diego County there was a recent pig napping outside of Miguel’s Restaurant in the EastLake Village Market Place. The 3 foot tall bronze pig valued at $15,000 was stolen around 5:30 A.M. on April 5, 2009. The Chula Vista Bronze Pig was a favorite of locals. I was there the day they installed the pig and saw the whole shopping center built after it was a vacant field for many years. My daughter used to climb on the pig and give him a hug. The pig is an EastLake landmark and a big hit with the EastLake children. It displayed a sign below it “Eat more Beef”.

The two Chula Vista pig nappers backed into the pig with a pickup truck knocking it off of the bolts that secured it to its home. They then picked it up and threw it in the back of the truck and drove away. Unfortunately for the duo and a stroke of luck for the pig the Bank of America in the EastLake Village Market Place caught it all on video. The two nappers also went up to the ATM machine at the B of A and Police are asking tipsters if they know the two.

There is currently a $1,000 reward by San Diego County Crime Stoppers and a Miguel’s Restaurant reward of a Carne Asada dinner for 10. Please bring our pig back. The latest update is that the Bronze Pig was returned to the Chula Vista Library and the two nappers turned themselves in to Chula Vista Police.

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There are many foreclosures because of the Foreclosure Moratorium that are waiting to be put on the market for sale by banks, asset managers and REO agents. The foreclosure moratorium here in San Diego County as well as most areas of the United States has kept homeowners in their homes through the 2008 holidays and then extended into 2009. Now that we’re well into 2009 there are many wondering why hasn’t the banks released the foreclosures. Many of them are vacant and the buyers are looking for new foreclosures to buy. In fact there are so many buyers here in San Diego they are starting to get discouraged in some San Diego markets and price ranges on the lack of inventory. There are also multiple offers on many homes sometimes exceeding 30 offers.

Some say the foreclosures are being held off the market because the banks are waiting to see if the Obama administration will subsidize the banks for their toxic assets. If that’s the case one of two things will happen the government “our tax dollars and our kids and grandkids tax dollars” will bailout the banks once again and then the foreclosures will come onto the San Diego market or the administration wont bail them out and the foreclosures will come on the market. Either way if this is the hold up let’s make a decision already because my buyers are getting real tired of waiting.

The word here in San Diego is that there are buyers galore and not enough homes for sale in some areas and some price ranges. Mostly first time home buyer price ranges. The inventory is filled with REO’s that are heavily damaged and needing lots of work or short sales with many offers and slow moving negotiators at banks. I HOPE by summer the Obama administration will CHANGE what’s going on.

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San Diego REO with Pool

This San Diego REO has a great built in pool with spa. Bank owned San Diego REO that has it all including 5 bedroom and 4 bathrooms. Tile, wood & carpet flooring thru out, tiled fireplace in family room, ceilings fans, blinds & overhead lighting. Large, open kitchen has island with vegetable sink, lots of cabinet space, and black countertops. Great loft upstairs perfect for den, office/computer room, TV room or play area. Big backyard has pool and spa with built in, covered BBQ & a fire pit.

$366,900 in South Bay San Diego. Visit our San Diego Foreclosure Search page for all San Diego REO’s for sale.

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San Diego REO – South Bay San Diego REO Video – 3 story Bank Owned REO with ocean, downtown and Coronado Island views. This San Diego REO is in great condition with some really spectacular upgrades. Tile floor downstairs that is laid diagonally. Living room in entry has high ceilings and is very dramatic. The kitchen in the REO home is huge and has dark wood cabinets and granite countertops. Downstairs bedroom with private entry and full bath downstairs. Second floor has 3 bedrooms and laundry room. All bedrooms have Berber carpet and painted nicely. Master bedroom has private deck with dramatic ocean views to the San Diego coastline. This REO home has 3 stories. Top floor is a huge open area for office, game room, theater or whatever you want. Don’t miss this San Diego REO……….

$ 384,900 4 bedroom 3 bath 2,776 Square Feet built in 2005.

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