May 6, 2008

Bargain Buys / Home Expo 2008

Be There or Be Square

Wow, is it that time again already? Yes! Time for the first annual San Diego Home Expo where we can learn all about buying, selling and maintaining a home. Exhibits and speakers will enlighten and inform us. This will be May 10, Saturday, at the Convention Center downtown.

You will find speakers discussing “What can I really afford?”, “loan options”, “how to get my home ‘For Sale’ ready”, and “Advantages & Costs of Going GREEN”. Lori Staehling, 2008 SDAR President will tell us “Why work with a REALTOR®?”. Upstairs will be workshops on “What to do when the Tide Turns?”, “Disaster Preparedness” and “Preparing To Buy Your First Home”- some in both English and Spanish.

I didn’t count, but there must be 100 exhibitors including lenders, builders, remodelers, publishers, Realtors, and consumer advocates. Major sponsors include Countrywide, Sandicor, the Union-Trib, Building Industry Association and, of course, the San Diego Association of Realtors.

Don’t fall for the people offering free admision tickets with strings attached. You can get your own at the web site.

This should be fun and informative, I’ll be there. BTW, May 9 is for real estate pros only.

Now let’s look at some Bargain Buys in East County. These are all single family detached homes of medium size and have a low cost per square foot.

Address Bd/Ba Sq.Ft. $/SqFt Price Comment 849 Lemon Av,EC 3/2 1,656 145 $240k built 1960, was $397k in 7/07 826 N 1st St,EC 3/2 1,748 171 $299k 1969, listed 12 days, was $455k in ‘06 172 S Gina Av,EC 3/2 1,640 173 $283k 1953, 18 days, foreclosure 7373 Central Av,LG 3/1 1,658 175 $290k 1952, 61 days, 0.38 Acres 3415 Trophy Dr,LM 3/3 1,487 188 $280k 1951, 76 days, was $402k ‘07

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Thanks for stopping by. If you buy one of my featured homes, come back and tell me about it. I have no financial interest in these listings- they’re there because I think you might like them.

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[data from generally reliable sources, please comment on any errors!]

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