• Living in Point Loma Heights: Homes, Prices and Daily Life,Shirin Kheshti

    Living in Point Loma Heights: Homes, Prices and Daily Life

    Drive up Voltaire Street from the beach and the houses start climbing almost immediately. By the time you pass Catalina Boulevard the ocean is behind you and, if you turn around at the right cross street, it fills the whole windshield. That hill, the one between Ocean Beach and the older money on th

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  • Point Loma vs Ocean Beach: Which San Diego Neighborhood Is Right for You?,Shirin Kheshti

    Point Loma vs Ocean Beach: Which San Diego Neighborhood Is Right for You?

    The first time I drove a client from a quiet street in Loma Portal down the hill and into Ocean Beach, I watched her face change at the exact moment the two neighborhoods handed off to each other. One minute we were under old trees on a street where every lawn was mowed, and a few minutes later we w

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  • San Diego Property Taxes: What You Actually Pay and Why,Shirin Kheshti

    San Diego Property Taxes: What You Actually Pay and Why

    It comes up every time in escrow, in almost the same way. A buyer plugs the purchase price into an online mortgage calculator, sees a tax estimate that looks reasonable, then opens the preliminary title report or the first real tax bill and finds a number that does not match. Sometimes the gap is sm

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