• 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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  • San Diego Closing Costs: What Buyers and Sellers Actually Pay,Shirin Kheshti

    San Diego Closing Costs: What Buyers and Sellers Actually Pay

    The question comes up almost every escrow, usually right after the Closing Disclosure lands. A buyer has budgeted for the down payment and maybe the inspection, and then a page of fees shows up that adds thousands more before they get the keys. A seller has the sale price in their head, minus the mo

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  • Point Loma or Clairemont? What Your Budget Actually Buys in San Diego Right Now,Shirin Kheshti

    Point Loma or Clairemont? What Your Budget Actually Buys in San Diego Right Now

    Every week I get a version of the same question: "what does my budget actually get me?" It is a fair question, and it deserves a real answer instead of a vague one. So instead of talking in ranges, here is what three specific budgets buy in Point Loma versus Clairemont right now, side by side. At $9

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