I live in Orange County, but buy property in the Inland Empire.

You want to have as much covered as possible and be able to talk to partner without letting emotions or anger cloud judgement.  

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I go with a preponderance of evidence, just like Judge Judy :D - Vote to post ratio- Rough number of votes- Content of the post- My familiarity with the value of the poster's content- Whether the poster raised points I hadn't thought of before- Whether the poster's advice seems rational and reasonable- The type and length of experience of the poster- How the poster is held by other posters I respect- Whether or not the poster is selling anything/looking for business opportunities- Other (as applicable)I usually only look at profiles of either colleague requests or of people who I have become interested/intrigued in their posts.

Phillips, Gotha, parts of Ocoee; Seminole actually has more good schools than Orange County, and you can check out Altamonte Springs and Wekiva Springs.Disney also employs over 50,000 people, so Kissimmee, Davenport and to a lesser extent Poinciana are fantastic rental choices as well. 

The orange stuff "fire block" is not rated for this and the city knows it.In the basement I had to build up the stone wall that separates the units into those joist cavities as well. 

I'm looking to buy a single family home in the LA/Orange County area for about 180k (i.e I'm looking for the real value of the property to be around 240-250k).

@Saulo Queiroz do you happen to know if New York, Orange County has the same rules/code?

Kuba F. you should come down to West Anaheim if you need day labor.The Brookhurst St. store have dozens standing around looking for work.All the Home Depots in Northwest Orange County have day laborers to spare.

Specifically, I'm looking in LA and Orange county.