I have been a Florida boy for most of my life and have sand and oranges in my blood to prove it.

Thanks Paul, the purchase price of my friends house is, 1,175,000 (not 1.75M - my bad) and he has 10/1 ARM - and said he pays a monthly mortgage of $6k = which I failed to calculate - considering his hoa = $100 and property tax is standard Orange County = 1.05% Since he down-paid 30%, Going by your statement, it means he still has 30 years to pay off his loan with 1st 10 years at 3.1 interest rate and then for remaining 20 years - either he will refinance at that time into another ARM or 15 yr fixed loan or he will continue to pay remaining 20 years at yearly adjusted market rate.

Even with a patsy it didn't make sense to me to even try, i don't look good in orange.

If anyone is in the Orange County area I'd like to connect and build my network.

We all assume Manhattan is the Big Apple forever, but maybe people like Florida oranges better?   

It's apples to oranges.

At this point, duplexes/multiplexes seem appealing but I feel pretty limited and choked up as far as ['affordable'] choices are concerned here in Orange County.

Hi Chris Vicari I recently moved to Orange County from Charlotte, NC but had previously attended law school in SD, and prior to that, lived in LA.

I work in Orange County, but live in Long Beach.

I work for an agency in the antique district on orange ave and we are investors as well.