I was wondering if other BP members in Orange County, CA would be interested in meeting up to discuss real estate investment strategy, success stories, investment opportunities?  

Hello everyone,I am looking to purchase a house in Orange County, CA in the range of $400-500k.

They are based in Orange County, California.

Hi everyone, I'm a new member here in orange county Virginia.

There are a lot of older townhomes in less nice parts of the neighborhood, but that seems like and "apples and oranges" situation to me.

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.

Originally posted by @Judy Raymond:Be careful.

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

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