Well just was offered a promotion in Riverside CA with my company. Very nice upgrade in salary, cost of living adjustment on top of that (23% diff), and a company vehicle.

I know nothing of the area though, any fellow CA folks know or heard of riverside? I know the housing market there is a huge change vs Kentucky.

I am currently in a 3700SQ/ft 3quarter brick house atm, 10ft ceilings etc; now out in Kentucky that cost about $240,000.00; I imagine its going to cost about double for that in CA if not more. Anyone have any suggestions of area?

 

Riverside is pretty much the hood. You'll want to move away from there and communte into work.

 

Any area's around?

 

Riverside isn't all that nice IMO. Look at Murrieta or towards Corona. 3700 square foot in a nice area of Riveride County will run you 275-300 per square foot. 500,000 will get you a shoebox with no front or back yard. Brace yourself.....nothing about California is cheap. Gas, food, housing, electricity and everthing else. The weather is great -- everything else no so great....

 

riverside is great for in my opinon...FrankW and others are close to riverside...so i guess more to do with ur C32? right? hahah well i would perfer Cali over Indiana anytime...even though im stuck here for now...btw congrats on ur promo.!

 

welcome to the Inland Empire...

Riverside is nice in certain areas and a dump in others. Buy a house on the hills, and make sure is a brand new community. Riverside has a very old spanish style downtown, and certain parts are old and others are booming.

Other than that.. just rent for a few months and check out the place.

A nice house will run you 600k plus at least... plus look out for HOA, and additional property taxes.

Every town around here has the ghetto.. so let's not stereotype Riverside.

 

Congrats on your promo. That $240k will get you an apartment out here. If you want something close to what you're living in now that'll cost you about $600k+. Hope your upgrade in salary is well worth the move out here.

 

Yeah rite... Did I live in a stone age or fly through the future?

I thought LA area has been going up like crazy for the past 2 years.... they're now almost as expensive as the average area in Norcal... Am I just not following the housing market there? My apology if I'm wrong.

But if James is right, you're still lucky to be placed over there... in Bay Area... $240K couldn't get you anything.... not even a **** in ghetto areas..... $600K got you an OK house.... errrr.... like 1/3 of your house in KY and old and for sure no bricks

For a 3700sqft relatively new house... expect to fork over $1.5MM.

BTW, congrats... a promotion is always nice.

 

Well its a weird situation. My employer will do a 7 year 80(they finance)/20(i finance) split with the house, which is what I will need to probably take advantage of. The salary is comfortable, but again, I dont want to be house broke

I have looked a few online, it looks like with an 80/20 split I would be looking at 900k to 1.2million.

 

Dude we're not in the Flinstones era anymore ok?!

Apology accepted.

Actually for $240k that'll get you a moded Ferrari 360CS. Who needs a house when you have a Ferrari right? LOL

As what Shaggy would say.....Zoinks!!!!! LOL

 

Where is this area?

http://www.realtor.com/Prop/1060298813

 

Obviously some of this people haven't been to Riverside lately. I have seen this city improve over the years I have been living here for 5 yrs. New strip malls are better looking than any strip malls in LA. Roads and fwys are better maintained traffic is better than in LA. That real state you 're looking at is about 10 mins away from where I live. I must say that house if it's new is about right but used that is overprice. There is a new community that you can buy a new house for the same price if not less. Beautiful location and only about 15 mins drive to Riverside. Place is located in South Corona off Weirick Rd I will get you the info this weekend. There are closer homes off La Sierra near Lake Matthews huge house and lots. Don't be discourage Riverside will continue to improve I use to hate it here, but that has change over the years. Goodluck!

 

you've all probably seen this before but i think its appropriate. Pay special attention to # 22. Alumar, if you didn't know, "909" is an area code in riverside.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEN:

1) Your monthly house payments exceed your monthly income.
2) You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.
3) You don't know anyone's phone number unless you check your cell phone.
4) You speak Spanish, but you're not Mexican.
5) You begin to "lie" to your friends about how close you are when you know damn well that it'll take you at least an hour to get there (see below).
6) Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".
7) You drive to your neighborhood block party.
8) In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day or mow your lawn in your shorts on New Years Day, and maybe sunburn
9) You eat a different ethnic food for every meal.
10) If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.
11) Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.
12) You know what "In-'N-Out" is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.
13) You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.
14) You really can never be too rich or too thin or too tan.
15) You've partied in Tijuana at least 3 times and you don't remember at least 1 of them.
16) You go to a tanning salon before going to the beach.
17) You eat pineapple on pizza.
18) Your cell phone has left a permanent impression on the side of your head.
19) You think that Venice is a beach.
20) The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.
21) You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.
22) You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area code: "949." Nobody likes anyone from the "909" because it stinks there.
23) You call 911 and they put you on hold.
24) You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.
25) The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.
26) You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It doesn't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them for whatever reason.
27) You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.
28) You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "five" mean.
29) You can't remember . . . is pot illegal?
30) It's barely sprinkling rain and there's a report on every news station: "STORM WATCH".
31) The Terminator is your governor.
32) You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from California

 

Damn.... 80/20 split I assume 80% your employer & 20% you.... that's a very good deal.... My employer only gave me an offer to pay all of my sale expenses (realtor, bla bla bla) and taxes, if any, for the capital gains... and a 20% down payment of the house over in DE, PA, NJ area.

But too bad, I like CA much better than DE, PA & NJ (no offense to DE, PA & NJ members... )... so I decided to stay and do cross country every month

 

Thanks for reminding me again why I do live in Louisville.

 

See Riverside is getting better already. Riverside got a new area code about 2-3 yrs ago so now it's 951 instead of 909. Who stinks now! LOL!

 

welcome to socal buddy!

 

Been several years since I was there, but Rancho Cucamonga was a little nicer than some of the other town in the Inland Empire. And as others have stated, don't expect to get anything close to what you had in KY for the money you spent.

 

I work in Corona. Lots of schools, new homes, and shopping center developments. Most people are buying houses in the Inland Empire now, because houses are more affordable there, like in Hesperia. Corona is a good place to live, and it's closer to the O.C. than Riverside. Commuting from Corona to Riverside is no problem since it's going against traffic (15-20 mins). For comparison, the average price/sq ft in the nicer areas of Anaheim Hills, Orange, and Huntington Beach is about $400/sq ft. The homes and shopping centers in Riverside are older and boring. There's not much to do in the Inland Empire. Most people go to the O.C. or LA for entertainment. Most importantly, all of the good car tuning shops are in the O.C. (Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Irvine) like Brabus/CEC, Evosport, HOP, EF1, etc. One exception is TWS, which is located in the Inland Empire (Walnut). It can get very hot in the Inland Empire.

 

OMG you have no clue how close to home that hits

Specially #32

 

Only been through there a handful of times, but I'd have to agree, commute in.