http://www.zillow.com/advice/Encinitas-CA/home-buying/question-discussion-guide/ Zillow Advice search results | Zillow Real Estate http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/i-found-out-that-a-lot-in-wildflower-sold-for-750-000-3029-wildflower-drive-encinitas-is-this-true/277149/ 0 replies Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:21:00 GMT http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/i-found-out-that-a-lot-in-wildflower-sold-for-750-000-3029-wildflower-drive-encinitas-is-this-true/277149/ 2009-09-09T23:21:00Z http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/WHAT%27S-ALL-THE-FUSS-ABOUT-LIVING-ON-THE-BEACH-ABOUT/262652/ <strong>I have lived&nbsp;on or&nbsp;near Southern California Beaches all my life and I'm hard pressed to see what all the fuss is about</strong>. Sure it's nice from a convenience stand point and you certainly can't beat the ambience and the charm that beach life has to offer overall. But I really feel an urge to fess up to some facts that a lot of otherwise envious folks may not be aware of. Nowadays you're really much better off renting a vacation home or at the most buying an affordable second home like a condo, du, tri or even 4plex, or a mobile or manufactuerd home than tying up millions of dollars on a waterfront property even if you have the doe-rey-me.Here's why. Unless you're filthy rich and money just doesn't mean anything the day you purchase a home near&nbsp;a salt water beach&nbsp;(up to a mile inland in most cases) is the day your spending begins and&nbsp;doesn't end till the day you sell.<strong>In the first place there are several months out of the year when you are socked in with fog and overcast typically from late April well into July and sometimes even into August</strong>. You wake up to a thick layer of overcast called an inversion layer typically known as a "Catalina Eddy". Sometimes it doesn't burn off until late afternoon if at all and usually returns in the evening.&nbsp;Locals refer to it a "May Gray" and "June Gloom" They haven't found names for July and Augest yet but it seems that with every passing year our gray skies extend further and further into the year.&nbsp;Please feel free to view the entire blog with related photos on Active Rain. Just do a search for On The Level and our entire blog will appear.<br \><br \>11 replies Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.zillow.com/advice-thread/WHAT%27S-ALL-THE-FUSS-ABOUT-LIVING-ON-THE-BEACH-ABOUT/262652/ 2009-07-30T21:35:00Z