We might have no choice but to leave California. *$2 million dollars is the new $0*

We are officially priced out of our $2 million neighborhood here in Orange County, California. >> Yeah, prices are basically going crazy right now. Like prices are doubling. And if we wanted to like buy our house right now, if we were in the market for it, we wouldn't even be able to afford it. >> We sure could not even afford it. Wow. This is like we may actually have to move out of California. So, this is what you guys said in our notes. I have notes because you guys you had some good comments. You said with $2 million, you can get acres of land, build your own houses with family. That is very true. >> Family. As a realtor, put it up for sale now. Do not wait. 24K in property taxes is like buying a small car each year. >> That's true. >> That's crazy. >> That's true. Yeah. Buying a new car every single year. >> Buy cars. We would have bought six cars by now. Y'all can buy a home here in Houston, six bedrooms, 4,000 square ft for like 350K. We could buy a little neighborhood at that point. >> I know, right? We could definitely buy land for that. Honestly, California is insane with prices. 1 million is the new 100k. You can get a shack for 100k here now. Maybe they meant you can't get a shack for 100k here now. I hope the prices stop going up soon or no one will be able to live here anymore. And that is so true, you guys. Like, >> yeah. And I think that's like a lot of Californians like, you know, situation. and they don't really know if they should stay because they can't find what they need and so they're feeling a lot of pressure to buy something. >> West Coast is so high. Y'all could have purchased a triple Y on land and still not have spent anywhere close to that. And you guys could have got your own pool, too. It's getting so expensive to live here. And even with a budget of a million, you really for a family like ours, for a large family, there's really not much that we can get or do here in Orange County, California. Um, I'm not sure about other places in California, but definitely here it's like it's not really even a feasible thing. Love you guys. Got to comment on California housing though. I was born there in 1952 LA. The stuckle homes were sturdy and relatively problem-f free. As I was growing up there, starting in the 1980s, I believe cheaper construction materials were used. So, make sure you buy a home built when the structures and materials were strong and durable. and tell these people to stop tripping on your hair. Check out the ancient hairstyles of Rwanda monarchy. You are on point. >> You're not East African though. >> I know my hair look good. And I'm about to dye this little strip right here like pink. I think I cut it down, but I'm going to dye it. A lot of the houses that were bought at the same time our house was built, those people done gone and moved, Joe. They they done left. >> They sure did. >> But I love California. I don't I really don't want to leave here. Like sunshine, you know, all the California things. Yeah, I mean it feels good out here, but I think before we like look elsewhere, we should definitely look at all the local options like maybe like Northern California, San Diego area. >> I always love San Diego. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I don't know about North California, though. >> I mean, I looked at some places and there's a lot of diverse places up there. It's It's kind of amazing. >> Yeah. I mean, we could even rent. Wait till the prices go back to regular. Or we can just buy a big old RV, sell all of our stuff, and just drive up and down the coast. >> We can do that, too. We have options, you know. >> So, the question is, is there any way we can make staying here in California work on our budget? On budget, though. >> Isn't that crazy? Like the million million dollars is like the new new middle class, right? Yeah. You want to move to a different place or you want to stay here in California? >> I want to go to um Maryland. >> Maryland. A Why does everybody want to live in Maryland? >> Because people must. >> Yeah, cuz you're there. >> What if they move? What if they move to California? >> So cute, Joe. And I want to go to Tanning cuz it snows there. >> Yeah, cuz it snows. Yeah. Well, we really love living in California. And so like for the past year, we have been just going around the open houses like trying to find something. Um Okay. Yeah. Orange juice. You want that? Okay, sir. You may have that. We've been trying to find something that would fit us. Looking in different areas with no budget in mind. We're just looking for like a house that could fit us. >> Yeah. See what works. >> Yeah. And um the prices are literally insane. So like the one house that we found that we really love that we recorded, it was like great and perfect for our family and like it made us feel like, okay, we definitely need to move. Like this house fits us better. >> Is that the $5 million house? >> Yeah, it was $5 million. >> The $8 million house. >> It was $5 million >> or the $12 million house. I mean, everything after 8 million, all houses seemed like, yeah, this could this could work, you know? >> But that house was $5 million. Like, this it it was not it was the price was $5 million, but the house is not worth $5 million, y'all. It's just not, you know, at least looking at it though motivated us to move. Like, that's kind of what we're trying to do is look at places, motivate us to move, and get up out of here. Okay, so we're going to do a little bit of house shopping. Um, but before we go house shopping, we want to thank the sponsor of today's video, Azuna. 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Thanks again to Azuna for sponsoring this video. >> So, both me and Elena, we talked individually to a lot of different realators in the area just to kind of get a vibe of like the neighborhoods, the current like buying market, the selling market, and I mean answers are all across the spectrum. >> Yeah. Well, I know a lot of But one of the things that we noticed that a lot of people were moving out of state. Like a lot of people weren't moving to a different house. Like almost everyone was moving out of state. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. And so then I'm like, >> what what does that mean? >> It mean everybody's moving out of state. Y'all y'all need to move out of state, too. >> Well, no. Is that that that's my that's my question. It's like are people moving out of state and like the masses of people are doing that? Is that the right thing to do? >> It wasn't just like anybody and everybody. Remember the one guy whose kids were like graduating and so he was moving to Texas to buy land to build them all houses. Yeah. >> Remember that? Yeah. And so then I was like, "Well, ding ding ding. If they are doing that and they're at the end when their kids are already grown, like we need to take note." So today we want to go and just check out Orange County. That's where we live. and see, you know, if we put in all the parameters of everything that we know we want in a house, which is >> so bare minimum, I would say like five bedrooms. >> Mhm. >> Or if we have five, it needs to at least have space to be able to have a sixth if we wanted to. >> Or seventh. >> Or seventh. Yeah, definitely. We want an ADU or space to create a ADU. A pool. Do you think a pool is necessary? >> Yeah, I think maybe. I mean, or space for a pool. >> Who knows? Maybe somebody would get a smor and dig us up a pool and put it back there. That is >> okay. Um, what else? >> Land. We need land. >> Yeah. I mean, you need land to do any of these things. >> At least a half a acre. If we're talking about here in Orange County, at least a half. But we would love an acre. So, if I put in five bedrooms, >> five bedrooms, >> a house, a pool. >> Mhm. >> What else? >> Um, lot size. >> Lot size. Let's even put a quarter of an acre because who knows, you know, some might be 0.949. And then the square footage, I would say minimum $4,000 just to go bigger. If we do that, the cheapest house with those parameters is $1.7 million. >> Mhm. >> Which which isn't like I mean, but it's this house for $1.7 million, Joe. >> Yeah. So that's like >> What am I looking at? I'm just looking at just a I'm looking at a $400,000 house. >> Yeah. I mean, that's it's like a older older build, remodeled obviously um in kind of like a busy neighborhood. >> Yeah. And there's only two homes here for under 2 million. Like this one is nice. Oh, this is your Belinda. Oh, we should go look at this one. But we have to remember to keep our numbers down. I mean, this one is nice, right? We should go see this. It's okay. >> Well, it has it has ain't got no backyard. >> It is a little bit old, but it does have everything. >> Ain't got no backyard. Ain't got no room for a playground, a play set. That's a quarter of an acre. >> Mhm. >> Really? >> That's nice though. Upgies are nice. See, I like it cuz it's hardwearing though. It's like >> Well, it's also a nice neighborhood. >> Yeah. >> You know, so >> the house is ugly though. >> Is it that and this? >> No, it's just the own. It's It doesn't have ADU. >> Oh. >> Yeah. >> Can we We need to write that in. >> We should write in an ADU. Can you write that? >> Well, maybe we don't. >> Well, no, because like we could always build an ADU. >> We could. We could. >> So, yeah. There's only two homes under $2 million. >> So, basically, it jumps from 1.7 and then it feels like you skipped all the twos. >> I know. Oh my gosh. This is the house that we looked at last time. It's 3.8 million now. >> It's cheaper. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. They cut it by >> What did they cut it by, y'all? They cut it by $800,000. >> Wow. >> It was $4.6 million. Now it's $3.8 million. >> That's what I'm saying. They putting up prices on homes that don't make no sense. >> Yeah, they're just playing with people's feelings. >> Yeah, they playing with our dollars, Joe. They playing with people's dollars. >> It's like imaginary numbers. Like, why are they doing that? >> I don't know. Because I guess people who have that much money, they're just like 3 million or 4 million. >> No. >> Well, that's a whole million. >> I think money still matters in the single digits. Single digit millions. >> Yeah. So, today we're going to look at this house. It's eight bedrooms, 7 and a half bath, and it's $4.7 million. But it has an ADU. We're going to stop by and look at it just because just because this is like the kind of house we would want if we stayed here in California. So, we just want to get a vibe of it and just I don't know. I guess we just want to come to the realization that we can't afford this house. >> That's not But that's not how I feel when I when I walk into like newly remodeled or new homes or like architectural homes. To me, it brings like inspiration into like what >> Oh, what we want when we move. >> Well, what we want, but also like what there is out there because like we can walk into like a old rickety house and because we didn't look around, we can be like, "Wow, this is really nice, >> but there's like standards to what the market sees, like the perceived value of what is nice." And I think that we should also like consider that to consider that we're holding an asset as well. >> Yeah, we should definitely do that. >> Okay, so we're here at a house that we would love to have here in California. It's got all our specs. >> Had eight bedrooms. It's got 7 and 1/2 bathrooms. It's huge. >> Yeah, it's got a ADU. I think it's on at least a half of an acre. And you know, it is further away from the beach, but it's still in Orange County. It's still fairly near the area that we're used to, but you guys, this house costs $5 million. So, we're going to go in and take a look and see what we could get. Even though it's crazy expensive, we definitely cannot afford this. But at least we want to know what the standard is when we're looking in other places and see kind of like what we would miss if we do decide to leave. Or maybe we can rent here and then we can just wait until we have enough money to buy the house that we actually desire. I don't know. We'll see. Let's just go everywhere else. Okay. It has a bathroom. Nice. Very similar to our house. Very, very similar to our house. And this is you can see the pool from this room. So, this is the first bedroom. It's got a decent size closet. I love these doors. Wow, these handles. They're so nice. This is the master. Wow. Okay, wait. I have to wait for Joe to see this. This is so pretty. Oh my gosh. This is a lot like our house, you guys. A lot. Got your shower, your nice bathtub that works. Look at the closet. >> This is like exactly And this is exactly how our house was for the first time. Feels like there should be like a queen-siz bed right here. >> Yeah, but it's a closet. It's got a washer and dryer hook up. >> Yeah. >> This is like an upgraded version of our house, isn't it? >> It feels material-wise. Yeah. >> Yeah. They got the double shower heads. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> Always wanted to do that. >> Man, this is so much bigger than ours. The walls are really nice, too. I love this like this thing. This is the master bedroom, isn't it? >> Yeah. >> Except feels so much like our house. >> Yeah. Like you said, like an upgraded version of it. It feels so much like our house. Like I would feel super comfortable here. Like I wouldn't get that new house syndrome, you know? This is nice. The the ceiling is nice. The ability to look outside to the pool is really nice. >> What you end up doing? >> Three car garage. >> Yeah. >> Oh, it's hot in here. They don't even have a tankless water heater. Yo, Joe, you got to ask him about is that a water heater? That's not a That's just a regular water heater. It's not tankless. So basically what that means that they don't have a take this water heater is that you know they will always be trying to get hot water. This thing will always have to make hot water and for a large family that's a no no >> under staircase. It's nice. They even got the recessed lighting inside of it. >> Yeah. >> I love this. >> Yeah. >> Nice little move. Joe, >> we definitely are is missing this space. >> Washer, dryer. >> Looking just like our house. I'm sorry. Bedroom. Got the closet here. The >> bedroom. >> Wow. Such a >> Oh, the gray. Never thought about gray as the bed like that. Very nice. >> It's almost like a brass. >> I love these doors. >> I don't know if they would be hard to clean though cuz they have those ridges in them. I love that every room has a view. Has like a really nice view. We don't have that. We don't have views in our house. >> Backed up against a lot of green. >> That's what you're paying for. What's this? Oh, this is a bathroom. >> Yeah. >> Wow. >> It's kind of a small. >> It's just low. >> Yeah. >> It's for a child, though. >> Oh, look at us. We're the cutest little family ever. >> It's like we're just starting. >> I know. We should lie to them and say we don't have any other kids. If you guys are watching us for the first time, we have nine kids. Yes. From the age of 5 months to 20. And this also has a view. Oh, this way. You can see the pool really well. >> I see. >> Wow. Every bathroom bathroom has a really nice bathroom. Oh, and double sinks. >> Yeah, it's like >> Why do we need this many double sinks? >> Oh, wow. This is the biggest room. >> Kind of like a Jack and Jill, right? It is a Jack and Jill. >> Yes, it's a Jack and Jill. >> The views are viewing everywhere. Seriously, >> the main house is 38. >> Okay. >> 38. >> Okay. So, that's even bigger than our house. >> Yeah. >> Oh, Joe, this is exactly what we need. >> Yeah, this definitely feels like >> Oh, the window is so pretty, you guys. This is really, really nice. This is nice. >> This is not like a regular ADU. >> Yeah. >> No, this is like a whole another house. >> Mini house >> apartment. It's got a fulls size uh washer in here. Bathroom. Oh my gosh. Another bathroom. I thought that. And a huge closet. What the heck? >> It was really nice. Really, really nice. >> Yeah, very nice. >> But it's $4.7 million. $1,000 each square foot. >> Yep. >> Honestly, this is why we are looking outside of Orange County because we really can't get what we want. I mean, even if we had a $2 million budget, this house is $4 million. And I know anywhere else in the United States for $4 million, you can get a lot more than a half a acre in eight bedrooms. >> So, what to do? Okay, so we saw that house. You guys saw how it's really unrealistic to think that we're going to be able to afford a 7bedroom house here in California, specifically in Orange County. So, our other option was, okay, well, let's go and see what a million dollars can get us in Orange County, and that is absolutely nothing. >> Apartments, condos, >> no houses. >> No houses. Yeah. >> Like very little. Like, I did a search and I don't think there was anything in the OC that had like four bedrooms at least, um, 2,000 ft for at a million. Like, there were some above it. >> Yeah. Like 1.2ish or so. >> Yeah. So now it's like, okay, if we want to stay in the OC, what are our options? And I think the clearest option is for us to sell our home and then to rent out another house. >> I mean, that is an option. Sell the house and then renting elsewhere. Taking what we earned from that, renting somewhere else. >> Yeah. Just taking it to have it as our own and then um >> and then just waiting until the market just kind of cools down, right? I wouldn't say waiting for the market to cool down. I would say waiting for us to have enough money to buy and stay here or just maybe even just decide to rent here forever. I mean, we could do that. Yeah, we could. When I say forever, I don't mean forever. I just mean for like indefinitely until like maybe the kids are older and we can buy a smaller home or maybe until we're retired. I mean, that's not that far away from right now. We could literally right now like rent out a house probably for like $6,500 that would fit our needs. If we just wanted to like stay here and be in the OC and keep our kids at the same schools and enjoy the same lifestyle, we can probably get that for 6,500. >> Yeah, 6,500 would definitely get us what we want or what we need >> or something like that in the area. Yes, that's exactly what we need. >> But still being in the area while at the same time being able to just hold on to that money, maybe invest it, >> you know, save it for another home. Yeah. >> You know, to just delay the decision of >> buying here, >> but I mean that just gives us more time. Do we want to just keep on having >> so much time to >> to do what? >> It would just take our time. We would just decide on where we want to be at. I don't know. It would just >> Oh, we can hop around. >> Yeah. No. Oh, you talking about hop around neighborhoods. >> Hop around neighborhoods. Hop around cities. >> What I was thinking is that we delay the decision of where we want to live by renting. >> Yeah, that's the decision we're delaying. I mean, >> if we sell the house and we end up with a million dollars, I mean, we can do a lot with a million dollars. >> I wasn't thinking so much of like delaying the decision. I was just thinking of like testing out places until there's somewhere we're like, "Yeah, we really want to settle here." That's what I was thinking. >> She's She's talking. >> I do think that renting is a good idea because then we're not particularly contingent on anywhere. We can just get up and leave within a span of a couple weeks to a month or two. >> And what I'm saying, if even renting for one year lets us just enjoy California weather and vibes for one more year while, you know, we just go look around for your different places, that's cool, too. There's something wrong with that. >> Now that I think about it, as the kids are getting older, some of them need to finish high school. Some of them are kind of going to be entering high school and stuff like that. So, renting might be really good to be able to time >> just their life >> so that they can finish their >> chapters in their life, you know? >> Now, or we could rent out our current house to somebody else, let them take over that mortgage while we go and rent out a less expensive mortgage from somebody else. So, we let someone handle our mortgage, then we go get half a mortgage from somebody. We go pay somebody else's mortgage. >> Yeah. Do you like that idea? >> No. I hate that idea. >> I don't like that idea either. >> I don't want to be a landlord. I don't want to be a California landlord either. I heard the horror stories that they can stay in your house after they've been there for a year. We can't force them out. >> So, what you're telling me is, I'm going to say this from a pessimistic standpoint. M someone comes in, takes over our mortgage that they may or may not pay, >> mess up our house while we go and pay someone else's mortgage. >> Yeah. Mess up their house. >> And mess up their house. >> And what kind of position that does that put us in, >> you know? >> But the good thing about renting out our house is that we can always come back to it if we don't like where we end up moving. Even even if that's out of state or whatever, we can just come back. But now with those California landlord uh laws, it's stressful. >> It's really going to depend on a lot of different factors for that to go smoothly. >> Yeah. >> And also just to find someone that can pay our mortgage, you know, and then, you know, you got to apparently you got to get realators and then pay them commission fees to get someone to rent out your house. I don't like all that. >> Finder fee. >> Yeah. It's too much. >> When we moved from Maryland to California, we kept our old house and we got tenants, but those were people we knew. >> Yeah. >> So, if we could do that here, that'd be great. But I don't know nobody who can buy the the thing or our house or whatever. Yeah. I mean, we can manage the property ourselves, which is stressful, or we can get a management company to do it. But I don't know. All of that just >> sounds like a complicated life, doesn't it? >> Yeah. Sounds like a job and risky and something I don't want to do while I'm also trying to raise children right now. So, >> she's so cute, Molina. >> Hi, She could talk now. She could say da da and papa. Before she was just say, >> how do you feel about like being a landlord? >> I don't like the idea. There's just too many too many things that go along with it. It is a whole job like you were saying. >> It makes it really easy when you have really good tenants, but if you have really hard tenants to work with, it becomes very hard and difficult. And I don't want to do that as a job. And we don't want to do that. We don't want to do that as a job. Even though in the long run it could make us a lot of money, it's just not something I I don't want to do that. >> And I especially don't want to do it in California. >> I don't want no California drama >> to strangers essentially, right? >> Yep.

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