Welcome to our blog from the other half of the team! I have been fascinated with the housing bubble since I smelled it coming several years ago, and I became a “bubblehead blog lurker” several months ago in earnest (I’m kind of addicted!). From a combination of good luck, perceptiveness, some minimal knowledge of economics from my recent MBA degree, and some not so good personal stuff (getting divorced), I managed to buy my first house in 1998 and sell in December 2005. So right now I am sitting on a nice, fat wad of cash stashed away in high-yielding CDs until the time is right for me to jump back into the market. So although as you will see from my upcoming posts I am decidedly a bubblehead (housing market bear), it is not due to being a “bitter renter” as many of the mudslinging RE professionals, FBs, and assorted GFs like to assume.

I currently rent in Westpark and have spent the past 4-5 months visiting dozens of open houses in Northwood and Woodbury, as well as model homes in Woodbury and Portola Springs. Look for commentary from me on these Irvine villages, as well as Northpark, Woodbridge, and maybe a few of the ridiculous high-rises on the other side of town too.