I'm sorry, but I don't mean to question your lifestyle, but I must.

Really, I have to in order to be helpful. It's not that I disapprove of your lifestyle and how you want to live your life - you certainly have the right to live the way you want - but since you are moving here to the Carlsbad area (or elsewhere in North San Diego County on or near the coast where I work) it's important that I know certain things about how you live. 

Hopefully you will understand my nosiness and be comfortable sharing the way you like to live, and perhaps more importantly the lifestyle you desire once you relocate here to Southern California. 

In case you are concerned about where this may be leading, don't be. 

Southern California offers a different lifestyle for many because of the great weather we have, and much of what folks in SoCal really like about being here is the fact that they can enjoy the outdoors most if not all the year - sports, recreation, dining and much more. So that's a big piece of what folks are looking for when they move here. And perhaps many of you are not even aware how different your lifestyle might be after leaving the upper Midwest or New England, for example.

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I work with a lot of folks who are relocating a significant distance, and in many cases from areas where the weather and other components of how they live are rather different than in SoCal. So finding out not only how you live but what you are seeking when you move here is essential so I can guide you in the right direction. Here are a few examples. 

• Some neighborhoods will not work for you if you want to be within walking distance to the beach, or directly on the beach
• If you want to live along a golf course, that eliminates many neighborhoods and narrows the search to certain areas and price ranges
• Do you want to be able to walk to the beach and amenities or is a car drive OK
• Pools and spas are more prevalent here (it's a weather thing!) so if that's important your search criteria should include that, or perhaps a willingness to install a pool or spa. 

I created a questionnaire to target buyer's home search criteria they are seeking and ask buyers to complete this, or at least to look at it to help sort through what's really important. You can download this questionnaire on the Savvy Buyers page of my real estate website. 

My new questionnaire focuses on Buyer's Lifestyles, since I have found many buyers have fairly specific expectations of what they are seeking in their move to Southern California and they vary quite a bit from person to person.

These expectations can impact the type of home, location, neighborhood, access to amenities and many other factors that we need to sort through to find the right property. 

Even if you don't complete the questionnaire, it will help you sort through the issues that matter to you most, and we can talk further about your desired lifestyle as part of the home searching process. 

Download the Buyer's Lifestyle Questionnaire (1^st draft 10/09) on my Savvy Buyer's page of my real estate website. 

Here's to YOUR new lifestyle in Carlsbad or elsewhere here in coastal North San Diego County.