re: Daughter's So Cali mortgage went up about $500. mo due to tax increases. Crazy.

It's $3800 a month on a 1500 sq ft place that has parts of 3 Mexican families living next door. Renting. Move your liberal arse out there and report back on how you like it. Weather is nice. She walks to shopping if she wants but the costs are crazy. And actually the people are nice. But the costs are beyond ridiculous. I consult for a friend who rents a house in LA. About 4K sq ft. Nice place with a pool. He pays $16K a month rent. Now he lives on a 120 acre ranch with a huge barn and a 30 acre lake across the road from the river outside Sacramento. And he paid $2M which is actually not bad. But you move anywhere around the bay, or all the way to S.D. and it is beyond crazy and getting worse by the day.