Adieu, Santa Monica

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A quick personal note: The Viles family has picked up stakes and moved a few miles -- out of Santa Monica and into a rental house on the Westside of L.A. We’re very happy to have a backyard, a garage full of bikes and surfboards, and a palm tree.

About now most of you are asking who gives a hoot. Well, a small number of you have expressed interest in my living situation. (Does he rent or own? Is he a bitter renter or smug owner?) Since it is, after all, a real estate blog, I’ve viewed it as within the expected transparency of the blog to answer.

This was not a carefully calculated rent vs. buy decision -- that’s a calculation that comes after you’ve crossed the magical line of affordability. We’re happy to be in a small house, and someday we’d like to own one.

Enough personal stuff. Back to the grind!

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