When Woodbury started selling, few imagined there would ever be properties available for under $300,000. In fact most imagined that there would be no properties under a million by the time it was built out. It hasn’t worked out that way.

Asking Price: $299,000
Address: 37 Regal, Irvine, CA 92620

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Earlier this year I profiled an REO on Lakepines that is now a 2003 rollback. The next-door neighbor is trying to sell for 30% more. Good luck with that.

Asking Price: $289,000
Address: 16 Lakepines, Irvine, CA 92620

Asking Price: $375,000
Address: 17 Lakepines, Irvine, CA 92620
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Today’s featured property shows what happens when you do everything wrong when investing in real estate. The result is the wrong house in the wrong neighborhood at the wrong time. Someone is going to lose money on this one; it is only a matter of who and when.

Asking Price: $1,399,000
Address: 4931 Karen Ann Ln, Irvine, CA 92604
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