Buy vs. Rent part 2

The NY Times just put out another interesting article debating buying vs. renting. It specifically says some interesting things about the bay area. I liked the rent ratio metric that they discuss, it was new to me. I also like the mortgage calculator on this article better than the other NY Times mortgage calculator I link in a previous article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/business/economy/21leonhardt.html

Megan's law

I was talking to a friend who just sold his house. He was telling me that he almost sold his house a few weeks earlier, until the couple checked the area for sex offenders. This is an important aspect to consider, especially if you have or plan to have children. In California, you can see all registered sex offenders on a map through the following website:

http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/