by uptown » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:48 pm
phinneygirl -
I know plenty of people who bought at the top of the last California boom. All managed to come out of it with large profits. The trick is none were heavily leveraged (20% down was the norm), and all bought in very good areas, but not the most expensive.
The funny thing about bubbles is that all boats rise together, even a POS will be priced like it's best neighbor; which in a normal RE market would not be true.
Enjoy your new home.