san_clemente_sports_park_vista_hermosaGreat news for San Clemente residents! The new sports park that has been long awaited for, is scheduled to open this coming January 28th, and will be known as 'Vista Hermosa Sports Park'.

Vista Hermosa Sports Park means "beautiful view" in Spanish, and it identifies the location of the park off Vista Hermosa and La Pata Avenue. Vista Hermosa has an exit of the 5 Freeway, which makes the park have an easy access to visitors and sports teams.

The park, which the city spent $33 million into building it consists of 45 acres owned by the city of San Clemente and features:

  • Three baseball fields: with natural turf outfields, these fields will be fully lighted fields year round to maximize play and include a shade area and seating for 100 people.
  • Four…

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Everyone’s approach to finances seems to be as different as snowflakes.  There are a few things everyone can do that can get their home in order and finances in check.  And if you are newlyweds, like some very dear friends of mine will soon experience (congrats Chris and Meghan!!) it’s really important to figure this out quickly.

When you are single, it’s easy to let bills go, overspend, be frivolous with your money.  It’s only you so who cares if you goof things up, right?  Wrong!!  If you ever plan to get married, your past mistakes could come back to haunt you…and your future spouse.  See, your credit score will follow you forever.  You know, when the school vice principal says, “This will go on your permanent record”; they aren’t kidding.  When you…

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Happy New Year everyone. To start this year we wanted to provide with some links about what some experts are saying about what 2012 should look like to our local Orange County Real Estate Market. Overall, what we have experienced in the past months is that it feels like the market is stabilizing in most areas, and higher rents are being paid by tenants, which should be great opportunities for buyers as well as investors.

Different people have different outlooks for 2012. The OCRegister put together 12 different outlooks on the Orange County Real Estate Market conditions for this 2012 and what the housing should look like, here's the link for the recap for the folks interested in what some of these professionals are saying:

Lasner on Real Estate:…

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