Can anyone give me the skinny on Mugu. Goober, I imagine this will be you...If someone could just give me a heads up on where to look. Thanks. Also, for those of you who lived in Norfolk, approximately how far in advance should I put my house up for rent? Let me know. Thanks.
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Places to Live in Pt. Mugu
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I did live in Alexan Parc Rose (townhouses in Oxnard next to the hospital). Pretty nice at the time (brand new in late 2000/early 2001). Mgmt team there was a bit flaky. I'd look around at them before committing to it though. Knew several folks who lived in Ventura, several in Thousand Oaks, even a couple who lived down in Malibu and Santa Monica. SM will probably be way too expensive nowdays, but you might pull off a Malibu place if you go in w/ several others to split costs (Malibu is about 15 mins south of the base). Even up around Santa Barbara is doable, but it's a bit farther out (about 45 mins). It's kind of like everything else - depends on how much you're willing to pay. You might look into talking to a realtor out there in Camarillo. They might know of a place or two that they're doing property mgmt for that they could set you up with (again, would be ideal if you're single and have a couple of buds who are heading out at the same time). You'll find splitting a place w/ guys in other squadrons is great, because one or two of you are usually gone at any given time giving you that much more house for your $$. Call out to your squadron too. At any given time, there's almost always someone looking for a roommate. Just a few suggs...
Nobody on the west coast currently lives in Malibu, Santa Monica or SB. There are a couple guys who are up the hill in Thousand Oaks area, and a few more that are as far as Ventura, but for the most part, 99% of everybody lives in Camarillo or Oxnard. Forget about dreams of going in with three guys and getting a nice pad on the beach or hills down in Malibu. You can't afford it. Santa Barbara is over an hour each way during the times you'll be driving no matter what anybody says... and if there's an accident, two hours. The easy solution if you don't mind spending all your BAH is the apartments in the Parc Rose apartments like Goober said, or there's another place in Camarillo behind the BMW dealership that about 20 guys live in. You can still find 3br/2ba houses for rent in the $3000 range, but there not going to be big or "nice". You can go in with two or three other guys and buy (my recommendation) something in the $500K range and come out way ahead after three years... but you've got to find a couple guys you trust. Trust me, you need $450-500k to purchase anything decent in Oxnard of Camarillo. It won't be big, but it will be property that will appreciate some. The SoCal housing market has stagnated somewhat in the past two or three years, so you won't see any huge gains in appreciation, but you won't lose any either... plus you get a good tax-writeoff and the security of a "home". PM if you need more info on Mugu.
^Well, keep in mind the Malibu action was ~2000 timeframe. It's almost certainly not affordable now w/ the rise in property prices. The guys in Santa Monica were living there as recent as 2004, so your mileage may vary. I lived in a 2BR/2BA TH w/ garage at Alexan Parc Rose and still had cash left over out of my BAH due to a lower lease amount as one of the first tenants, plus I made more than the average bear (married O3E). With a roommate, it's def. affordable. In the end run, you get what you pay for. Just depends on what you're willing to fork out.
I'm cringing at the thought of pooling money with a couple of guys for a $500k house. That's an awfully big risk to depend on the continued well-being of your co-investors. "My cousin Ray-Ray fell off the rollercoaster and broke every bone in his body." [points to the first to name the movie] Point being, if one guy ends up hurt, NPQ, FNAEB'ed, whatever and transfers (conceivably involuntarily) - then what? The mortgage company doesn't care, and everyone's still liable. I were going that route, everyone had better have AFLAC. For that matter, I don't know if I could recommend anyone buying anything in SoCal right now. What comes to mind is ~1994-95 timeframe when you couldn't GET someone to buy a house. Former instructor PCS'ed from there and was stuck w/ 2 mortgages, eventually taking a big loss to make a sale on his San Diego house (this came about as a market slowdown as well). Schnugg or another Miramar/NASNI resident of that timeframe may be able to elaborate more; but given the few/far between shore jobs out at Mugu, unless you know you're going to the Wing for your shore tour and will be around out there for a while you might be better off just renting (even if you're married).
I'm cringing at the thought of pooling money with a couple of guys for a $500k house. That's an awfully big risk to depend on the continued well-being of your co-investors. "My cousin Ray-Ray fell off the rollercoaster and broke every bone in his body." [points to the first to name the movie] Point being, if one guy ends up hurt, NPQ, FNAEB'ed, whatever and transfers (conceivably involuntarily) - then what? The mortgage company doesn't care, and everyone's still liable. I were going that route, everyone had better have AFLAC. For that matter, I don't know if I could recommend anyone buying anything in SoCal right now. What comes to mind is ~1994-95 timeframe when you couldn't GET someone to buy a house. Former instructor PCS'ed from there and was stuck w/ 2 mortgages, eventually taking a big loss to make a sale on his San Diego house (this came about as a market slowdown as well). Schnugg or another Miramar/NASNI resident of that timeframe may be able to elaborate more; but given the few/far between shore jobs out at Mugu, unless you know you're going to the Wing for your shore tour and will be around out there for a while you might be better off just renting (even if you're married).
Thisguy
Pain-in-the-dick
You can all thank me later for the thread revival 
I figured, since this is here, no need to start a new one, but I just got word that I'll be going to Port Hueneme this summer, and was seeing if anyone could provide input on decent places to live.
I'm looking at Ventura, Camarillo, or Thousand Oaks, favoring Ventura and Camarillo because it's closer to base w/o actually living in Oxnard.
Fire away!
I figured, since this is here, no need to start a new one, but I just got word that I'll be going to Port Hueneme this summer, and was seeing if anyone could provide input on decent places to live.
I'm looking at Ventura, Camarillo, or Thousand Oaks, favoring Ventura and Camarillo because it's closer to base w/o actually living in Oxnard.
Fire away!
wreckmaster
New Member
Hey everyone, sorry to resurrect this thread for a second time.
I'll be moving out to Point Mugu next month and am looking for a 4-5 BR to split with some buddies that are heading out that way at about the same time
I've been checking out craigslist but only getting so far. I was hoping someone on the forum had a contact for a good Realtor that may be able to help us out. We're looking in the Oxnard Beach / Silver Strand beach area if that helps. Any and all advice is appreciated.. Thanks!
I'll be moving out to Point Mugu next month and am looking for a 4-5 BR to split with some buddies that are heading out that way at about the same time
I've been checking out craigslist but only getting so far. I was hoping someone on the forum had a contact for a good Realtor that may be able to help us out. We're looking in the Oxnard Beach / Silver Strand beach area if that helps. Any and all advice is appreciated.. Thanks!