I just made an offer on the first place I looked at the other day! Excited but nervous! I hope I can get approved by the Community there. My income is just barely enough for qualifying I think (that is with my part-time hours). They want your income to be 3 times what the lot rent plus utilities and bills come to. I also asked about the lot rent increases there. Vista is in a rent-control area so the increases are annually and only $15 per year, so that sounds very reasonable. Maybe why the lot rent there is quite a bit less than anywhere else in San Diego.
There is so much space outdoors to put in a veggie garden, flower gardens, sitting areas near the creek, etc. Plus the enclosed California room which is 9' X 23' with new bamboo floors and all windows on three sides facing the creek and woods. There is also an outdoor cat house attached to the porch which I could fix up for Lola so she could be "outside" in her own enclosure. On the back side of the property is an orange grove. It is so quiet around there and feels like being out in the country somewhere but is very close to lots of shopping and 10 minutes to the beaches. A nice cool coastal breeze comes thru there too.
Keep your fingers crossed for me!