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Originally Posted by sterlinguini
Anyone use the real estate company Baja123 before, or know if they are reliable or not? I've been corresponding with them and they have a few properties I'm planning to look at next weekend.
Here's an example of the options they sent me http://www.baja123.com/Playas_de_Ros..._92178778.html
Sounds like a nice place, maybe not the best located but tons of amenities. I'm guessing I could do a bit cheaper going around and doing legwork, but then again maybe not as I don't really know the rental scene down there.
I live in this tower, T2 at Calafia. Trying to decide which of the units it is as I see it's only a 2 bedroom. I pay $1100/month for my 3bdr/2bath place but I'm assuming the square footage is around the same. I live in one of the corner units, they're potentially slightly larger than the 2 middle ones (there are 4 units/floor) but really not sure.
I don't have a realtor and don't know anything about this company or else I would comment. I just rented through the owners as I lived in the same unit when I first moved down in 2011 (for IIRC $1k/month) and then I moved a handful of times before messaging the owners to see if I could move back in 2014.
Calafia is a bit of a pain in the ass to live at if you don't have a car and you like to go out for food etc frequently. There's not really much of anything within walking distance other than Mercado del Mar and 1 pizza place. Obv not sure on your situation but just mentioning that.
Grounds are nice, it's always windy as **** here and usually significantly cooler than in town as Calafia is out on a point. The wind can be brutal at times. Jacuzzi's in T2 are okay, the one is pretty hot and the other one so-so. T3 is under a different HOA and it's been a bit of a ****show lately and I actually am not supposed to use the gym in tower 3 (T1/T2 gym really suck) or anything else in there, but have a key due to my owners having their unit in T3. Clubhouse is okay but like pool table was pretty beat up last time I looked. That jacuzzi down there is usually warm if the sun is out, the jacuzzis over by T3 take forever to heat up.
Overall I personally like Calafia but it's mostly due to the fact that my internet is super solid (had many problems at other places I lived) and I'm someone that prefers to live a bit outside of town and then just drive very frequently into town for food/drinks/whatever. My old roommate moved out to move downtown mostly due to the fact that location sucked and he didnt have a vehicle, gym wasn't good enough, and yeh, he just wanted to be able to walk places/live closer.