Moving to los angeles / Irvine,Ca (Orange, Newport Beach: insurance, condo, mortgage)

[MJ CASA]

Hi guys im a male 26 years old living in Orlando FL , to be honest with u i got nothing against Florida its beautiful just im tired i need to change , i do autofinance in a big auto retail company , i got offer in one of our stores in Irvine, CA ill be making about 120000K a year , ive always dreaming about moving to LA area , but ive never been there before , ill be moving with my girlfriend no kids , just have a some Questions regarding this move and i hope u guys help me with that please :

1 places to live nice and safe complex , ready to pay about 1800 to 2000K a month for a nice 2 bed

2:is it worthing to move from Orlando to LA regarding the lifestyle , nice Bars , Clubs , Beaches . people ?

3:I speak Arabic , English , French, little Spanish do u think that will help ?

4 do u guys think i can afford a house if yes what kind of houses i can afford up to 2500k morgage ?

5:my girfriend looking for job like in modeling or something like that ? i dont want her to stay home !!

6: cars Insurance ? is it lot of $$$$ there ?

7: We have 2 cars , do i need them or i can just get a cab to go to work ?

8: Do u think ill afford it ? like to go out 2 to 3 times a week have fun

Please guys hit me with all your suggestions ill be so happy if u guys wailing to help

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Originally Posted by MJ CASA

Hi guys im a male 26 years old living in Orlando FL , to be honest with u i got nothing against Florida its beautiful just im tired i need to change , i do autofinance in a big auto retail company , i got offer in one of our stores in Irvine, CA ill be making about 120000K a year , ive always dreaming about moving to LA area , but ive never been there before , ill be moving with my girlfriend no kids , just have a some Questions regarding this move and i hope u guys help me with that please :

1 places to live nice and safe complex , ready to pay about 1800 to 2000K a month for a nice 2 bed

2:is it worthing to move from Orlando to LA regarding the lifestyle , nice Bars , Clubs , Beaches . people ?

3:I speak Arabic , English , French, little Spanish do u think that will help ?

4 do u guys think i can afford a house if yes what kind of houses i can afford up to 2500k morgage ?

5:my girfriend looking for job like in modeling or something like that ? i dont want her to stay home !!

6: cars Insurance ? is it lot of $$$$ there ?

7: We have 2 cars , do i need them or i can just get a cab to go to work ?

8: Do u think ill afford it ? like to go out 2 to 3 times a week have fun

Please guys hit me with all your suggestions ill be so happy if u guys wailing to help

A few points:

• Irvine is not in LA. It's in Orange County.
• Irvine is a "corporate town" with a decidedly suburban feel and lifestyle.
• This sounds more like Newport Beach (Most definitely not Irvine):"is it worthing to move from Orlando to LA regarding the lifestyle , nice Bars , Clubs , Beaches . people ?"
• You will probably need to spend more than $2k/month for a 2bedroom in a nice area.
• I imagine that being a polyglot would be especially useful in your line of work
• You can get a small OC condo (not in NB), but not a SFR for a monthly mortgage of $2500.
• Auto insurance does not seem to be especially high here.
• You'll need cars to get around. Cabs are not practical.
• You might want to forgo going out 2-3 time week if you want to save for a home.

[MJ CASA]

Thank you so much for the info , its really helped me to narrow down what places i will move u r absolutly right , newport beach about 15 miles from the job , Costa mesa about 10 miles away and thats really good because i hate the Traffic specially in the morning Thank you so much , one more thing , do u have any idea how is the car business in the area in general ? heres is steady !!

Thank you

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Originally Posted by MJ CASA

Thank you so much for the info , its really helped me to narrow down what places i will move u r absolutly right , newport beach about 15 miles from the job , Costa mesa about 10 miles away and thats really good because i hate the Traffic specially in the morning Thank you so much , one more thing , do u have any idea how is the car business in the area in general ? heres is steady !!

Thank you

I don't know anything about the car business, but this area is strongly car-centric. Cars definitely rule. So, I imagine that allied businesses do well, especially those that are already established.

[saibot]

Originally Posted by MJ CASA

i do autofinance in a big auto retail company , i got offer in one of our stores in Irvine, CA

CarMax?

[UB50]

Irvine is nearly 40% Asian. You might want to pick up another language like Korean or Mandarin.