Two real estate listings that are NOT on the MLS

Two real estate listings that are NOT on the MLS:

• 2-bedroom condo in Sunnyvale.  Convenient location.  Easy commute to high-tech employment.  Great place to live. 
• 4-bedroom single-family home in the North Valley / Berryessa part of San Jose.  Near Townsend Park and the Golf Course.  Good investment.

Call Robert Lei (408) 893-2410 if you know anyone who might be interested.

Berryessa Union School District Helpful Links

Here is the link to the full color-coded map with the various schools attendance boundaries shaded in different colors: http://www.schfinder.com/berryessaunionsd/

This next link allows you to specifically look up which schools are assigned to your specific address and shows you more information for each specific school: http://www.berryessa.k12.ca.us/schools/

Detailed Property Tax Component Breakdown Comparison 2015-2016

For buyers who are numbers driven, I did a detailed comparison of the property tax charges between sample houses in the 3 neighborhoods below:
1. Cupertino address with Cupertino schools
2. Santa Clara address with Cupertino schools
3. San Jose address with Berryessa schools

The overall property tax rates are very similar for all properties in Santa Clara County. The minor variations are mainly due to the differences in Special Assessments added on to the bills for different communities.



Some Special Assessments are based on mailing address CITY (not school district):

The house with Cupertino address (based on address city not school district) is charged special assessments for the following:

1a. Cupertino Sewer Services = $411.70
1b. Cupertino/Environment/Storm = $12
2. County Library CFD 2013-1 = $33.66

In comparison, the house with San Jose address pays:
1a. SJ Current Garbage Services = $384.84 (newly added to San Jose Property Tax bills)
1b. SJ Sewer/Sani/Storm = $499.44 (newly added to San Jose Property Tax bills)
2. San Jose Library Measure B of $31.34 (up from an Assessment of $27.80 back in 2011)

and the houses with San Jose + Santa Clara address (but not the house with Cupertino address) pay:
1. SCCOSA ASMT DIST 1 assessment of $12 (same as in 2011) +
2. SCCOSA Measure Q of $24.00 (newer charge that was not present in 2011).

Some Special Assessments are based on SCHOOL DISTRICT (not mailing address CITY):  

For instance, regardless of address, homes in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) and Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) pay CUSD Measure A of $250 (up from Parcel Tax of $125 in 2011) and FUHSD Measure B of $98 (same as Parcel Tax of $98 in 2011). In comparison, homes in the Berryessa School District (BSD) only have to pay the Berryessa School District Measure K of $79 (same as Parcel Tax $79 in 2011).


The Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) charges:
1. SCVWD Safe, Clean Water = $59.24 fixed for all properties
2. SCVWD FLOOD
    a) North Central = $13.18 for Cupertino and Santa Clara
    b) East = $20.92 for Berryessa neighborhood of San Jose

Mosquito-Vector charges the same for all 3 properties:
1. Mosquito Vector Asmet #2 = $8.36
2. Mosquito Vector Control Assmt = $5.08




In summary:
1. Cupertino address with Cupertino schools = Total Assessed Value*(Tax Rate 1.1792%)+ Special Assessments $891.22
2. Santa Clara address with Cupertino schools = Total Assessed Value*(Tax Rate 1.176%)+ Special Assessments $469.86 
3. San Jose address with Berryessa schools = Total Assessed Value*(Tax Rate 1.2521%)+ Special Assessments $1,124.22

The final conclusion is that the property tax rates are only slightly different between different neighborhoods within Santa Clara County. If you are evaluating a potential purchase of investment property and need a rough property tax figure to enable you to compute cash flow then use a rough number of 0.0125 * Assessed Property Value (i.e. 1.25% * purchase price for year1)

Open House Saturday 9/19/15 @ 3360 Mount Wilson Drive , San Jose 95127

Affordable Single-Family Home in Santa Clara County Bedrooms:---------------------------------------------------> 3 Bathrooms:--------------------------------------------------> 2 Approx. House Sqft:----------------------------------------> 1,095 SqFt Approx. Lot Size:-------------------------------------------> 5,036 SqFt   Year Built.:---------------------------------------------------> 1960 Property Flyer:  PDF  JPEG
3360 Mount Wilson Drive , San Jose 95127		Status:	Active	Dates:
County:	Santa Clara	Orig Price:	$550,000	Original:	09/09/2015
Area:	4 - Alum Rock	List Price:	$550,000	List:	09/09/2015
Class:	Res. Single Family / Detached
Land Use:	SFR	$/SqFt:	$502.3
				Expires:	10/31/2015
Special Info:		Zoning:	R1-8
		Incorp:	Yes
		City Limit:	Yes
	3 bedroom 2 bathroom single-family home with an open floor plan. Recently installed new laminate flooring. Freshly painted interior. Recess lighting in Living Room, Kitchen and Hallway. Kitchen with granite countertops. Master bathroom with granite vanity. Hallway bathroom with granite vanity. Double pane windows. Backyard with a fruit-tree. Short drive to local shopping and parks. This house is located in the Mount Pleasant Elementary School District, which sits just north of the Evergreen Elementary School District and just south of the Alum Rock Elementary School District. Click HERE for a larger map: https://siliconvalleyhouses.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/santaclaracountyhsdistrictscoverwhichelemdistricts.gif As you can see from the map, Alum rock forms an upside-down J shape that engulfs the Mount Pleasant Elementary School District on the top, left, and right (north, west, and east) and Evergreen Elementary School District. All 3 of these Elementary School Districts are part of the East Side Union High School District, along with Orchard Elementary and Berryessa Elementary School Districts northwest of Alum Rock and Franklin-McKinley Elementary and Orchard Elementary School Districts southwest of Evergreen School District. The schools in the Mount Pleasant Elementary School District are: August Boeger Middle School 1944 Flint Avenue San Jose, CA 95148 Phone: 408.223.3770 Fax: 408.223.6959 Grades 6, 7 and 8 Principal Jeremia Cruz Student Advisor  Ida Jew Academies Charter School Ida Jew Academies 1944 Flint Avenue. San Jose CA 95148 Phone 408.223.3750 Fax 408.223.7346 Grades K-8 Principal Blanca Herrera Student Advisor Laura E. Alvarez Mt. Pleasant STEAM Academy 14275 Candler Avenue, San Jose, CA 95127 Phone: 408.258.6451FAX: 408.272.9705 Grades K-5 Principal Jose Gonzalez Robert Sanders Elementary  3411 Rocky Mountain Drive, San Jose, CA. 95127 Phone: 408.258.7288 Fax: 408.272.9646 Grades K-5 Principal Julie Howard Valle Vista Elementary 2400 Flint Avenue, San Jose, CA95148 Phone 408.238.3525 Fax 408.223.7465 Grades K-5 Principal Patty Pizziol Mt. Pleasant Elementary School District's last API scores (2013) before the county stopped tracking API were as follows: MT. PLEASANT ELEMENTARY 759 775 D -16   Elementary Schools   Ida Jew Academies 825 834 A -9   Yes Yes Yes   Mt. Pleasant Elementary 731 745 5 -14   No No No   Robert Sanders Elementary 755 755 5 0   No No No   Valle Vista Elementary 794 807 A -13   No No No Middle Schools   August Boeger Middle 718 756 5 -38   No No No 3360 Mount Wilson Drive sits between Mt. Pleasant Elementary and Robert Sanders Elementary.  East Side Union High School District's last API scores (2013) before the county stopped tracking API were as follows: EAST SIDE UNION HIGH 751 747 D 4   Elementary Schools   Escuela Popular Accelerated Family Learn 581 629 9 -48   No No No High Schools   Andrew P. Hill High 713 713 5 0   No No No   Evergreen Valley High 866 861 A 5   Yes No No   Independence High 757 765 5 -8   No No No   James Lick High 674 674 6 0   No No No   KIPP San Jose Collegiate 875 900 A -25   Yes Yes Yes   Latino College Preparatory Academy 679 683 6 -4   No No No   Mount Pleasant High 711 715 5 -4   No No No   Oak Grove High 716 693 5 23   Yes No No   Piedmont Hills High 831 820 A 11   Yes No No   San Jose Conservation Corps Charter                   Santa Teresa High 773 776 5 -3   No No No   Silver Creek High 793 783 5 10   Yes No No   Summit Public School: Rainier 823 823* A 0   Yes Yes Yes   William C. Overfelt High 676 658 7 18   Yes No No   Yerba Buena High 682 684 6 -2   No No No Small Schools   ACE Charter High 605* B B B   N/A ASAM Schools   Apollo High 569* 605* 10 -36   No Yes No   Escuela Popular/Center for Training and 746* 773* 5 -27   No Yes No   Foothill High 513* 551* 12 -38   No No No   Pegasus High 552* 570* 12 -18   No Yes No   Phoenix High 533* 423* 19 110   Yes Yes Yes Mount Pleasant High School's last API score (2013) was 711.

Cupertino vs. Santa Clara vs. Berryessa property tax comparison

For buyers who are numbers driven, I did a detailed comparison of the property tax charges between sample houses in the 3 neighborhoods below:
1. Cupertino address with Cupertino schools
2. Santa Clara address with Cupertino schools
3. San Jose address with Berryessa schools

The overall property tax rates are very similar for all properties in Santa Clara County because for all properties, you start with the same 1% maximum levy on the assessed value and that 1% is the bulk of every property tax bill. The variations are due to the minor elements added on to that.

Three of the add-ons are based on the school district:
1. Community College Bonds is .000326 for CUSD/FUHSD and just .000170 for Berryessa School District.

2. Elementary or Unif School Bonds is .000308 for Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) but higher at .000507 for Berryessa School District.

3. High School Bonds is .000365 for FUHSD but higher at .000712 for East Side Union High School District.

Special assessments are also different for each community:

Some assessments are based on address (not school district).

The house with Cupertino address (based on address not school district) is charged special assessments for the following:

1. Sewer Service - Cupertino $288
2. County Library $33.66
3. Cupertino/Environment/Storm $12

In comparison, the house with San Jose address pays a San Jose Library Assessment of $27.80 and the house with Santa Clara address pays a SCCOSA Assessment of $12.

Other special assessments are based on school district (not address).

For instance, regardless of address, homes in the Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) and Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) pay CUSD Parcel Tax $125 and FUHSD Parcel Tax $98. In comparison, the Berryessa School District Parcel Tax is just $79.

In summary:
1. Cupertino address with Cupertino schools = Assessed Value*(Tax Rate = 0.011506 + 0.000072)+ $638.46
2. Santa Clara address with Cupertino schools = Assessed Value*(Tax Rate = 0.011482 + 0.000072)+ $316.80
3. San Jose address with Berryessa schools = Assessed Value*(Tax Rate = 0.012222 + 0.000072)+ $694.46

The final conclusion is that the property tax rates are only slightly different between different neighborhoods within Santa Clara County. If you are evaluating a potential purchase of investment property and need a rough property tax figure to enable you to compute cash flow then use a rough number of 0.0125 * Assessed Property Value (i.e. 1.25% * purchase price for year1)