Prospective Home Buyer Profile Questionnaire
ProspectiveHomeowners.com

Print this page, fill in and mail or fax back; or click here to download this page in PDF format

Click here to download this page in Word (DOC) format

Call Gary Cook @ (626) 940-7422 with questions. Please return this confidential & anonymous survey to: Prospective Homeowners, 
via Fax: (626) 940-7422 (Do not put your name, address, telephone number or company name on it)

This survey will be used to determine where in the County it would be best to build homes the middle class can afford to
buy and own; as well as whether it would be better strictly residential or some commercial.

  1. If you could afford to, would you plan on purchasing a home in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles or Ventura County?

 Yes

 No
 Santa Barbara / Ventura
  1. Where are you from originally & where was your family brought up?

 City:
State:
  1. In what part of SB County would you prefer to live? (north/south/east/west) city/community

 N

 S E W

 city: 

  1. How many miles would you prefer to commute to work?

 daily:

 weekly:
  1. How many vehicles do you own & park at home?
  
  1. How many of your vehicle(s) are used for commuting?

 
  1. How many miles do you commute to/from work daily (round-trip) now?

 
  1. How many days per week do you commute on the average?

 
  1. Do you take bus (circle) or train to commute now? If not, why not?

 
  1. If the bus or train were convenient for your commute, would you use either one?

 Yes

 No
  1. What is your occupation (type of work you perform)

 
  1. What type of company do you work for? (Not name)

 
  1. How long have you worked at the company you're at?

 Years

 Months
  1. How many years have you worked in this county?

 
  1. Do you live in SB, LA, Ven County now? If so, which city/town?

 
  1. How long have you lived in SB, LA, Ven County now?

 
  1. Have you ever owned a home in SB, LA, Ven County? When?

Yes

No When?
  1. Are you saving now to buy a home?

 
  1. If you feel you can never save enough to buy a home in SB,. LA, Ven County, would you prefer to move to purchase a home or stay here and rent?

 
  1. Can you purchase a home with your income today?

 
  1. Total income in your household that would allow your family to qualify for home purchase today?

 
  1. What is the amount you can afford to purchase a home at today?
  
  1. What are your current household expenses?

 
  1. Total number of persons in your household?

 
  1. Ages of adults/ages of children

 Total

 Adults Children
  1. Are you and your spouse/partner college graduates?

 
  1. Your Age/Your spouse/partner’s age?

 
  1. Do you currently own a home?

 
  1. What city do you own a home in?

 
  1. How much did you pay for your home?

 
  1. How much are your monthly mortgage payments, not including property taxes & insurance?

 
  1. How much are your property taxes monthly?

 
  1. How much are your home insurance payments monthly?

 
  1. What year did you buy your home?

 
  1. What is your home worth today?
    (Appraised or Tax Rolls?)

 Appraisal Year

Value

 Tax Year

Value

  1. Do you rent today? If so, what city do you rent in?

 
  1. How long have you rented there?

 
  1. How much rent do you pay today?

 
  1. How much rent were you paying when you moved in?

 
  1. Do you own any other property – commercial, agricultural, vacation home, or investment/rental property? If so, circle which kind it is, where you own it and give it a value.

 
  1. Do you or your partner/spouse own your own business?

 
  1. Do you work out of your home?

 
  1. Do your customers visit your home to conduct business?

 
  1. Do often do you use the Internet to perform business duties?

 
  1. Do you market your business on the Internet?

 
  1. How many miles a week do you drive to shop?

 
  1. What percentage of your business is dependent upon local buyers/shoppers?

 
  1. Is your business (circle one or more): Retail, Wholesale, Manufacturing, Publishing, Services, Products, Consulting?

 
  1. What neighborhood does your business operate?

 
  1. What neighborhood do you live in?

 
  1. In what neighborhood you do the majority of your shopping?

 
  1. What percentage of your personal shopping is done on-line?

 
  1. What percentage of your on-line personal shopping is done with local businesses?

 
  1. What percentage of your business shopping is done on-line?

 
  1. What percentage of your on-line business shopping is done with local businesses?

 
  1. If you own a business that is not tied to the local economy, how many jobs does your business provide for “local” residents?

 
Please mark your answer in the next column >>
  1. With the constraints on land density with current zoning, would you be in favor of (answer “yes” to all categories you would agree with)
  2. Increasing housing density in the City or County to make more housing opportunities?
  3. Increasing housing density in the City of Goleta?
  4. Rezoning lands adjacent to Highway 101 North of Goleta to accommodate high-density residential housing?
  5. Increase public transportation between N. & S. County?
  6. Increase public transportation between S. County and the Cuyama Valley in N. E. Santa Barbara County?
  7. I would pay a slightly higher sales tax if the funds went somehow towards creating more affordable housing for sale.
  8. I would circulate petitions to qualify one or more of these issues for ballot; I would vote & enlist the support of my friends, associates & neighbors to help pass of any of the issues that I support herein.

Circle one answer per question:
 57.  Yes  No  Don’t Know

58.  Yes  No  Don’t Know
59.  Yes  No  Don’t Know
60.  Yes  No  Don’t Know

61.  Yes  No  Don’t Know
62.  Yes  No  Don’t Know

63.  Yes  No  Don’t Know

64.  Yes  No  Don’t Know

We would appreciate the help, if you can please consider lending your name, ideas, resources, time or financial support to ProspectiveHomeowners.com.

We ask because we want you to be able to afford to live in Los Angeles, Ventura or Santa Barbara County, in the city of your choice. We don’t want you to have to commute to work everyday, any farther than you want to.

We want to represent your interests in the City Halls and County offices. In order for us to do so, we need your support. Please visit www.ProspectiveHomeowners.com and register that support by printing this survey and faxing/mailing it back to us. That way, we can take your message to the government and the other represented groups of citizens, such as preservationists, conservationists, agricultural interests, neighborhood homeowner associations, naturalists and environmentalists.

You may have some of the same interests as these other groups, but there’s no reason you should be left out of the equation, as you have been for so many years. These other groups do not represent your attainable housing goals and interests directly. Only ProspectiveHomeowners.com will do that, and only that, on your behalf. We can all live side by side. 

Prospective Homeowners who want to pay less than a Three-Hundred Thousand dollars for a home are the one group in Santa Barbara County that isn’t already represented by another organization except your realtor. But your realtor doesn't manufacture housing. Ask your realtor to support our effort to create more accessible housing.

Thank you, Gary Cook, Solution Organizer/Development Sponsor (626) 940-7422 Please call with any questions.

Make Affordable/Attainable Housing Available
(Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)

Retirement & Replacement Income (626) 414-4127
Mortgages, Living Trusts, California Business & Personal Lines Insurance for Life, Health, Disability, Long Term Care & Annuities