LOL! Hopefully you were able to use the proceeds from an LA sale to buy, oh say, 10 houses in another state. I read somewhere that 1300 sq/ft houses in LA are going for nearly $800K. WTH? How can anybody afford those kind of prices. YIKES! Guess my little abode would bring about 1.5 mil. Now if I could just move it down there.
We're still waiting for California to refund our excess capital gains tax of $83K... in CA they withhold from home sales based on the entire sale price and you have to file to get it back... a real pain in the neck.