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When Realtor Brett Combs first saw the rolling hills of Julian two years ago, he discovered his paradise. Now, the Del Mar native is ushering in a new wave of second-home buyers while dreaming up a high-end restaurant concept in the old downtown bank. Get ready for gold days.

Bumbling through an apple orchard with his son at the wheel of an all-terrain golf cart, Brett Combs and his family are in their element. He points to the Coast-to-Crest Trail, which runs all the way from this patch of Julian land to the dog beach in Del Mar, where Combs grew up. To the east, we make our way to the clapboard guest house, occupied by friends on most weekends, as the three boys beeline to the pond with their fishing rods.

“This is what everybody is yearning for,” Combs says. “Friends come here to stay and they want to return immediately. The nature here has this profound effect and it calls you back.”