I get to buy a house!!
01-15-2011, 07:27 AM
#32
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Originally Posted by anima57
Re-do---Excellent idea to check police department, go to area all hours of day or night, weekends.
01-15-2011, 07:42 AM
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yes, been there and did not do any kind of a check like that. bad decision on my part. big mistake. wwould have been worth it to get a cheap motel room overnight maybe a Friday night to saturday. would have saved me a ton of problems.
01-15-2011, 09:50 AM
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good luck, at 51, i bought my first with my dh of 3 yrs last may 6. it was my dream home since i was 12. we're not ever moving again. but we love it here. It's 1,000 sf condo, one level. ther's 866 units over 200 acres. with indoor/outdoor pool, jacuzzi, golf,tennis, bocci, clubhouse, movies, library (no computers though),dog walks, labrynth, bar cafe, card rooms, and parties every month. why would i want to leave???
good luck, the fun begins now! enjoy the hunt
good luck, the fun begins now! enjoy the hunt
01-15-2011, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I'll tell you what I told my kids to do.
First, go to that house and look at the neighborhood at all hours of the day and well into the night. Go there on weekends and listen and look at the kids.
THEN go to the police department and ask if that is a good neighborhood, and if they've had many calls from that area and what they were for. Drugs you don't want in your back yard, it will only get worse as time goes on.
Meet some of the neighbors BEFORE you sign any thing at all. Ask what they think of the neighborhood and would they buy there again.
Drive around several streets, look at how all the houses are being maintained.
Then when everything checks out, you can sign and move into your dream home.
Good luck.
First, go to that house and look at the neighborhood at all hours of the day and well into the night. Go there on weekends and listen and look at the kids.
THEN go to the police department and ask if that is a good neighborhood, and if they've had many calls from that area and what they were for. Drugs you don't want in your back yard, it will only get worse as time goes on.
Meet some of the neighbors BEFORE you sign any thing at all. Ask what they think of the neighborhood and would they buy there again.
Drive around several streets, look at how all the houses are being maintained.
Then when everything checks out, you can sign and move into your dream home.
Good luck.
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