5 ways to avoid mover's remorse

Sleuth the 'hood before you buy

Inman News

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Anybody who has ever moved to an unfamiliar area -- a new neighborhood in one's own city or a town 500 miles away -- may have experienced an "I wish I'd known that before I moved here" moment.

It's not just the new house -- it's what might be around it. Whether it's something as unsettling as discovering that a leaking underground storage tank is just blocks away or merely as disappointing as finding that the nearest public park is too far away for the kids to walk to, there are myriad quality-of-life issues that a prospective homebuyer needs to factor into a purchase decision.

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