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Cautionary Tales for Prospective Home Buyers PDF Print E-mail
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  • The "like new" roof.
  • The otherwise quiet neighborhood with the barking dog owned by the head of the neighborhood association.
  • Hills on what was used to be flat farmland before development.
    Find out what those hills are made of. See if the topsoil is still there.
  • Unless you are actually on the lake, don't assume you'll always have a view of the lake.
  • Check the area for paper mills, smelters, foundries, and meat plants. What's upwind one day can be downwind the next.
  • The cute little neighborhood that became everybody else's shortcut to work.
  • A house you can afford in a neighborhood that's going downhill. You can fix up a house, but you can't fix up a neighborhood on your own.

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