[Cranford61]

Originally Posted by rsibole

Regardless of the Agent you use, you must do your own due diligence on matters such as:

Is the house near a busy street or cart path, noise can be a factor

Is the house near one of the sewage processing plants, obvious concern

Which County is the house located within, different taxes & ordinances

Neighborhood & neighbors, knock on some doors

North, south, east & west facing rooms, can be a very annoying sunrise or sunset

Privacy, yours & the neighbors, sight & sound

Landscaping & trees, both can take a lot of work you may not want to do but you will come to appreciate shade

Age of the HVAC, roof, plumbing, hot water tank, etc, things don’t last as long in Florida as in some other areas

Agents can’t, or more often won’t, tell you about these things.

And when you have it all figured out on your slide rule, make a contemplated, rational,wise decision, your quiet neighbor sells out to landlord who rents out to a helicopter couple named “Murphy”with their 50 yo unemployed thrice divorced druggie son who has part time custody of his confused sons and a lot of similar friends. Yikes!