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Old 11-30-2023, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
In my opinion, with all of the newer pre-owned and brand new houses available to buy, it makes no sense to buy a house that is more than 20 years old, especially for a retirement home. Lots of things can go wrong, some of which you may not even anticipate. Almost nothing in a new house is designed to last more than 20 years.
Well, there just might be few that can afford or don’t want to buy 400K plus outrageous bond, so they look for pre-own for 100K plus less.