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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC
The problem is many people will not do their due diligence and blindly go ahead
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My parents first visit was 2004, their paper with “how much does it cost to live in TV”, listed about 14 items, one of them was bond estimate. Of course in 2004 not much was built. I still have their dvd, the cost pages, and their hand written note about each cost. In original note booklet.
Our cost page in 2007 was basically the same items, but cost was slightly higher on amenities fee, and bond on the current new neighborhood. When our oldest looked at homes in 2018 the agent assigned to them gave them the bond amount without the need to ask. I have found mls has a tendency to leave out bond cost, unless pressed
I don’t think I have ever met anyone that said “I had no idea what the definition of bond cost” and we have lived in multiple villages (5).
But many were confused that their Water bill was outrageous. They knew there was amenity fee, just didn’t realize that’s how the fee was paid.