[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by FloridaGuy66

Especially when buying pre-owned. The only big advantage of buying pre-owned is that you can see whether the neighbors have potential red flags and if they tend to maintain their homes and landscaping properly.

I had an acquaintance that bought sight un-seen in Southwest Florida and he was angry when the RE agent didn't mention that the home next door had violent hoarders living there with multiple broken down vehicles/boats on their property.

First priority of many agents is to sell the house, the buyer if not happy can always buy another one