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GrrlGoalie33 · 03-21-2006, 05:57 PM

I bought in the NE last in 2004 because of the whole renting thing. I looked at a lot of houses up there before I finally bought.

Some tips:

If you are looking at a home up there, look at the houses around it, are they reasonably taken care of from the outside? If the answer is yes, keep looking at the house. If your neighbors take good care of their yards, there's generally gonna be less crap going on.

Yards are HUGE. I have 5500 sq/ft of property with a house that is 1200sq/ft two story (that means the footprint is only 600sq/ft)

Lots of schools. Get in now, buy something you can afford, and when the market cools down in a couple of years, you'll still be able to turn a profit.

I had a lot of misgivings about moving up to that area (Falconridge), but love it now that I'm there.

03-21-2006, 05:57 PM	#20
GrrlGoalie33 First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CALGARY Exp:	I bought in the NE last in 2004 because of the whole renting thing. I looked at a lot of houses up there before I finally bought. Some tips: If you are looking at a home up there, look at the houses around it, are they reasonably taken care of from the outside? If the answer is yes, keep looking at the house. If your neighbors take good care of their yards, there's generally gonna be less crap going on. Yards are HUGE. I have 5500 sq/ft of property with a house that is 1200sq/ft two story (that means the footprint is only 600sq/ft) Lots of schools. Get in now, buy something you can afford, and when the market cools down in a couple of years, you'll still be able to turn a profit. I had a lot of misgivings about moving up to that area (Falconridge), but love it now that I'm there.