First I must get my confession out. I LOVE real estate. I always have. I love popping in on open houses. I love searching for houses. I love seeing different architectural styles. I love seeing some original way of designing a room, that just makes perfect sense, yet I've never seen it done before. It's like an 'AHA' moment.
So, when I decided to move to a new region, I jumped into the search with both feet. Well, my husband may have called my searching a little addictive. But, honestly, can you do too much real estate? I don't think so.
With a vague idea of what I wanted and a clearer picture of what I didn't want. I wandered around waterfront areas, looking at every house, whether it was in my price range or not, so I could get an idea for the types of houses built there, their general age, and the typical upkeep of the different neighborhoods. I used zillow of course, realtor.com, and now Coldwell Banker's new and exciting ZAP platform. All were good.
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