Choosing the Right Neighborhood for You and Your Family

One of the biggest mistakes new residents make when seeking a new home is the failure to thoroughly investigate the neighborhood. The new home you’re interested in may be beautiful, but is it worth moving there if you won’t be able to rest easy? Many will conclude that it’s virtually impossible to know what your neighborhood is like until you move in, but I strongly disagree. There are many ways to investigate the neighborhood while house hunting to ensure you are moving into the right environment for you and your family.

While house hunting, try Fizber’s City Profile Feature, integrated into every listing displayed online. Be sure to use Neighborhood Services Fizber offers while you are looking for a home online.

Picture this, you just bought your very first house; a nice and affordable home with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a basement and a backyard for the kids to play. It took a while for you and your spouse to find the home that fits your family’s needs, but despite the difficulties, things are finally looking bright. Soon after moving into your house, you quickly discover that you are unable to sleep at night; the street you live on becomes a block-party the minute the sun goes down. Tons of unsupervised kids dash around the neighborhood and young teen-agers blast music & violent disturbances so loud that your house vibrates. Beer bottles, soda cans, food wrappers, cigarette packs and even marijuana paper liter the streets the following morning. Now picture this, the possibility of you or a family member catching a stray bullet in the head while watching American Idol has just increased from 10% to 70%. You are too afraid to leave the house. Not to mention you were just informed from Ms. Jones, the nosey woman across the street, that your next door neighbor is a registered sex offender. Things are no longer as bright and you begin to wonder how were you not able to notice these “deadly” signs that you were moving on Elm Street.

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