Do nice homes in nice areas for under $250k exist in Atlanta Metro? (Marietta: real estate, HOA)

[Born 2 Roll]

Detached single-family homes for $250k and under can be found near the desirable areas that the OP seems to want to be near on the Northside.

Here is the link to the Georgia MLS (Multiple Listing Service) that has a search engine that will help the OP find what they are looking for...

https://www.georgiamls.com/

Just a word of warning to the OP that the current real estate market in the Atlanta area has been extremely competitive at times as of late, especially throughout the Northside areas that the OP desires to live in and near.

If the OP finds something within their price range in an area that is attractive to them, they will have to be prepared to move lightning fast to get it in this highly-competitive real estate market that is dominated by large institutional buyers with tons of cash who often move on properties within minutes of their entry onto the market... Buyers who most often get first dibs on any highly-desirable properties that come onto the market.

If the OP has a difficult time getting a property within their price range in a desirable area because they get beat out by one of the many multiple offers on the property, the OP probably should look at renting a detached single-family home in a desirable area as an option (if it is an option in this highly-competitive real estate market).

If the OP has problems finding a detached single-family home to rent in a desirable area within their price range, the OP probably might need to accept renting (or potentially even buying) a townhome, a condo or an apartment in a real estate market where detached single-family homes in desirable areas (like in Northside neighborhoods with good access to areas like Perimeter, Buckhead and Midtown/Downtown) can be a challenge to find and often go lightning fast when they do come on the market.

[atlcharm]

Originally Posted by JoeP

Why haven't you looked at Mableton which is adjacent to where you live?

I just did today and loved it! I had looked before, but I was on the Bankhead side and hated it. Glad I looked again.

[arjay57]

Originally Posted by Stormhammer

Mableton might also be an option to look into.

I was also going to suggest Mableton. We saw some great homes out that way in the under $250K range.

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by atlcharm

hmmm. I guess I I would define nice as not a teardown or needing renovations. For instance, trying to find a single family home under 250k in Smyrna needs a lot of work. Townhomes, no problem, but again the HOA's are pricing me out.


Can I ask what areas you lived in?

I lived in Midtown, Ormewood Park, and next South Downtown.

[samiwas1]

Originally Posted by jsvh

I lived in Midtown, Ormewood Park, and next South Downtown.

In Single Family Homes?

[jsvh]

Originally Posted by samiwas1

In Single Family Homes?

Originally Posted by jsvh

...Of course, none of them were single-family-homes. If you start defining "nice home" as needing lots of space and easy car convince you will need to spend more.

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[DJDeadParrot]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sal...t/13_zm/0_mmm/

That listing is nowhere near where the dot on the map shows it to be, FYI.

Your broader point still stands, though; there are homes in the Duluth area where HOA fees aren't going to bust a $250K budget. The listings right now might not be chock full of them [there certainly were this past summer], but check again in a month or two. In my neighborhood a half mile from downtown Duluth, for example, my HOA fee for the year was less than $300.

[Saintmarks]

I would think you could stay in Cobb but further out than Smyrna and get a nice 3B/2BA for that range. Try Kennesaw, Acworth, Powder Springs, Marietta up the Canton Road/Bells Ferry Corridor.

[ATLTJL]

The listings right now might not be chock full of them [there certainly were this past summer], but check again in a month or two.

Good point. This is the dead zone for real estate. Nobody wants to get a house ready or look at houses when it's ten degrees outside.

I suspect in March a ton of inventory will come online quickly. I think there are a lot of people who have been patiently waiting for the market to get where it is today to put their homes on the market. Now is a really awful time to be looking when it comes to available inventory.

[applefan93]

Try looking at homes in Flowery Branch, Buford, or Braselton