Fairmont NC (real estate, how much, house)

[Aronsani]

Looking into the purchase of a home in Fairmont NC anyone have any insight to the town and or any pointers about town?

[MrRational]

Originally Posted by Aronsani

Looking into the purchase of a home in (anytown anywhere)
anyone have any insight to the town and or any pointers about town?

How much time have YOU spent in this town?
Have you secured work? Made any friends?
Have some solid reason to choose it over any one of a hundred other wide spots in the road?
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Unless/Until YOU can offer some "insight" or "pointers" that you have personally gained
by your own experiences and time spent in any town anywhere...
a) you probably shouldn't even move there and b) absolutely shouldn't buy there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmont,_North_Carolina

[poppydog]

I believe Robeson County has one of the highest poverty rates of any county in the state. It's home to the Lumbee Indian Tribe. Fairmont is the second biggest town in the county, but only has 2700 people. Close to South of the Border.

[Francois]

I've been there and it is similar to scores of drying-up NC towns, most industry gone (previously related to farming, specifically tobacco farming). Most small businesses gone, run out by WalMart etc. Not to be judgmental, but very "backwards" way of life.

Are you8 buying your house in person, or just going by what's on the Internet?

Never, NEVER buy a house you haven't seen in person including the town. Real Estate sites are of course going to make everything look like Utopia. Frankly I have a hard time believing you've seen Fairmont if you are asking this, so I have one piece of advice:

SEE IT IN PERSON.

Fairmont page on City-Data. Note the second map where you can set it to many demographic features. It's defaulted to income, median around $20K.Wikipedia page for Fairmont. And do other such searching.