Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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OK, I need some help. My husband and i intend to move to the Raleigh area around june after our new baby is born. I need some help deifining what areas i should be looking for a home in. This will be our fist home purchase and my husband is carpenter, we need a home that is not necissarily top of the line (since we dont mind fixing one up a bit) but in a decent nieghborhood for a couple in thier 20's and a new baby. We like older homes with alot of character. I have heard of an area that the city is "revitalizing" does anyone know about this? We are looking in the range of 70,000 to 100,000 detached, no condos or town houses. Can anyone help us? No really high crime areas but we arent exactly looking for something upscale either just comfortable.
www.hud.gov, click HUD homes, Search by City, Raleigh. Be wary of SE Raleigh. You might find something you can negotiate 100K with in the NE Raleigh area. Gonna be small, like 3/2. You said outside city so Knightdale, Garner, Clayton, etc may be a possibility
Right now doesn't look like much. Sometimes the list explodes each time it's refreshed (weekly?). Look every week. Also:
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You want to stay in up an coming areas so that you can be in a great area and still have a nice home. Towns like Clayton, Wendell, Zebulon, Knightdale are good places to start searching. Some parts of these towns are expensive, but a good portion of them are not.
Thanks, i appreciate the advice. There has got to be something though, i find hundreds and hundreds of homes that seem decent online within that range, they can't all be in the in terrible neighborhoods. At least i hope not...
There are homes around, for sure.
One of my major concerns is that folks look at stuff in rural areas, foreclosures that convey "as-is" and don't allow for major items like well and septic issues.
Foreclosures can be a bargain or a nightmare. Pretty much a nightmare unless you have enough cash to make it habitable, most of the time.
What area do you really need to be in for his work?
Would you consider a manufactured home to be detached and get a nice piece of property?
Knightdale, Smithfield, Clayton or other areas east of Raleigh have decent homes still available at affordable prices. To get <$100,000 will take some searching and you may need to work with a Realtor experienced in foreclosures.
That being said I just financed the purchase of an $85,000 HUD home in Smithfield. Nice little home with some land in a good subdivision. They were also in the home repair field and there are a few projects to do, but no major repairs just upgrades. It took them a while, but don't lose hope and find a good Realtor who is willing to work for you.
My client just did a lease/option on a really cute brick ranch that an agent went in and flipped for 99,900. I had an inspector go in there, and it had no issues with even a new roof. Cute as a button, and nice size lot. So it can be done, just needs som digging to unveil it.
Try Brentwood. Not too bad and you can find fixer uppers.
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