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Red Flags for house shopping from Real Estate agents

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Buying a house, condo, or apartment is a huge financial investment. It’s probably one of the biggest decisions you’ve ever made! The process is unfamiliar, intimidating, and overwhelming, all in one. To help you out, real estate agents of Reddit recently shared the subtle red flags that you should look out for when buying your next home.

  • "Fresh paint, new carpet, but nothing else updated. It's the realtor remodel special. Just there to make you feel good on your 15-minute walk-through. Look at the tiles, trim, foundation to see what you really need to know. And always drive through the neighborhood at night if you do not know it."
  • "Walk or bike through the neighborhood; you will learn more about it than a drive."
  • "Bang the walls, and if you hear it moving — if an older home — it's a sign that the plaster walls aren't in good shape. At best, you'll have a tough time hanging anything. At worst, you'll have the contemporary open floor plan of your dreams (nightmares)."
  • "If you walk into a house and are hit by the smell of Febreze or air fresheners...well, expect that it probably smells like dogs or smoke when that stuff wears off. Bear in mind that a lot of agents like to burn pretty smelling candles or bake some cookies right before an open house, so it's not a hard-and-fast rule. You mostly want to watch out for it if you're seeing it by appointment."
  • "When the sellers have stuff hung on the walls in places no one would EVER hang stuff, they may be covering up damage from a decade-long termite infestation. Source: Bought a house where the sellers had stuff hung on the walls in places no one would ever hang stuff, to cover up a decade-long termite infestation."

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