Checking Out a Neighborhood In Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Checking Out a Neighborhood In Fort Lauderdale, FL

If you want to know how much your house will sell for in South Florida, Broward County go to www.OurHouseWorth.com or call Irene Medina.Realtor at 954-439-4851.

Homebuyers in Fort Lauderdale, FL enter the process with one of two mindsets. There are people who know what kind of home they want – the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the type of kitchen area and maybe whether or not they want a yard. Then there are those who know where they want to live, such as a particular school district or community, but have never accomplished a wish list of home features.

Seldom does a homebuyer in Fort Lauderdale, FL tell her real estate agent that she wants a “three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with a gourmet kitchen area, a fireplace and a swimming pool in the backyard, situated on J Street in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood.”

While it is significant for your real estate agent to know what features you want in a house, “location, location, location” is just as important, important, important.

Even if you know exactly what you want in a home in Fort Lauderdale, FL and perhaps have one picked out, it is crucial to scope out the community before committing completely to purchasing.

Don’t Believe What You Hear

Especially when you are new to an area, it is easy to believe what people tell you about the various neighborhoods. “When I was getting ready to move to Las Vegas 10 years ago I went online and read about the various neighborhoods,” recalls Veronica Thomas. “The consensus seemed to be that Green Valley and Summerlin were the best places to reside.”

On a weekend trip to check out the areas in person, Thomas found that neither area suited her. “Green Valley was far too crowded for me,” she said. “Summerlin was way too far from my job on the Strip. I’d heard that both had low crime rates, but they were not that much lower than some other areas that I discovered much more attractive,” she indicates.

There is nothing quite like first-hand information. If good schools are significant to you, do the research yourself instead of depending on what other people consider “ideal.” GreatSchools.org lists schools’ test scores and features recommendations from parents.

Crime statistics can also be found on the web. The FBI offers a nationwide Sex Offender Registry on their website and Neighborhood Scout says that they “reveal the safety from crime for every neighborhood in America.” Finally, call the police or sheriff’s department in the location for more information on crime statistics.

Google maps will allow you to map a route from the new house to your job, to a certain school, or to the closest shopping center and kick back the mileage and a rough estimate of the time it will take to get there.

A bunch of your preliminary neighborhood research can be done on the web, but it’s not a replacement for actually checking out the neighborhood in person.

Drive It

Number three on the list of the five greatest mistakes homebuyers make when selecting a neighborhood is underestimating or ignoring the commute, according to MSN Real Estate. Their advice is to actually make the commute during normal commute hours to see if it matches your lifestyle.

Drive through the neighborhood at a variety of times during the day and evening, on both weekdays and weekends, searching for anything that may be considered an inconvenience. Music blasting from a teen’s open bedroom window when you are trying to relax after work might make you ask yourself why you bought a home in that neighborhood in the first place. Is the home under the airport’s flight path? Children – and all that they imply – might be a blessing or a curse, based on how you feel about them.

If you don’t drive, walk the neighborhood. Find the nearest public transportation stop and see for yourself what the walk is like to the store and other local conveniences.

Check Municipal Records

Finally, check the neighborhood and surrounding area for anything that might affect the house’s worth.

Look for:

A high number of foreclosures nearby.

Improvements in the works.

Future zoning changes.

Sure, it’s significant to accomplish those desires of the ideal home in Fort Lauderdale, FL for you. But the bigger picture – a suitable neighborhood in an area that matches your lifestyle – is just as important to your quality of life.

Irene Medina, Realtor, and The Medina Real Estate Group have vast experience in marketing of properties extensively worldwide via the internet. They sell their listings in record time and for top dollar. They have received many recommendations from their extremely satisfied customers. Realtor Irene and The Medina Real Estate Group service, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Parkland, Davie, Weston, Tamarac, Broward County and South Palm Beach. She has been a Silver medal winner with Keller Williams for the past 3 years. She is a Certified Residential Specialist, CRS, Certified Distressed Property Expert, CDPE, she is also a Graduate of the Realtor Institute, GRI. She also holds the following designations, SFR, CHS, TRC and is working on her Commercial Real Estate accreditation.

Irene Medina of The Medina Real Estate Group from Keller Williams Realty has become a certified member of Giveback Homes Organization. The Giveback Homes model is simple; for every home members of our network buy or sell, we help build a home for a family in need. Through the partnership between Giveback Homes and Habitat for Humanity, 100 percent of member donations go directly to building projects in developing countries in Central America and assisting with build days in the United States. Giveback Homes is dedicated to creating a sustainable relationship between real estate professionals, home-buyers, home-sellers, and communities in need throughout the world. Our goal is create social change through the act of buying or selling a home. “I feel very honored to be a part of such a wonderful organization!” said Irene Medina of The Medina Real Estate Group. My goal is to build a home a year in Nicaragua and to help build homes in New York City, which is where I am originally from.” For every home they help sell, they will donate money to help build a home for a family in need.

IreneMedina.Realtor has been a Florida resident for the past 22 years and has been a Broward County resident for 21 years. She is originally from Brooklyn, New York and her parents are from Puerto Rico. She lives in Fort Lauderdale with her husband, Jason, 3 daughters, Golden Retriever (Rosie), Corgie (Cinnamon) and 3 cats!

Realtor Irene and The Medina Real Estate Group will “Stand by YOU Every Step of the Way!” from start to finish.

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