| Would you buy a car because your friend
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| | sales leads on potential clients. Many
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| liked it? Would you ask a car salesman
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| | are affiliated with real estate
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| which vehicle is best for you? The
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| | companies. Did you know that real estate
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| answer to both questions is probably not.
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| | salespeople are limited by the US Fair
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| How many people would move to a locale
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| | Housing Act in what they can tell you
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| because their friends liked it? Lots.
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| | about a locale? It's not that you aren't
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| How many people would ask a real estate
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| | allowed to know (the information is
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| agent which locale is best for them?
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| | available through the Census bureau),
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| Plenty.
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| | it's just that they cannot be the ones to
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| Why is that? It's because people are
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| | tell you.
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| only now becoming aware of the resources
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| | So look for independent, unbiased,
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| available to help them find the best
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| | unaffiliated, unrestricted advice to
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| place to live. In the past, we didn't
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| | inform your decision. How can you tell?
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| have any alternative to seeking the
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| | To be sure, review the legal disclosures
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| advice of people we know or had met and
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| | on the web site to determine if it's
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| then guessing about whether a locale was
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| | affiliated with a real estate or
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| really right for us.
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| | relocation company.
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| Imagine: you're moving to a new area.
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| | Reorder your search process. Start by
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| There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of
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| | determining which locations are best for
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| locales around the area. During your
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| | you. There are several web sites that
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| relocation, you ask friends and
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| | provide independent recommendations.
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| colleagues who live in that area where
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| | They range from asking a few simple
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| you should look for a new home. You
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| | questions to having you completely
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| might get suggestions like: "look here,
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| | lengthy questionnaires. Pick one that
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| it has good schools", or "I live in X and
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| | makes it easy for you to get what you
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| I really like it", or "try Y, there are a
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| | need without overwhelming you.
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| lot of transplants there".
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| | Once you've done that, or if you already
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| Not being satisfied, you get in touch
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| | have a few places in mind, get reports on
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| with a real estate agent or relocation
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| | those areas so you can compare and
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| service and ask them to help you find the
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| | contrast each locale. Look at housing,
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| best place to live. They start asking
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| | school, and demographic data to validate
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| you a lot of questions about what you
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| | which locales are most appealing.
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| like or don't like in a locale. Then you
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| | Now you are ready to contact a real
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| go out and drive around. You're still
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| | estate agent or relocation specialist.
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| not sure. It's not that you're
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| | Use the information you have to interview
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| indecisive; it's that you don't have the
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| | them. Make sure they know the locales
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| right information to make the decision.
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| | you're interested in and have experience
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| What's more, the real estate agent may
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| | there. If they don't, find someone who
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| steer you to locales they know well and
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| | does. This is a very important
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| where they have a lot of experience.
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| | decision. Make sure any professionals
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| It's not because they are unethical; we
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| | with whom you're working are properly
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| all tend to gravitate to that with which
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| | qualified to help you.
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| we are most familiar. But is that the
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| | Once you've settled on a locale, get in
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| best thing for you? No.
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| | depth information on the place. In
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| Choosing a locale and buying a home is
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| | addition to being a home, your residence
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| one of the biggest decisions in your
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| | is a huge investment. Would you invest
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| life. That's a lot of pressure. Add to
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| | $250,000 in the stock market without
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| it the stress and uncertainty of moving
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| | knowing a lot about the companies in
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| and you are really in a difficult spot.
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| | which you were investing? No. Then, do
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| But there is an easy way out. Do your
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| | the same with the investment in your
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| homework first before contacting a real
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| | home. Review real estate, school,
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| estate agent or relocation service. Get
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| | demographic, and cultural facts for the
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| unbiased advice--use the Internet for
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| | locale to make a fully informed decision.
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| research, the same way you would if you
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| | Does that make it a sure thing that you
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| were buying a car.
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| | will make the best decision? No, but it
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| There are many web sites that offer
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| | does maximize the possibility of being
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| "relocation advice". Be careful which
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| | happy with your decision. Knowledge is
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| ones you use. Some are affiliated with
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| | power. Use the web to put yourself in
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| relocation services and serve to generate
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| | the power position when you move.
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