The Best Places To Live - USA
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Perhaps it is because of the history of the US, but real estate in America is never a dull topic.
Need a change of pace, want a place to call home after retirement? Keeping up with the national housing market promises that you can find your dream home almost anywhere.
The 10 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2022-2023 (courtesy of US News and World reports.)
1. Huntsville, Alabama
2. Colorado Springs, Colorado
3. Green Bay, Wisconsin
4. Boulder, Colorado
5. San Jose, California
6. Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina
7. Fayetteville, Arkansas
8. Portland, Maine
9. Sarasota, Florida
10. San Francisco
The 10 Best Affordable Places to Live in the U.S. in 2022-2023:
1. Hickory, North Carolina
2. Green Bay, Wisconsin
3. Huntsville, Alabama
4. Quad Cities – Davenport-Bettendorf, Iowa, and Moline-Rock Island, Illinois
5. Fort Wayne, Indiana
6. Pittsburgh
7. Beaumont, Texas
8. Fayetteville, Arkansas
9. Peoria, Illinois
10. Youngstown, Ohio
Where To Buy
How to decide where to buy your next home.
Statistics are fantastic places to begin researching your top locations. The main reason is that when you find highly publicized lists like the ones above, you can easily discover untapped markets as well as states and communities that actually want an infusion of new 'blood'.
Often these off the beaten path communities that make up the "best places to live" queries have indeed been long overlooked and are safer, cleaner, and friendlier than some of the more obvious highly saturated cities and suburbs.
That doesn't mean that you shouldn't look into large cities like Pittsburgh and San Francisco. It just means, your back-up locations may have other fine and equally important perks to include in your considerations lists.
The biggest indecision for buyers lately has been choosing between a house with a yard or low maintenance condominiums or town homes.
Living where you can walk to entertainment or buying open spaces.
It is often embarrassing for buyers to admit that they may wish to live away from the hustle and bustle, but only for a few years. To some, it sounds a little spoiled.
The reality is, however, we do need different "spaces" at different times in our lives and at different turns in our relationships. So buying with for now rather than forever in mind is perfectly appropriate and realistic.
The important thing to include in this honest assessment is to make certain that you are investing in a home that has resale or flip potential. Not in a cold or calculated way, but buying a high ticket item requires a few pragmatic equations.
This is why negotiating the purchasing price is so critical. Getting the best deals at acquisition make it easier to stay right side up in your investment.
It also allows room for decisions that are not solely based on visceral or emotional hunches, but more reasonable and sound ones that you can and should take to the bank.
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