Maine residents: HELP!
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- IllI0
- IllI0
- ********0
i thnk that would be awesome.
Seattle to Maine. Hipsterville to 'late to the party' ville
- autonoma0
Well, I feel like any bigger city will be considered "hipsterville" by somebody. I just see Seattle as an amazingly beautiful city. I really wish we didn't have to leave, but alas, we do. Maine was on the radar anyway, just not this soon. It, too, is pretty beautiful.
Here's a picture of the house we almost purchased:
- WOW! Why didn't you pull the trigger? Looks amazing.Andrew_D
- We did, and were about to get it, but then some guy came out of the woodwork...autonoma
- That had left the owner a note before we came along, and he offered cash. Broke our hearts.autonoma
- It's much better than it looks in the photo.autonoma
- Gutted for you, Maine. ;-) Oh and fuck that guy with the bag of money. Hope you find something better or equal.Andrew_D
- PonyBoy0
ayuh
- monkeyshine0
Why don't you just get a realtor in the area and have them help you? Going to be difficult to do 3000 miles away. I moved back to Boston from Seattle in January. :)
- monkeyshine0
For example: http://www.brendafontaine.com/
- Can't believe how cheap some of the houses are on that site, big homes for $175,000 that are actually quite nice.Andrew_D
- autonoma0
Our goal wasn't to buy yet, and still isn't. We just fell in love with that house. We actually viewed it to rent it, then this guy put and offer on it and we countered. His offer was cash.
- typical0
i know you mentioned google, but what sort of searches have you done? i just searched for "real estate brokers maine" and got a bunch of results.. this is most likely your best choice over craigslist which is as you described it.. i recommend a broker to do the search for you.. and plus its their area of knowledge.. best of luck in your search and hopefully you can find something suitable for all your needs..
- inteliboy0
Sorry offtopic - but damn the US has some nice looking suburbs. That place looks A+.
This is pretty much what we've got down here in aus:
- autonoma0
That's very cute!
Yeah, Maine has incredible deals on good homes if you're looking to buy. The house I posted above was 3,000 square feet (including a fantastic 1 bedroom apartment that we would have leased) and sold for $255,000.
- MIND = BLOWN! That'll get you 600 square feet in Toronto, if you're lucky.Andrew_D
- Greedo0
maine has good deals cause it's got fuck all going on. it's a beautiful place, but severely economically depressed. your only chance really is the internet up there...
- afabrega0
Not a Maine resident (Portsmouth, NH) but Brunswick is nice. Might be a bit pricey because of Bowdoin College, but it's got a nice small town feel but has a lot of other things to offer (which you're going to want after Seattle, believe me). This one's kinda nice for $257K:
http://www.newenglandmoves.com/r…G'luck!