Moving to North Carolina - Need your help!?

Question

Need help in finding a newer suburb of Charlotte. Looking for nice homes, family atmosphere with near by shopping and good schools. Also, any information you can provide about you likes or dislikes of the area would be appreciated! Thanks

Answer 1

Look in the Lake Norman or Cornelieus area. Nice ritzy neighborhoods...Lots of shopping. I don't really know about the schools but go here: http://www.ncreportcards.org/src/
There you can compare any school in the state on a lot of different statistics and test scores and things.

I have friends who live in that area and it's always just very pretty and very nice. Seems like a nice place to live.

PS: Both areas are north of Charlotte.

Answer 2

I lived in Charlotte for 3 years and while I was there I lived in North and South Charlotte. I recommend North Charlotte and then any of the surrounding towns. Monroe, Matthews, Pineville are all south of Charlotte and Lake Norman, Huntersville and Mooresville are north of Charlotte. Charlotte is a tricky place so you will want to physically see the neighborhoods you are thinking about. A nice neighborhood can be one street over from a crime infested neighborhood. Talk to your new employer and fellow coworkers and get ideas about commutes as well. The neighborhood might be nice but if it takes you an hour to get to work everyday you will want to weigh that in your decision.

Answer 3

The BEST thing you could do is "interview" 3 Local Realtors over the phone - see how you hit it off with them.......... I am an Accredited Buyers Rep from NJ and work with RE/MAX Connection.

I could "refer" you to 3 different companies that do work in the area - and hopefully each agent would be an Accredited Buyers Representative.

You can contact me at your leisure. Good Luck

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Answer 4

You be the judge with the right facts and you can find the right facts here
EPA: Finding out about your local drinking water quality: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html
EPA: Drinking water in Schools and Child Care Facilities: http://www.epa.gov/safewater/schools/index.html
US Government Housing assistance grants all areas:
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalo...
US Government Grants page: http://www.grants.gov/
US Federal Domestic Assistance catalog for all Federal Programs available to State & Local Governments & the Public
http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html
All government Benefit Programs http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal
US GOVERNMENT CONSUMER TIPS ON HOMES: http://www.consumer.gov/yourhome.htm
List of all available Federal programs http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal;jsessionid=FX2KrmkSYpQNWvJT5M5bCT8d6NfrbMGL2kWh01jgmGKD5HYmGYyj!-1747634320?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=gbcc_page_locate_federal&_nfls=false
Finding out what benefits you are eligible for with the US Government
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=gbcc_page_questionnaire&_nfls=false
FBI Sex offender web sites for all states: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/states.htm
National Weather Service: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
DEA Website on methamphetamine homes all states http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=National+Clandestine+Laboratory+Register&q=site%3Awww.usdoj.gov%2Fdea&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection
Buying a home an article from AARP: http://www.aarp.org/money/wise_consumer/financinghomes/a2004-02-18-BuyingAHome.html
Information on any city in the USA: http://www.bestplaces.net/
Information on any school: http://www.greatschools.net/
Law enforcement agencies throughout the US: http://www.usacops.com/
Search for cities & Counties in the US: http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Data_and_Demographics&Template=/cffiles/counties/city_srch.cfm
2006 Market-by-Market Home Price Analysis Reports from National Association of REALTORS®:
http://www.realtor.org/Research.nsf/pages/MetroHomePriceAnalysisReports?OpenDocument
Statistics on real estate from the Feds: http://www.fedstats.gov/
FBI: Crime reports for each State: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_08.html
Lots of information to look at and often overlooked.
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