My broker is Excite Realty, and we have offices in Seven Points on Cedar Creek Lake and another office in Athens on the square. The Athens office is close to Lake Athens, Safari Waters. Give us a call and we would be glad to help you find the right area for you. http://www.judicatesrealtor@aol.com

Susan,
Just rephrase your question, Yes Realtors can answer the question. Best neighborhood as in what. Pools and Tennis courts, Average rise in property values, Lowest vacancy rate. Lowest Property Taxes, No Mud taxes, No Flood zone. There are several questions we can answer that are not considered steering.
And to go one step further you are allowed to look for property in a certain school district, we are just not allowed to tell you what school district to look in. You can tell us that you do not want to be near a rail road tract , we just can not leave out homes near a rail road tract unless you request it.
We may show you homes only in a senior community if you are a senior citizen.
We may not exclude areas of certain religious or ethic make up with or without your request.
For schools you can go to http http://:www.schoolmatters.com

for crime got to http://www.Realtor.com got to the area you are interested in and pull up the neighborhood and click on crime

Happy House Hunting

Margaret

As a professional realtor our code of ethics we can't make any comments considered to be "steering"... however we can assist in doing research on your behalf fowarding and directions for you. If I had additional info. including your budget what you are qualified for that also plays HUGE roll in providing correct directions. Contact my office if we can offer further assistance 972-699-9111

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