Bonnie Foust

Do yourself a favor, stay in Houston. Boston is overhyped and overpriced. It's a terrible place to raise a family, racist and inclusive. All those cultural, sports and entertainment events you'll never see because you won't be able to afford it, plus the parking. You will have to put your kids in private schools, that's $30,000 a year in tuition on top of the $3000 a month housing payment you will fork over for half the space you have now. Unless someone is offering you $1 million a year in salary, STAY AWAY FROM HERE. YOU WILL HATE IT. - Mon Jul 14 2008, 22:21

Here's my issue with the buyer's agent. I tried to use a buyer's agent and all she did was throw multiple listings searches at me. I was telling her which properties I wanted to see. I was doing the drivebys to check out the neighborhood. I was going to the open houses. That's a lot of work. I thought the buyer's agent were suppose to pick the properties, not me. I was driving through some of the most horrible neighborhoods in town looking at places. Also the buyer's agent never told me what I could or could not offer. I found that information out through sellers agents. They told me about contigencies, they told me about asking for closing costs or buying down the interest rate. I don't know about the ethics of that, but I did say I didn't have a big downpayment and I was concerned about getting a monthly payment above a certain amount and they - the sellers agents -- offered solutions. Maybe that's their job, but it's more than I got from the buyer's agent. - Tue Jul 1 2008, 20:26