Name:   John C - Subject:   Real Estate question Date:   9/23/2015 3:09:16 PM

When buyers ask me this question, I usually respond somewhat similarly to the above, but here are the questions I ask:

1.) which town do you want to base your life around: Alex City, Dadeville, or Eclectic.  Meaning - where would you rather shop, go to church, activities, medical care, etc.

2.) what sort of experience do you imagine yourself having - a neighborhood feel or more rural feel?

3.)  do you have hobbies like boating or fishing, and what are your off water hobbies?

4.) then look at price range

By the way, in the last 12 months over 90 deeded waterfront homes (not condos) have sold for under $350,000. True, some of them needed a lot of work. But most of them did not. If you consider that in that same time frame about 318 waterfront residential properties have sold (homes plus condos, not lots), then the under $350k homes market segment is actually quite large - about 28% of the market.