When pushing for a lower offer, always provide a clear justification, like market trends or repair costs, to make your reasoning sound logical.

Unrelated to HOA but if homes won't pass the safety engineered designation, who demo's house and haul off and when does HOA or city make owner to remove?

That wouldn't be a defect because the house was built before central air existed according to normal and customary designs of the time.

Getting a Real Estate VA is one of the trends nowadays, but do you think it's still worth it? 

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Columbus has ranked on the top 10 markets that outline that for the past 6 months at least. the best place to buy new builds is in higher priceopint markets but where the costs haven't gotten out of control. besides that I'd recommend working with a vertically integrated land development, real estate development, and new construction firm or design build firm who also understands market conditions. 

It seems like the general trend of population growth is northern Dallas.

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