Surprisingly, the main reason is money.Simply put, any financial advisor working on commissions or insurance broker is going to be keen on selling you a whole life policy or annuity, because they pay them the highest commissions.

Anyone live in Savannah that could tell me about unexpected costs I might run into?

EDUCATE YOURSELF - yes, it will take time, but will lead to a selection that better meets your expectations & avoids potentially costly surprises!

I suppose I shouldn`t be too surprised, as the previous owner had 3 dogs, but now it looks like I can add "Book Hotel room" to my to-do list for my upcoming trip down there this weekend, since I really don`t know what my neighbor`s definition of "a few" is, I have to assume the worst, a flea infestation.

To tell everyone the truth I'm kind of surprised nobody has any opinions about anything on this post as all of it came either directly from this site or from links provided on this site.

I would not be surprised to see the number increase in the future, but I do not expect it to be a large number.

I'm surprised more people haven't tried this.

In fact, I'd be surprised if the bank even knew that you were entering the property; it's normally the job of the listing agent to grant you access, though your agent should be able to do so as well.

You'd be surprised how urban the area can be and still qualify for a USDA loan.Here is a map from the website for PA showing the eligible areas.http://eligibility.sc.egov.usda.gov/eligibility/eligibilityAction.do?

(I was surprised to see that they are not asking for anything at the time of the offer itself.)3.