Columbia SC Condo Quality:
A Big Concern
The Quality of any Columbia SC Real Estate Property you might be interested in Should Be a Major Concern. . ....
...but the quality of construction of a condominium complex is especially important. There are several reasons for this. First, of course, is your health and safety. Also, as a homeowner, you will be responsible for the cost of repairs. Even if there are many homeowners, the cost to each may be substantial. The cost of the hazard insurance carried by the association is based upon the construction quality of the building.
Future Financing Should be A Concern
Another important consideration has to do with future financing. Lenders can pick and choose those properties for which they wish to make loans. If the condominium complex is anything but a prime property, it may be very difficult, perhaps impossible, for a buyer to get a new institutional loan when its time for you to sell. This may hurt your attempts to sell your condo for the greatest profit.
Because most people do not understand the construction of large buildings, they choose to be unconcerned with quality. Do a careful inspection or have a professional home inspector inspect the entire complex before writing an offer on a condominium in Columbia SC.
Ask Hugh and Carol Ryall, Earth Available Realty, Inc., about condos in Columbia SC.
This Home Buying Tip was excerpted from:
How To Buy Your Home and do it right by Sue Beck, Dearborn Financial Publishing, Inc., 1993.
ISBN# 0793104947