Okay people having lived in Ohio and South Carolina and I have been able to see some very unique homes, developments, and attractions.  One thing that is starting to bug me is the fact that the new trend down here in Horry County is these cookie cutter developements!!  All the developer is concerned with is slapping up homes, hoping the yankees come down and buy a home from them. 

First of all I have seen first hand what happens when developers fail to plan or offer variety!  The foreclosure rate in the midwest is horrible.  Is it because the developer got greedy?  Or is it because he paid too much for the dirt and didn't run his numbers?  Or is it because people tried to keep pace with there friends? I dunno!!

 What I do know is that in Ohio a lot of developers have the same house and floor plan three houses down from each other and its like they cut and paste on a cpu!  I am starting to see this trend down here and you know what people it does not work!! 

Why does it not work because in 5 years when you go to sell your home, how are you going to distanguish your home from your neighbors who has the same floor plan, same style, probably same colors, and probably paid near the same price??  I mean all you have to fall back on in location.  Doesn't sound like a great investment to me.  Now don't get me wrong we all need a roof under our heads and we need to be thankful, but at the same time we should be wise with our money and investment.

I wish some devlopers would look at the big picture instead of density and bottom line, bc the bottom line will and can come back to haunt you. Besides if you are going to go to all the trouble to spend money marketing something shouldn't be different and not the same, sometimes in Real Estate you have to take chances and not do what has always worked.  What is everyone's take on this??