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The Wrong Side of the Tracks
The Wrong Side of the Tracks
I recently read a blog on ActiveRain.com (http://activerain.com/blogsview/1466639/how-would-you-answer-this-question-) that asked real estate professionals how they would answer this question:  "What areas of town should we stay away from when considering buying a new home?" This is a pretty loaded question for anyone to work with especially a real estate professional. There are a lot of implications when you say someone should stay away from a particular neighborhood as opposed to a different one. Not to mention that there are legalities here when you take the Fair Housing Act of 1968 into consideration. A Realtor should never make any suggestions or lead a client to or away from a property due to the agent's opinions of the the neighbors ethnicity, income levels, education levels or any other reason. It's just not fair to the client to have their agent's values essentially pushed upon them. I was not able to find anywhere in the Fair Housing Act that it would be illegal to suggest or recommend against a particular property though. There are lots of condos for sale in Huntington Beach but ultimately what you'll consider a good or bad neighborhood has more to do with your tolerance for your ... more

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