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During the last time you moved residences, how important was finding accurate, comprehensive information about potential new places to live for you?
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This is extremely important because there are a lot of options out there and I try to figure out what is the best one for me considering multiple factors.
I need to know the ins and outs of where I live because I want to live in a safe neighborhood.
Its very important to find accurate comprehensive information about potential new places to live.
It was critically important to find the most information I could about potential moving locations.
It was extremely important to have accurate information on the quality of the house and neighborhood for the comfort and safety of my kids
Not super important since we were staying in the same town.
This was extremely important because it helps to determine the cost of living and potential tax implications of working / living where you do.
Crucial. The pandemic has put real estate/living spaces upside down. Having this resource would be extremely helpful.
Very important. I want to know everything -- about the place, the community, walkability, public transport access, etc.
It is important to know the quality of living before moving to a new location so this information is good to find online
Not terribly important, I already worked in the town I was moving to and bought a house from a friend. This was rare though, generally, it would be really important.
The last time I moved, it was before internet was common. I just had to make a lot of calls and do some networking.
Extremely important, and we passed on a few locations because I simply couldn't find reliable information about the area.
I think that it was incredibly important for me to find accurate, comprehensive information about potential new places for me live. I'm the type of person that wants to have as much information as possible before I make a big decision like deciding where to live.
It was very important. You do not want to be stuck in a bad lease or with a bad apartment/house. You spend a lot of time in these places these days, especially with the pandemic just happening.
Very important. I want all of the information I can with such an important decision
Finding accurate information was very important. I used real estate sites and google searches.
It is very important as finding the right place to live affects a lot of things in ones life.
It was extremely important. I moved from rural to urban/suburban. So safety and commute were priorities. As this particular city has pockets of crime ridden areas and safer areas. I am a small female that lives alone so had to ensure I was not moving somewhere particularly unsafe. Checked crime maps, asked police force friends, etc. Then the actual information about the house itself to ensure I'd have a steady/reliable residence with a mortgage and not jacked up rent.
Very important. My house is my biggest investment, so I definitely needed good information. Thankfully we had a really good real estate agent
It was important, but we lucked out that we moved just down the street from my girlfriend's parent's home. So no much research was required. It is important to not just move blindly through.
It was a critical thing to me because I needed to know that there was a good school nearby where my kids could go to school and also the distance to where I can amenities it is far off and the last thing was that the security of the place was guaranteed.
Super hard. When you rent it's hard to find places and figure out where to look for listings, and there are a lot of scams out there too.
It’s big. Living situations are one of the most important decisions in life so you need to be able to make an infoRmed decision
Since I was planning on living there long-term, it was very important to find accurate information, so that I didn't need to go to each place and check it out. As it was, I was able to eliminate all but three possibilities by looking online.
Very important, one of the most important things
It was very important. Had to get detailed information on the area of the house the condition of the house.
Although it was extremely important, it was not difficult. I happened to have family who lived nearby, and they were able to provide info on a place to move to.
I hate moving so I did my research, found experienced professionals , and made sure we found what we wanted.
i was looking to purchase a townhouse so i was looking and looking, i moved 15 minutes away but i wish i would have learned more about my specific location
Very important, because we were moving from a townhouse that we were renting to a single family home that we owned
I used zillow to find a house to buy last time I moved so it was important because it's a huge decision and I wanted all the information I could get on it.
of course it was the most important factor in looking for a new place. i wanted to know everything. i wanted to see pictures and see everything that was around the place.
It’s so important you don’t want to get burned with where you move. I have friends who hate their place and wish they looked at some things more before moving
It wasn't a priority cause I had moved across the country and just needed any place, it was more about convenience for me.
It was very important because we needed to know things like if the new residence aloud pets and what kind of utilities were already paid for and which utilities we would have to pay for ourselves. How many bedrooms and how big the overall place was important too as well as the location.
Extremely important. Choosing a residence requires a huge investment of time, money, and effort. Knowing details about the place I would be living was among the highest priorities in planning my move.
It has been quite a while since I moved residences, but finding accurate and comprehensive information wasn't of the most important factors in determining a location. I was more concerned with the price and I was already a bit familiar with the location.
It was definitely important in finding information. I used Google reviews and apartment reviews online which helped a whole lot.
It was important to know the crime rate, walkability and things like that
It was extremely important to find accurate and comprehensive information about new residences and apartment for me to live because I wanted to find the right place for me to live.
It was very important and i relied on general internet searching and referrals from friends
It was difficult. There never seemed to be a residence that I was satisfied with. I just settled.
It is really important to find accurate info about potential places to live since I don't want to make a move based on incomplete info.
Having the latest reliable information was a very important factor. It ensured we could make more informed decisions regarding the purchase.
Less important than it might be for some because children were not involved. We didn't have to worry about things like school districts, we could judge entirely on aesthetics.
It was very important because I need to be sure of yh place I was considering
It was critically important. All of our relocation planning was based on the information that we could find regarding the neighborhood cost and resources that were available within that neighborhood. The more information the better.
It was vital to see property tax rates, utility costs, school zones, prior to purchasing a home.
It was absolutely necessary to visit apartments before picking one. Very few property managers are flat out liars, but even the most honest ones use photography that makes rooms look bigger than they are, and they don't tell you how old the appliances are. We also had to verify information about nearby services like daycare.
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