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Don't buy in MoCo until the school redistricting is setled?
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Anonymous
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Spouse and I were considering moving up houses in Bethesda next year, but the brewing school redistricting mess has us a little spooked. Are there areas of Bethesda that are more likely to emerge unscathed? We would be fine with Whitman or BCC but wouldn't want to buy an expensive home only to have our kids riding a bus to some school that is farther away than that.
Should we just wait it out and buy only when the new boundaries are set and final? |
Anonymous
| Pay for private, you can afford it. That way you can comfortably self-segregate. |
Anonymous
| I don’t think it will ever be settled, unfortunately. |
Anonymous
| Troll. |
Anonymous
| You can always drive your child to school in your black Suburban instead. |
Anonymous
| Private. |
Anonymous
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Yes, it would be a terrible investment right now to guess wrong. On the other side, I assume prices will soften up, so if you guess correctly, you will come out ahead.
Try to estimate how much of the purchase price consists of the school premium. Try to buy a good enough deal that someone would pay that much for that house just for the location, if the schools are reassigned. It may take you a while to find that one property, but eventually you will. It may not look exactly like you envisioned, but it will be a good, solid purchase. |
Anonymous
No, YOU are a troll for pretending like it's a pertinent question, or one that every single home buyer will be asking for the duration of your hare-brained redistricting idea. |
Anonymous
So sick of the anti-Montgomery County TROLL. Go away. |
Anonymous
| Wouldn't touch real estate with a 39.5ft pole until it's settled. You wanna lose $100-200k overnight? |
Anonymous
Hard to face the truth, huh? Or are you a homeowner, selling your home, and desperately trying leave someone else holding the bag? |
Anonymous
It's OK to buy in places where value is largely in the home's location, and not so much tied to the schools. For example, folks that want to buy a (comparatively) inexpensive home in a failing school district are completely safe, in my opinion, and have no reason to hesitate. |
Anonymous
| You are idiots. Or one idiot posting on all these MoCo threads. |
Anonymous
| What's your alternative? Living in Virginia??? Ha, you've got to be kidding. Seriously, you really should realize the alternatives are terrible. |
Anonymous
| Grew up in MoCo. Moved to Falls Church after school. Never going back. |