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在美国买房,要注意些什么?---转帖

有读者问我,在美国买房应该注意些什么。这个问题,很多人写过。我打算排除条条框框,根据我们买房的体会,非严肃地说几句。
除非你想自己折腾,买房要先找经纪人。经纪人就像是媒婆,找什么样的媒婆,大有学问。太热门的媒婆,容易耍大牌,还动不动地生意忙呀忙呀地忽悠你。找太新鲜出炉的经纪人,咱又担心他讨价还价经验不足。在我看来,理想的经纪人,应该是不老不嫩不热不冷的那类人。
经纪人的花言巧语,咱千万不能全信。朋友推荐的经纪人虽然值得可信,但也要多问几个为什么。媒婆能帮李家说个好媳妇,但不一定也能给你找个好太太。找经纪人的道理与此类似。
找经纪人时,我们通常靠背后调查,直接相面,再凭闻声识人法敲定。虽然如此费心,说来遗憾,我们第一次买房时雇用的那位房地产大腕儿,和卖方打交道时却马失前蹄。我们看了几个月,不仅没找到合适的房子,还倒赔了1000美金。这个故事,得单独另表。
高压电线和高速公路附近的房子,不管多么富丽堂皇,咱都坚决不要。辐射和噪音是健康的大敌,买个可能致癌或者引起失眠的房子,不管多便宜,都不划算。二楼卧室底下是车库的房子,据说可能引起夫妻不合,这种离婚房咱也坚决回避。大门冲着大马路,后院有湖水的房子,据说风水也不咋的。
买房要看学区,中美人民肯定一致认同。好学区的房子增值快,这也是个重要的因素。
咱来美国这么多年,买东西时几乎没杀过价。但买两次房子时,我们每次都猛杀个不停。老公冲锋,我后方掩护,杀得很热闹很沸腾。二十几万的,咱先杀它个五万。六十几万的,咱杀它个十几万再说。杀价时,我们一定要把卖方想象成纸老虎。不要怕被否定,不要怕拒绝。杀价时,要拿出追求心上人时的那种大无畏精神。只要卖方真的想出手,不管你杀的多低,他都会有回旋余地。当然,这种状态只限于金融危机时。房事暴涨时,咱得来个短平快。
我在两个城市买过房,最后再把学区问题贯彻一下。圣路易斯的parkway学区比较著名,它深受中国人民的喜爱。在parkway的四个学区当中,central和west似乎更胜一筹,south房价偏低,north的中国人不太多。两年前,三十几万可以在这个学区买到不错的房子。
巴尔地摩和华盛顿郊区,有个著名的howard
county。这个人民公社有一年被评为全美最适合居住的地区之一。著名的代价就是高房价。在圣路易斯二十几万可以拿下的房子,在这里就要将近六十万。我们搬家时是艰险的,换房时是胆儿颤的。
买房如同相亲,一见钟情的,不要轻易放过。讲价时,要矜持,要含蓄,不要一分钟之内就露出非它不娶的底牌。强扭的瓜不甜,勉强能接受的买房合同,一定要慎之又慎。
有一天,我家的二宝向我透露了她的伟大梦想。她说,长大后她要为我们在新泽西买个大房子。哎哟,多灿烂的梦想啊。新泽西,到处都是花吧。好,娘等着。

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