House for sale in the CRE

[ladyhawk]

So I was looking at a house for sale on the bay in Lusby........

What I'm curious to know, is it really as bad as this forum makes it out to be? I am fairly quiet (except for my car), keep to myself and am pretty laid back.
Just want make sure I cover all my bases before I totally say no to a house in the CRE.

We lived there for 15 years and rented for one.

We found it was a great place to raise a family. Our kids were able to go to their friends without too much worry.. Depending on where the other friends lived, they would sometimes meet up halfway. They fished at the lake a lot and spent most of their time at the beaches and helped with some of the teen activities CRE used to have. Not sure what they have now..

As they got older, things changed some. They would meet up with other friends out in town and hang out...

A lot of the problems depend on location. Its no different than a small city. You have areas with Vandalism, other areas with Drugs and then you have the quiet areas of CRE that rarely have to deal with either one of those things. We got along with most all of our neighbors with the exception of one, after they bought a barking dog.

Other than that, we really liked living there.

June

 

[BOP]

Is it located on the cliffs? If so, you should definitely buy, ASAP. The house may not be there much longer and you want to get in as much time as you can.

 

[black dog]

That is probably the house I was looking at. I didn't bring up the thing about the cliffs, partly because there was a huge thread about that a couple of months ago and I needed to do my own research.

I'll remind you again, There is waterfront and there is WATERFRONT.
There is no WATERFRONT in CRE

 

[The Dude]

You can say the word waterfront 500 times with half of them being in all caps, doesn't mean I know what you are talking about.

Guess I'm just not smart enough.

 

[BernieP]

that's pretty much true all over the country.. except @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

 

[BernieP]

You can say the word waterfront 500 times with half of them being in all caps, doesn't mean I know what you are talking about.

Guess I'm just not smart enough.

I'm not sure what they mean either and don't understand why they repeated it.
I guess they are trying to say there is property where you have water access, property where you front the water but don't have access (i.e. a cliff) and water view (the water is across the street
- thems just my guesses

CRE is apparently not just a HOA, it's a special tax district as well, sort of a super HOA. Like any HOA you probably want to know how restrictive they are and what the dues are as well as the services. I believe the realtor (seller) has to give you that information.
The realtor would also have to tell you of any easements, rights of way and other items against your land.
Nobody (but a neighbor) can tell you about the neighbors and the hood.

Good luck, maybe you can get a good buy on a nice property.

 

[black dog]

Ok.. waterfront is a piece of property that has no water depth at the end of a pier ,And that's If you are allowed to own a pier by the HO assoc because it will be Non riparian rights to the waterfront and all of the people in the community have access to your waterfront that you pay a mortgage and taxes on. Waterfront tends to be in ####ty lower cost neighborhood's that can't afford to pave all the roads and take care of the Assoc property.,,, play grounds...parks...marinas...ect... I can go on and on but Iwould hope you get the point. WATERFRONT is everything the other is not. You own the riparian rights, its not a swampy bug infested piece of land. You have good water depth, property is not washing away with the storms and big tides. You tend to be in much nicer community's, your property value will increase over the years. Do yourself a favor and learn about real estate and and learn about the differences. Sorry to ramble on.

Ok folks flame away.

 

[ladyhawk]

Ok.. waterfront is a piece of property that has no water depth at the end of a pier ,And that's If you are allowed to own a pier by the HO assoc because it will be Non riparian rights to the waterfront and all of the people in the community have access to your waterfront that you pay a mortgage and taxes on. Waterfront tends to be in ####ty lower cost neighborhood's that can't afford to pave all the roads and take care of the Assoc property.,,, play grounds...parks...marinas...ect... I can go on and on but Iwould hope you get the point. WATERFRONT is everything the other is not. You own the riparian rights, its not a swampy bug infested piece of land. You have good water depth, property is not washing away with the storms and big tides. You tend to be in much nicer community's, your property value will increase over the years. Do yourself a favor and learn about real estate and and learn about the differences. Sorry to ramble on.

Ok folks flame away.

None of that even matters when it falls over the cliff...

June

 

[The Dude]

Ok.. waterfront is a piece of property that has no water depth at the end of a pier ,And that's If you are allowed to own a pier by the HO assoc because it will be Non riparian rights to the waterfront and all of the people in the community have access to your waterfront that you pay a mortgage and taxes on. Waterfront tends to be in ####ty lower cost neighborhood's that can't afford to pave all the roads and take care of the Assoc property.,,, play grounds...parks...marinas...ect... I can go on and on but Iwould hope you get the point. WATERFRONT is everything the other is not. You own the riparian rights, its not a swampy bug infested piece of land. You have good water depth, property is not washing away with the storms and big tides. You tend to be in much nicer community's, your property value will increase over the years. Do yourself a favor and learn about real estate and and learn about the differences. Sorry to ramble on.

Ok folks flame away.

That's all well and good, but I never said it was waterfront or WATERFRONT. I just said it had a view of the bay.

 

[The Dude]

None of that even matters when it falls over the cliff...

June

Yup!

 

[black dog]

That's all well and good, but I never said it was waterfront or WATERFRONT. I just said it had a view of the bay.

Well that's not exactly what you said. What you said was



So I was looking at a house for sale on the bay in Lusby. Really nice home, (as far as I can tell), with floor to ceiling windows that look out to a deck with an amazing view of the bay.

So I guess on the bay in Lusby and a few posts later on the cliffs really just mean, I am looking at a home up the hill and two blocks from the bay with a amazing view. Now I understand.

 

[MarieB]

Well that's not exactly what you said. What you said was



So I was looking at a house for sale on the bay in Lusby. Really nice home, (as far as I can tell), with floor to ceiling windows that look out to a deck with an amazing view of the bay.

So I guess on the bay in Lusby and a few posts later on the cliffs really just mean, I am looking at a home up the hill and two blocks from the bay with a amazing view. Now I understand.

Are you short, and do you just happen to drive a large diesel truck?

 

[black dog]

Short ? I will have you know I am.5' 10 and 1/4 " And who might you be please ?

 

[The Dude]

Well that's not exactly what you said. What you said was



So I was looking at a house for sale on the bay in Lusby. Really nice home, (as far as I can tell), with floor to ceiling windows that look out to a deck with an amazing view of the bay.

So I guess on the bay in Lusby and a few posts later on the cliffs really just mean, I am looking at a home up the hill and two blocks from the bay with a amazing view. Now I understand.

Thanks for trying to make a some point, and I'll give you some credit for trying to be ironically witty about it. At least you can entertain yourself and pay homage to your father by pointing and then explaining his stupid saying about waterfront and go even further by trying to pass it off as some real estate knowledge.
I guess when I look through real estate listings, I should make sure I pay attention to the capitalization of certain words and make sure I sufficiently understand their possible underlying meanings.

But like I said before I am probably not smart enough to understand you and your father's BS.

 

[black dog]

I tend to agree with you I don't think you understand the difference between on the bay and view,So please excuse me for thinking you would understand the difference between riparian and non-riparian rights.
Oh and now I have seen your avatar don't worry about the ranch club, you will fit right in.

 

[MarieB]

I tend to agree with you I don't think you understand the difference between on the bay and view,So please excuse me for thinking you would understand the difference between riparian and non-riparian rights.
Oh and now I have seen your avatar don't worry about the ranch club, you will fit right in.

1/4 INCH sounds about right

Holy ####

 

[The Dude]

I tend to agree with you I don't think you understand the difference between on the bay and view,So please excuse me for thinking you would understand the difference between riparian and non-riparian rights.
Oh and now I have seen your avatar don't worry about the ranch club, you will fit right in.

So the people at the Ranch Club are fans of the movie The Big Lebowski, huh? Sweet.

You are excused, especially for pointing out my deficiencies and showing your powerful wealth of knowledge and mastery of the english language.

Also (and with no level of sarcasm) thanks to everyone else for their input; I got a lot of good information.

 

[dilligaf.]

No one has mentioned the Home Owner Association annual fees. Last I heard it was something like $350 a year, not sure of the exact amount. And for that you get to play on the playground and swim in Lake Lariat aka Lake Justice when it is not contaminated with fecal matter?