I suggest people to make a very clear goal before any purchse.

If it is for rent, try to get the best return ratio, and a livable house that if it is damaged, you don't feel pain.

If it is reserved for future retirement, you need to pick a good location, but you may not need to have a good school district because at your retirement time, you don't need to have a good school. Usually people liquidate their good school district house and move to elsewhere low price neighborhood for retirement.

To mix different goals usually doesn't bring a great result. 

And to reserve for some future purpose also may miss target very easily.

When I was young, I bought a lot of things to reserve for the future, for example, I spent a lot of extra money to buy a video player that can support satelite signals and I planed to use it in the future when it got popular. But before that, technology, personal situation and everything have changed. I endded to pay extra money for nothing.

Gu-shi

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• You are right. But my problem is -mansionpark- ♀ (127 bytes) () 04/25/2012 postreply 14:08:47

• Understand. Enjoy what you have. -古石- ♂ (221 bytes) () 04/25/2012 postreply 14:38:09

• Well said! -pretty_woman2- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/25/2012 postreply 15:04:28

• 真知灼见! JUST FOCUS ON ONE THING (GOAL)! -直觉是金- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/25/2012 postreply 15:44:50