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Buying Ahead of Time:
Can it be done?
I work for the state and will be transferring to another city (working for the same state agency at the same job) within the next 3-4 months. I am a first time homebuyer and have already found a home that I like.
Certainly, people buy houses before they've moved to town all the time.  But it can be difficult to keep insurance on a vacant house, and my guess is that the costs of maintaining it (mortgage payments, pro...
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