Let's see, after having to move through 10 different houses cuz of my parents and due to the foster care law, I'll gladly tell you what to look out for before you purchase a house. Now I'm no expert financially or anything, okay?

Before purchasing a new house.....

-Make sure you get yourself a lawyer to look at the house history. At least that's what my foster mom did. That way you don't have to worry about some relative crawling back to claim the house cuz it belongs to their grandparents or whatever.

-This may sound out of the ordinary, but make sure that its not haunted!? If it is, find out what type of haunting occurs. For example, I've heard of some peoples energy bill skyrocket due to paranormal activities. Or maybe if its just one that likes to move things, then I guess you won't mind? More details about it in one of my hubs if you care to find out from my personally experience about the flushing toilet that caused our water bill to go up.

-Is the neighborhood safe? I had lived in many quiet clean neighborhoods. But that doesn't mean you'll have a nice Mr. Rogers next door to ya. We had an elder couple next door who likes to stir up trouble. She feeds our dog leftover and raw garbage!? One time she threatens to call the cops on me for walking on her damn property?! But that's nothing compare to where I am living now. We live close to those public housing and authority place. You know, where some folks just got out of jail are keeping an eye out on ya. I want to start out living in one of those public housing due to its cheap price, but already have too many conflicts going on at our house. Yes, our house has been broken in to, plus my car. Not to mention a lot of drug addicts would walk up to you asking you to give them a job so they can buy themselves some milk. Uh huh. Make sure you go online and see if there are any conficted felon living close by.

-How old is the house? Very important to know, because our water pipes are just as old as our 100 year old house. Not to mention our furnance just died completely in the middle of winter?! We've been having a lot of leaking pipe problems after problems. Make sure the roof is in good condition. Why? Because we are having some leaking problems when it rains.

-Check out the yard. Why? We have over 20 some pine trees in our yard. And that's a #$% load of mess to clean up! I'm talking about fallen branches, pinestraws, and pinecones all year round!? Plus I've heard from one neighbor that one of our tree has fallen through their house before we moved in?! But I must say, we have some of the nicest flowers growing in the yard. Then comes allergy season...Not just the flowers but those damn pine trees leave a lot of pollens. If you live out in the country, you can kiss your garden and bird feeders good-bye. It also attracts a lot of other wildlife such as rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, and deers that would love to munch on them things. And also be aware of the other wild animals, especially coyotes, cougars, or worse, bears?!

-The type of flooring. We have wooden floors. Their beautiful and all, but a lot more of a pain than carpet in my opinion. You have to be careful when moving things across the wooden floor, because it'll leave scratches behind. I like walking barefooted in the house, but not on hardware floors. Your feet can pick up the slightest dirt. But they are a lot easier to clean than having to use one of those daggone carpet cleaner that cleans a few inches or whatever strength you have left in ya!?

-What the walls are made of? Well, we are having problems with plaster walls. Meaning we can't hang anything on the wall unless it is done a certain way. I also heard that if you want to remodel the house, there are some dangerous chemicals that keeps the house insulated can cause cancer. Only let professionals should do that and it is expensive!

-The roof? We have a metal roof, and guess what? Since my room is upstairs, anything that falls and hits the roof, like those damn pinecones for example, would hit hard and roll off the roof!? Sounds like a mini version of a thunderstorm. What's worse is that the metal roof is tore up and the pine cones and straws would always clog up our gutter.

-Weather location. We live close to the Atlantic coast where hurricanes like to drop by and visit. Its required by law that we have to have flood insurance because of that. California wasn't so bad, except for the heat and a few earthquakes.

Hope that this either help you or scare you out before purchasing a new house! Good luck!