[blparent] Advice: buying a house

Wed May 9 21:29:08 UTC 2012

> No, Mr. Congeniality, I'm saying it's blindness (and parenting) related 
> because she's talking about wanting to buy a house near a bus line, how to 
> get from place to place with a realtor, what to look for in a neighborhood 
> that safe for children, and how to do what's best for her family.  That 
> sounds blind- and parenting-related to me, and if it doesn't to you, then 
> by all means, hit your delete key.  You're not the moderator of this list, 
> and if you feel you are the list policeman, you really need to look for 
> another line of work because you have all the tact and diplomacy of a 
> patch of poison ivy.
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>
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> From: "Gabe Vega Via Iphone4S" <theblindtech at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 9:39 AM
> To: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>; "Blind Parents Mailing List" 
> <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Advice: buying a house
>
>> There are other appropriate list servers hosted by the nfb that are more 
>> appropriate for these topics. This is a blind, parenting list it is a 
>> list for parents were blind or have blind children in regards to 
>> parenting. Simple as that. Are you saying just because a bunch of wine 
>> people agreed to talk about the topic, that makes it blindness related? 
>> Pitiful.
>>
>> Gabe Vega
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>> (623) 565-9357
>>
>> On May 9, 2012, at 8:26 AM, "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Blindness related.  I rest my case.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
>>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>>> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
>>> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:14 AM
>>> To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] Advice: buying a house
>>>
>>>> I think it is very normal for a real estate agent to take perspective 
>>>> buyers
>>>> from house to house.  At least that's what we did, and it worked out so 
>>>> much
>>>> better because we could see multiple houses in one day.  I think the
>>>> research you might want to do would be to learn a little more about the
>>>> buses, which ones are the "best" for you to be near, and where those 
>>>> buses
>>>> stop.  Then you can tell the realitor you want to look in this or that
>>>> specific neighborhood or area of town, instead of looking at houses 
>>>> simply
>>>> "near a bus stop" and then finding out it's not a good bus.  It might 
>>>> also
>>>> be nice to talk to friends and/or other blind people in your area to 
>>>> see
>>>> what neighborhoods they live in, what they like about those 
>>>> neighborhoods,
>>>> etc.  If you can walk to a lot of places like a grocery store, library,
>>>> park, etc. from a particular area, then it's possible you might trade 
>>>> that
>>>> off for the availability of a bus...  Although that's a very tough 
>>>> ddecision
>>>> to have to make.
>>>> Just some thoughts.  The best of luck!
>>>> Melissa
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of jan wright
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 7:53 AM
>>>> To: blparent
>>>> Subject: [blparent] Advice: buying a house
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>> First, I want to thank everyone who responded to my questions about 
>>>> bottles
>>>> and johnny jumper things.
>>>> We have a pretty consistent group of parents and child care providers 
>>>> who
>>>> --- may not always agree, but give wonderful advice for each season of 
>>>> our
>>>> lives. And, we are as diverse as any other parent group:
>>>> from spiritual to not; from crunchy to progressive (those might not be
>>>> opposites, but you understand what I mean); from babies to adult 
>>>> children;
>>>> from stay-at-home parents  to working parents; ... etc.
>>>>
>>>> So, I thought that I might post here about our "house buying" and ask 
>>>> for
>>>> any tips and advice. I have done research, but, there isn't much from a
>>>> blind person's prospective. Maybe there doesn't need to be:
>>>> because maybe it is not any different from sighted people buying a 
>>>> house.
>>>> But, I did have a couple of questions:
>>>> 1. How did you choose your realtor? We have one of these, already, but
>>>> wonder if we  shouldn't have looked farther. DH's boss said that his 
>>>> realtor
>>>> would transport him to and from the prospective houses. Is that 
>>>> normal??? We
>>>> find that this is one of the most difficult things to do because 
>>>> paratransit
>>>> takes so long, we can only see one house per day.
>>>> 2. Public transportation is not very good here in Indy. People from 
>>>> other
>>>> cities have commented on how fragmented it is. And, there aren't many
>>>> sidewalks in residential areas or down busy streets and ... ... a good
>>>> shoulder is hard to find. [ARe those words to a country song?????] 
>>>> (smile)
>>>> But, we are trying to find a house that is close to a bus stop --- and 
>>>> a bus
>>>> stop that would take DH to work and us downtown. Sometimes we find a 
>>>> house
>>>> close to a bus stop, but the wrong bus stops there.
>>>>
>>>> Any other advice????
>>>>
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