[blparent] Advice: buying a house (Prejudice/Realtors)

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Hi, Sheila.  I never had to deal with a landlord's notion that I would burn 
down a place, but I went to college with someone who faced just that.  She 
rented a basement apartment from an older couple, and I guess one afternoon 
the landlady came down for some reason and saw her cooking.  The landlady 
was shocked and said she hadn't known my friend was planning to use the 
stove.  Needless to say, my friend found another place to live as quickly as 
she could.  It's too bad you had a realtor who wasn't willing to listen to 
your needs.  I was very happy with both my realtor and my mortgage broker. 
The thing to remember is, those professionals are working for you.  They're 
not doing you any favors, they're getting paid well to see that your needs 
are met.

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: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 10:09 PM
To: "Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Advice: buying a house

> Hello, I  agree that there is alot of stuff about buying a house out there 
> however, I disagree restectfully about whether this is related to this 
> list Anything that could have helped me to prepare for the atitudes of 
> realators and those supposedly helping os find the proper home to fit our 
> needs would have been appreciated. W
> E don't live in a world where bias and prejudice don't exist as much as I 
> would like it to be so. There was a time when blind people found it hard 
> to find  affordable housing and landlords feared we would burn down their 
> houses. Don't be naive theese atitudes are still alive and well although 
> more hidden because of the discrimination laws that exist..
>
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