[blparent] Advice: buying a house

Fri May 11 03:45:08 UTC 2012

Gabe, do you think a blind person cannot buy a house?

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Gabe Vega
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 3:32 PM
To: Jo Elizabeth Pinto; Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] Advice: buying a house

um, I think my email is on replay because um, didn't I see this email about
4 hours ago? hmmm, weird. and its not blindness related. this is concerns
that sighted people have with house buying and this topic is Off Topic.
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On May 9, 2012, at 2:29 PM, Jo Elizabeth Pinto wrote:

>> 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
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> (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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