California Real Estate : Schools
This is installment number two of California Real Estate.
Obviously the school district is an important factor in buying a house. So how do you figure out the district the house you are looking at belongs to and if it is any good?
Some counties have sites that take information about the property and tell you the district information. Here's an example of from Santa Clara County. Just type in the address of the property and it provides the elementary and high school districts. Of course, if you are serious about putting an offer down, you should call the district and make sure that the information on the website is accurate and when the last time they redrew district lines to get a gauge on the stability of the district mapping.
To see how good the district is, I use this site. Select a state, and you can search by district, school name, or property address. Navigate the links until you get to the school you are interested in. Then I find that clicking on "Compare This School" and then sorting by the various criteria that I care about is the best way to figure out how good the school is.
Good Luck!
Obviously the school district is an important factor in buying a house. So how do you figure out the district the house you are looking at belongs to and if it is any good?
Some counties have sites that take information about the property and tell you the district information. Here's an example of from Santa Clara County. Just type in the address of the property and it provides the elementary and high school districts. Of course, if you are serious about putting an offer down, you should call the district and make sure that the information on the website is accurate and when the last time they redrew district lines to get a gauge on the stability of the district mapping.
To see how good the district is, I use this site. Select a state, and you can search by district, school name, or property address. Navigate the links until you get to the school you are interested in. Then I find that clicking on "Compare This School" and then sorting by the various criteria that I care about is the best way to figure out how good the school is.
Good Luck!
posted by Mark Lee at 10:55 PM
2 Comments:
what in the world is the above comment and where did it come from?
anyways I'm definitely going to read up on the links in this installment.
oh and i leave comment replys to my own blog/xanga all the time =P
hmm forgot i was anonymous. - Ming
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