Dayton Ohio Real Estate | Taxpayers will help you buy a Dayton ...

by Teri Lussier

Yes, thanks to the powerful lobbying efforts of the National Association of Realtors, the Home Buyer Tax Credit is extended and expanded! You can get a side-by-side comparison of the New Home Buyer Qualifications, and the Existing Home Buyer credits, in pdf format, here .

Buyer beware: This can create escalated market values, bidding wars, and other “Seller’s Market” scenarios, depending on where you live. If you are tracking the Market Value of your property, you might want to wait awhile to get a more realistic valuation. Contact Realtor Teri Lussier, Exit Realty Central, at Teri@TheBrickRanch.com for details.

And to take advantage of the taxpayer’s largesse, contact Realtor Jennifer Core, Exit Realty Central, at jcore@daytonexit.com, or 937.239.0373.

Dayton has always been bike friendly, but now is the time to capitalize on it
When we were really young, we rode our bikes to a neighborhood woody lot and biked around dirt paths. Today you need a special bike for this, but I used my blue coaster bike with the headlight, big white saddle seat, the mud fenders and balloon tires. It had a little spring closure carrying rack on the back- good to clamp your balled-up jacket in and not much else. As I got older, like most people my age, I used a bike as a main method of transportation. I lived in a semi-rural neighborhood and rode miles and miles unmolested by traffic, and I had tons and tons of fun doing it! Perched precariously on those skinny 12-speed racing bike tires, I’d careen down long hills praying I didn’t hit a gravel patch in just the right way and have the tires shoot out from under me, sending me onto the pavement. Helmet-less, of course. We always rode helmet-less. I’ve always owned at least one bike. Think about riding a bike: There is a sense of freedom and exhilaration that does not happen when driving a car. You are unencumbered by stuff. Just you and the road and...

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